Tennessee’s Best of the Best Student Art Exhibition
East Tennessee Best of High School Nayumi Rei Testa (11th grade student, Roane County High School, instructor Natascha Hudson). Rose, 2025. Drawing, 18.75 x 15.75 in.
East Tennessee Best of Middle School Evie Farr, (8th grade student, Episcopal School of Knoxville, instructor Jessie Winston). Clown, 2025. Mixed Media, 13 x 10.5 in.
Middle Tennessee Best of High School Madeline Robertson (12th grade student, Merrol Hyde Magnet School, instructor Sonya Coley). Spoons, 2025. Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 30 in.
Middle Tennessee Best of Middle School Charlotte Englander (8th grade student, Monthavent Arts and Cultural Center, instructor Jessica Lewis). Urgent, 2025. Mixed Media, 24 x 18 in.
West Tennessee Best of High School Ellie Arnold (12th grade student, Arlington High School, instructor Melanie Anderson). Is This What I Was Made For, 2025. Mixed Media, 13 x 23 in.
West Tennessee Best of Middle School Josh Lundy (8th grade student, St. George’s Independent School, instructor Allison Webb). Abstraction of Nature, 2025. Photography, 11 x 14 in.
Connections: Tennessee Art Education AssociationMember Exhibition
1st Place: Jin Powell (2J’s Studio). Native American Girl, 2025. Wood Carving, rope, fabric and acrylics on birchwood panel, 24 x 32 x 3 in.
2nd Place: Heather Daily-Smith (Nolensville High School). All that I am not, 2026. Oil of French Linen, 65 x 48 in.
3rd Place: Tina Atkinson (Percy Priest Elementary). Snowball Fight, 2026. Stoneware Clay, 6 in.
Honorable Mention: Karen Fine (Tennessee Online Public Schools). Impact, 2026. Watercolor, ink and seed beads, 18 x 24 in.
Honorable Mention: Shelby Momany (Memphis Shelby County Schools). Jumping Bass, 2025. Colored Pencil, 13 x2 4 in.
Honorable Mention: Melody Weintraub, (University of Tennessee). Daydreamer, 2025. Acrylic, 20 x 20 in.
STARS
STARS Best in Show Winner, Kindergarten - Second Grade Mabel Foltz (2nd grade student, Christ Presbyterian Academy, instructor Farris Parker). Spring Rainbow, 2025. Painting.
STARS Best in Show Winner, Third Grade - Fifth Grade Madelyn Burleson (5th grade student, Hardin Valley Elementary, instructor Jessica Petree Armstrong). Untitled, 2025. Painting.
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