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Youth Art Month

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in Youth Art Month in partnership with the Quinlan Art Center, Kiwanis Club of Gainesville and Brenau University. Various Categories each with different levels of scholarship award dollars or recognition. 

Visit the Quinlan Arts Center to view all submission from students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. The exhibition is free and open to the community March 18th thru April 9th. Gallery open 9-5 Mon-Friday and 10-5 Saturday.

GCSS Award Winners

Gainesville High School Category Awards 
Jurier: Amanda Lovett

Best in Show 
Iris Ong | Gainesville High School | A Helping Hand | digital and charcoal | 12th 

($1,000 Scholarship Charles J. Thurmond Youth Art Scholarship Award through Kiwanis Club of Gainesville)

3rd Place 12th Grade 
Iris Ong | Gainesville High School | Main Course | digital | 12th 

Honorable Mention 11-12th Grade
HM: Logan Smithson | Gainesville High School | 82 Lives | wood | 12th 
HM: Logan Smithson | Gainesville High School | 1952 | pen and ink | 12th 
HM: Melany Moz | Gainesville High School | Forgotten Memories glass cyanotype | 12th 
HM: Avrelio Garcia | Gainesville High School | Me | pencil | 12th 
HM: Brynn Leach | Gainesville High School | The White Rabbit | jewelry | 11th 
HM: Ciang Ou | Gainesville High School | My Homework ink on paper | 11th 

BRENAU UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS (BUS): 
Jurier: Claudia Wilburn, Brenau Visual Arts Department
Each Scholarship is for $5,000 per year for a maximum of 4 years (total for 4 years cannot exceed $20,000) 

BUS: Iris Ong | Gainesville High | A Helping Hand | digital and charcoal | 12th 

BUS: George-Henry Ewers | Gainesville High| Gold Rush | resin, epoxy and 14K gold leaf | 12th 

BUS: Iris Ong | Gainesville High School | Main Course | digital | 12th 

BUS: Elizabeth Ramirez | Gainesville High | Untitled 2 | charcoal | 11th 

GAINESVILLE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM - SUPERINTENDENT’S SELECTIONS
Jurier: Dr. Jeremy Williams 

GCSS: James Moran | Gainesville High School | Getting Lost in Music | acrylic | 12th 

GCSS: Logan Smithson | Gainesville High School | 82 Lives | wood | 12th

 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AWARDS:

1st Place: Warner McCain | Enota MI Academy | Crazy Hair Day | pencil and sharpie | 3rd Grade I $50 awarded by the Quinlan Visual Arts Center

2nd Place: Leslie Mendova | Mundy Mill Academy | Messy | colored pencil and watercolor | 5th Grade I $50 awarded by the Quinlan Visual Arts Center

VISION 2030 PUBLIC ART AWARDS
Juried by Frank Norton and Elizabeth Higgins

Leslie Mendova I Mundy Mill Academy I colored pencil and watercolor I $300 awarded by Vision 2030 Public Art 

GAINESVILLE CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM - SUPERINTENDENT’S SELECTIONS 
Jurier: Dr. Jeremy Williams 

Nay Ta Mu | Enota MI Academy | 3D Hand | colored pencil | 5th Grade