ABOUT THE CONTEST
Each year, DART hosts a Student Art Contest that is open to students at all grade levels throughout North Texas. It has grown to be one of the agency’s most popular Education Outreach events. This year, more than 150 schools and organizations submitted nearly 1,200 entries.
Students are challenged to illustrate an annual theme through lines, color and composition. Each young artist found his or her own way to illustrate this year’s theme: “Paint the town_____. Ride DART.” Participants completed the phrase with anything they could imagine. The students’ creations not only tell the DART story, but their own unique stories, and the story of a vibrant global metropolis that’s bursting with talent.
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has partnered with DART for the past eight years, and has displayed the winning entries. This year, we proudly present them virtually. Join DART and the DMA in celebrating the talent of our region’s young, culturally diverse artists.
VIRTUAL GALLERY
CONTEST WINNERS
The Best of Show: Amber Li – (9th Grade) – The Hockaday School – Dallas
K-2 CategorySannidhi Bhat – 2nd Grade (1st Place)- Daffron Elementary – Plano ISD Jude Morrison – 2nd Grade (2nd Place) – Spring Creek Elementary – Richardson ISD Ally Oujezdsky – 2nd Grade (3rd Place Tie) – Grace Academy of Dallas – Dallas – Private Adya Appaswamy – 1st Grade (3rd Place Tie) – Anderson Elementary – Frisco ISD Arya Lee – Kindergarten (Honorable Mention) – Dallas Arts Studio – Dallas |
3rd – 5th Grade CategoryNadia Nesich – 5th Grade (1st Place) – Pegasus School of Liberal Arts & Sciences – Dallas – Charter Kashmira Kuloor– 5th Grade (2nd Place) – McCoy Elementary – Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Yuna Kim – 3rd Grade (3rd Place Tie) – Dallas Arts Studio – Dallas Rohan Reddy Velma – 3rd Grade (3rd Place Tie) – Falak Art Studio – Coppell Collin Chon – 4th Grade – (Honorable Mention) – Greenhill School – Addison – Private Bryan Munoz – 4th Grade (Honorable Mention) – Adelfa Callejo Elementary – Dallas ISD Meghana Akarapu – 4th Grade (Honorable Mention) Great Hearts – Irving – Charter |
6th-8th Grade CategorySanvi Dantulwar – 7th Grade (1st Place) – Schimelpfenig Middle School – Plano ISD Sana Dantulwar – 7th Grade (2nd Place Tie) – Schimelpfenig Middle School – Plano ISD Sruti Pabbisetty – 6th Grade (2nd Place Tie) – Falak Art Studio – Coppell Arim Jun – 7th Grade (3rd Place Tie) – Dallas Arts Studio – Dallas Malak Albarghuthi – 8th Grade (3rd Place Tie) – Long Middle School – Dallas ISD Eesha Gundam – 8th Grade (3rd Place Tie) – Rice Middle School – Plano ISD Sarah Barrera – 7th Grade (Honorable Mention) – Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy – Dallas ISD Alexis Garcia – 8th Grade (Wilkinson Middle School) – Mesquite ISD Divya Ghanta – 8th Grade – Falak Art Studio – Coppell |
9th-12th Grade CategoryGrace Swenson – 9th Grade (1st Place) – Lowery Freshman Center – Allen ISD Kelly Araujo – 11th Grade (2nd Place) – Richardson HS – Richardson ISD Joshua Wang – 11th Grade (3rd Place) – Plano West HS – Plano ISD Haydee Arnao Munoz – 12th Grade (Honorable Mention) – Uplift Secondary – Dallas – Charter Stephanie Hernandez – 12th Grade (Honorable Mention) – Inspired Vision -Dallas – Charter Lauren Buntenbah – 10th Grade (Honorable Mention) Richardson HS – Richardson ISD Paige Smith – 12th Grade (Honorable Mention) – Homeschool – Rowlett D’Natia Fields – 10th Grade (Honorable Mention) – Pegasus School of Liberal Arts & Sciences – Dallas – Charter Isabella Bivona – 11th Grade (Honorable Mention) – Frisco CTE Center – Frisco ISD Sally Qalawi – 10th Grade (Honorable Mention) – International Leadership of Texas – Lancaster-DeSoto – Charter |
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Each year, I’m amazed by the creativity, passion and talent of the young people in our region. This program really showcases their skills and imagination. It’s gratifying to think that DART might play a small role in these promising artists’ development.
– Gary Thomas, President/Executive Director of DART
The Dallas Museum of Art is supported, in part, by the generosity of DMA Members and donors, the citizens of Dallas through the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, and the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Images: Leon Pollard, Skyline; Charles Williams, Whispers of the Angels