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 127 schools and organizations submitted 688 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: “Everyday Heroes Ride DART.” Heroes come in many forms, and we are celebrating this year’s DART Student Art Contest winners who saluted the hometown heroes that have kept our community going during the pandemic – everyday people that have made a positive impact on the lives of others over these past few months.
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has partnered with DART for the past nine years and has displayed the winning entries. We welcome you to see the artworks in person at the DMA from April 21-May 16, 2021, and we are proud to present them virtually as well. Join DART and the DMA in celebrating the talent of our region’s young artists.
VIRTUAL GALLERY
CONTEST WINNERS
The Best of Show: Collin Chon – 5th Grade
K-2 CategoryAmy Torres – 1st Grade – 1st Place Vaishnavi Navapandian – 2nd Grade – 2nd Place Nisha Shastry – 2nd Grade – 3rd Place Ayansh Mehta – Kindergarten – Honorable Mention Caydence Wong – 2nd Grade – Honorable Mention Hari Tanisha Ramaswamy – 2nd Grade – Honorable Mention |
3rd – 5th Grade CategoryAnshika Goyal – 5th Grade – 1st Place Gabriel (Gabe) Torres – 5th Grade – 2nd Place Sannidhi Bhat – 3rd Grade – 3rd Place Pari Patel – 5th Grade – Honorable Mention Aarnav Munji – 5th Grade – Honorable Mention Artha Shah – 3rd Grade – Honorable Mention |
6th-8th Grade CategorySophia Wilson – 6th Grade – 1st Place Navya Singh – 8th Grade – 2nd Place (Tie) Chloe Cunningham – 8th Grade – 2nd Place (Tie) Yincheng Qian – 8th Grade- 3rd Place Anisa Herrera – 7th Grade – Honorable Mention Katherine Ramirez Sosa – 8th Grade – Honorable Mention Jenny Palacios – 8th Grade – Honorable Mention |
9th-12th Grade CategoryAmber Li – 10th Grade – 1st Place Krisha Shah – 9th Grade – 2nd Place Layne Hazen – 9th Grade – 3rd Place Ashwin Yogaratnam – 11th Grade – Honorable Mention Hailey Padilha – 11th Grade – Honorable Mention Kelly Araujo – 12th Grade – Honorable Mention |
MORE TO EXPLORE
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Seeing the passion and creativity that our young artists bring to the DART Student Art Program will remain one of my most vivid memories. Each year seems to bring new skills and imagination from the young people across our region. I am honored that we can play a small role in these promising artists’ development.
– David Leininger, Interim President & Chief Executive Officer, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (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.
