The Council on Culture & Arts invites you to the Winter Festival Youth Art Exhibition. Sponsored by the City of Tallahassee as part of the Art in Public Places program, this annual exhibition runs in conjunction with the City’s Winter Festival celebration. This juried exhibition features over 80 2-D and 3-D artworks by K - 12 students from 30 different public, private, and charter schools in the Leon County area. Special thanks to this year’s guest juror, Debi Barrett-Hayes, Mayor John Dailey, and Amanda Karioth Thompson for selecting this year’s awards and to Lofty Pursuits for providing sweet treats to the awarded students!

The works can be seen in person at the City Hall Gallery (open M-F from 8-5) from November 17th, 2022 to January 30th, 2023.

A total of 11 awards are given each year, as below:

Mayor’s Award:
Siena Bond
Leon High School, 12th Grade
Sarah Raulerson, Art Teacher
The Stray, Acrylic Painting

Amanda’s Choice Award:
Megan Webb
Lawton Chiles High School, 10th Grade
Tonnar Estingoy, Art Teacher
Coneja, Papier-Mâché

High School 1st Place:
Kendall Sampson
Leon High School, 12th Grade
Sarah Raulerson, Art Teacher
Hypochondriac, Graphite

High School 2nd Place:
Maria Boulos
Maclay Upper School, 11th Grade
Kaitlyn Dressel, Art Teacher
Trapped Inside, Digital Collage

High School 3rd Place:
Harleigh Derrickson
Florida State University Schools, 9th Grade
Katharyn Jones, Art Teacher
Line, Digital Photography

Middle School 1st Place:
Maddie Holden Yvie Wentzell
The School of Arts & Sciences at the Centre, 8th Grade
Jasmine Kersey, Art Teacher
The Springs, Watercolor Painting

Middle School 2nd Place:
Mary Price
Maclay Middle School, 7th Grade
Kim Daniel, Art Teacher
Bobby Paints Blue, Acrylic Painting

Middle School 3rd Place:
Annsleigh Turner
Cobb Middle School, 8th Grade
Walter Thorner, Art Teacher
Pathways, Watercolor Painting

Honorable Mention:
Charlotte Spinks
Lincoln High School, 12th Grade
Marilyn Proctor-Givens, Art Teacher
Lifeline, Acrylic Painting

Honorable Mention:
Jessie Powell
Lawton Chiles High School, 12th Grade
Teresa Coates, Art Teacher
Untitled, Mixed Media

Honorable Mention:
Violet Carr
The School of Arts & Sciences at the Centre, 8th Grade
Jasmine Kersey, Art Teacher
Gator Ross, Fiber

About the Juror: Debi Barrett-Hayes, retired Art Education professor from Florida State University Schools has taught visual arts for over four decades and was the 2022 National and 2021 Florida Distinguished Service Award recipient. Debi is a former Disney American Teacher Award recipient, a National Milken Educator, a two-time Christa McAuliife Award recipient and a former Florida District Teacher of the Year. Debi is one of a few selected teachers featured in an upcoming publication “Real Lives 21” to be used in the education of new art teachers. Debi’s studio practice focuses on mixed media painting.