Area Children Show their Artwork in Exhibition at Museum
JONESBORO – Arkansas State University Museum opened its annual "Through a Child’s Eyes" exhibition of art from children in Northeast Arkansas Saturday.
"Through a Child’s Eyes" (TACE) is a juried art show to which 23 schools, both public and private, within 60 miles of Jonesboro, have submitted works of art created by children aged four through grade eight. Homeschooled children are also eligible to enter. There were 175 total entries.
Judges awarded first, second, and third place ribbons at each grade level, while the overall winner, Sofia Mancilla of Jonesboro Visual and Performing Arts (JVPA) magnet school, received the Charlott Jones Best of Show Award for her entry, “Colors of Me.”
Ribbon winners this year are:
PRE-K
Rainbow by Darian Wilson, Blessed Sacrament
Matthew, the Polar Bear, by Caroline Smith, Blessed Sacrament
KINDERGARTEN
Northern Lights, by Molleigh Propst, Jonesboro Kindergarten Center
Wayne Thiebaud Gumballs, by Autumn Dillard, Jonesboro Kindergarten Center
Color Wheel Ferris Wheel, by Mila Kouguine, Jonesboro Kindergarten Center
1ST GRADE
Edwina the Emu, by Betsy Pierce, International Studies
A Rainbow Flower, by Aliana Reed, Bay
Lions, by Amara Newsom, P. J. Creates
2ND GRADE
Peaceful Fawn, by Rhett Johnson, Bay
Piano Time, by Naima Ota Fofanah, JVPA
Chicken on the Move, by Sawyer Lynn, Bay
3RD GRADE
One Small Step for Man, by Alayna Havner, JVPA
Self Portrait, by Amelia Smith, Crowley’s Ridge Academy
Rolling Apples, by Malachi Washington, Bay
4TH GRADE
Untitled, by Benjamin Moss, Nettleton STEAM
Purple, by America Cortes, Wynne Intermediate School
Camping in the Heart, by Addy Beth Martin, International Studies
5TH GRADE
Tick Tock Owl, by Aiden Walker, International Studies
Magpie Master Study, by Sophia Jones, GCT Intermediate
Wild Cicada, by Daniyal Khan, Blessed Sacrament
6TH GRADE
Catch of the Day, by Dena K. Briggs, West Memphis Christian School
Self Portrait, by Alexandria Jefferson, Nettleton STEAM
Digital Bursting with Soy Sauce, by Ada Chen, Oak Grove Middle School
7TH GRADE
Space Princess, by Hayvin Duran, Batesville Jr. High
Tommie Kid, by Tommie Downey, Highland Middle School
Knife, by Edmund Botchway, Crowley’s Ridge Academy
8TH GRADE
Pedro Pascal, by Landon Newcom, Highland Middle School
Sally, by Isabell Wicker, Armorel
Basquiat-My Inspiration, by Ella Davis, Batesville Jr. High
For more details, one may contact Jill Kary, jkary@AState.edu, curator of education at A-State Museum, (870) 972-2074.
