This exhibition celebrates and rewards high school student talent and recognizes art teachers for their encouragement and effective teaching skills.
Participating Schools and Students
Jordan-Matthews High School
Student: Charline Jimenez Rojo
Instructor: Laura Newman
Lumberton Senior High School
Students: Austin Hunt, Kimberly Lopez and Salem Ugah
Instructor: Kerry Revels
North Moore High School
Student: Andrea Alvarez Lopez
Instructor: Mrs. Priest
Pinecrest High School
Students: Norah Beamguard, Hartley Parks, Mirin Driscoll, Kate Brower and Elise Sounia
Instructor: Christine Wilson
PSRC Early College at RCC
Student: Raymond Fountain
Instructor: Shitan Jones
Purnell Swett High School
Students: Kaniya McQueen, Arianna Jones, Aydin Messer, Vaida Guzman-Barton, Melisse Casanova and Destiny Blue
Instructor: Alisha Monroe
Scotland High School
Students: Briana Johnson, Airiana Jones and Ja’Niya Ray Simmons
Instructors: Reneba Dayona Johnson and P. Laviner
St. Pauls High School
Students: Wendy Regino Diaz, Krystal Avila Teliz and Isai Maldonado Agulia
Instructor: Candice Lambert
Wake Forest High School
Student: Jordyn Williams
Instructor: Sara Roberts
Juror: John Rhodes-Pruitt is an artist based in eastern North Carolina whose work is an amalgamation of printmaking techniques, alternative-process photography, origami and drawing. Born in New Bern, John grew up making art in childhood while learning from local artists in the area. He attempted a brief foray into television and radio as both an on-air personality and a visual effects editor before coming to his senses to pursue visual art as a career. He earned a BA in Studio Art - Printmaking from UNCP and an MFA in Drawing and Painting from ECU. Today he teaches at UNCP and Methodist University.
