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Winners of the 2025 River Valley Student Art Competition will be available April 7th.

Winners of the 2024-2025 Peace Poster Contest Sponsored by the Van Buren Lions Club

Theme: Peace Without Limits

Kiley Hill, First Place, artist quote "Peace will start with just you helping one person."

Olivia Mitchell, Second Place

Emma Jewell, Third Place

Winners of the 2024 Adult Art Competition

Juror's Choice, "Untitled #3", Jeff Slack

First Place, "Ode to Jane", Michael Rowland and Teresa Schlabach

Second Place, "Bohn Voyage", Cheri Bohn

Third Place, "Mirror Baby", Twila Capshaw

Honorable Mention, "Ragazze (2021), Laghi di Fusine, Italy", Donna Brandt

Honorable Mention, "Trickster Moon", Micah Brooks

Honorable Mention, "Indelible Imprints", Jane Hartfield

Honorable Mention, "Snow Scene with Barn and Pond", Beulah Vincent

Honorable Mention, "Goldfish Garden", Rebekah Laflin

Abstract Award, "Super Bloom", Donna Reamy

Alice Adele Boatright Award, "Broken", Christina Stengel

Amie Fellwock Watercolor Award, "Dancing Water", Virginia Miller

Carolyn Holmes Perspective Award, "House or Home?", Bonnie King

Doris Echols Color Award, "The Raven", Jaime Leigh Hebert

Ethel Ashley Founders Award, "Santuario de Chimayo Pilgrimage", Sandra Dixon

Hellen Hallum Pastel Award, "Tangerines, Apples, Lemon", Suzanne S. King

Jane Owen Director's Award, "Possum in the Feed", Joelene Gambichler

Mildred U. Peak Acrylic Award, "Snoqualmie Falls", Jon M. Williams

Vara Lafoy Portraiture Award, "Gauze", Anna Sue Wilcox

Winners of the 2024 River Valley Student Art Competition

Grades K-3

Juror's Choice, Claire Didion, "My Dog"

First Place, Anastasia Henson, "Leopard", Cat. 1

Second Place, Delilah Girty, "#59 Alma Woodsey Thomas Inspired", Cat. 1

Third Place, Jace Burkhart, "Alma Woodsey Thomas Inspired", Cat. 1

Honorable Mention, Alex Sears, "Alma Woodsey Thomas Inspired", Cat. 1

First Place, Zoe Cotta, "The Tiger", Cat. 2

Second Place, Leonardo Simon, "The Green Sunset", Cat. 2

Third Place, Addi Cluck, "Painting at Mimi's", Cat. 2

Honorable Mention, Alena McElhaney, "Yummy Cupcake!", Cat. 2

First Place, Slade Mitchell, "Colorful Cattle Dog", Cat. 3

Second Place, Henry Eckert, "Ninja Turtle", Cat. 3

Third Place, Nazaret Gadea Campusano, "Dreaming of Spring", Cat. 3

Honorable Mention, Avery Simon, "Sweet Ice Cream", Cat. 3

First Place, Finnley Alsup, "The Pom Pom Terrific House", Cat. 4

Second Place, Maisy Gasparotto, "Maisy's Jar of Dandelion Wishes for Her Baby Sister", Cat. 4

Third Place, Hailey Elkins, "The Taco", Cat. 4

Grades 4-6

Juror's Choice, Reagan Grinnell, "Stop Littering Our Lakes!"

First Place, Piper Herzig, "Time is Precious", Cat. 1

Second Place, Avalynn Winters, "Alma Woodsey Thomas Inspired", Cat. 1

Third Place, Kristie Elliot, "Alma Woodsey Thomas Inspired", Cat. 1

Honorable Mention, Anthony Fernandez, "The Dream", Cat. 1

Honorable Mention, Isabelle Brock, "Najajo Rocks", Cat. 1

First Place, Marmina Rafael, "Van Buren Spring", Cat. 2

Second Place, Amanda Vanhsouphet, "In the Neighborhood", Cat. 2

Third Place, Zac Queisser, "Rattlesnake", Cat. 2

Honorable Mention, Amberly Simon, "Lake", Cat. 2

Honorable Mention, Gustavo Simon, "Handsome Squidward", Cat. 2

First Place, Miley Green, "Heartbreak", Cat. 3

Second Place, Bryleigh Blackaby, "Beauty in the Broken Pieces", Cat. 3

First Place, Annalise Cotta, "The Swimmer", Cat. 4

Third Place, Luke Elkins, "John's House", Cat. 3

Third Place, Karis Caldarera, "Feed Me Seymour", Cat. 4

Second Place, Aubrey Bowles, "Bear Cub", Cat. 4

Honorable Mention, Hannah Elkins, "Supa' Dupa' Ultra Dingus Cow", Cat. 4

Grades 7-9

Juror's Choice, Athena Law Man Yu, "Leopard"

First Place, Jaxson Brown, "Monkeys", Cat. 1

Second Place, Gianna Owens, "Blue Banisters", Cat. 1

Third Place, Braxston Oscar Rodriguez, "Relax", Cat. 1

Honorable Mention, Lizabeth Durrett, "Heart Skull", Cat. 1

Honorable Mention, Emma King, "Sweet Gems", Cat. 1

Honorable Mention, Destiny McCafferty, "Bird On Limb", Cat. 1

First Place, Selah Pulse, "Driven Hard", Cat. 2

Second Place, Maritza Delgado, "Ocean of Endless Dreams", Cat. 2

Third Place, Kelsey Kimberling, "November", Cat. 2

Honorable Mention, Bailey Blackaby, "Dreaming", Cat. 2

Honorable Mention, Lochlin Makepeace, "Circle of Life", Cat. 2

First Place, Juli Arreola, "Heaven Official's Blessing", Cat. 3

Second Place, Madison Burnett, "Out of this World", Cat. 3

Third Place, Kiarra Carter, "Pinned Back", Cat. 3

Honorable Mention, Jessie Hendrix, "Blue Beauty", Cat. 3

First Place, Lily Adair, "Shopping", Cat. 4

Second Place, Kaydence Pollard, "Mystery", Cat. 4

Third Place, Gentry Dale Brown, "Shiny Typhlosion", Cat. 4

Honorable Mention, Isabel Hiesk, "Reaching", Cat. 4

First Place, Francis Ruiz, "Howl", Cat. 5

Second Place, Sadie Ayers, "Seas the Day", Cat. 5

Third Place, McKenna Brannon, "The King", Cat. 5

Honorable Mention, Noah Keifer, "Disassemble", Cat. 5

Grades 10-12

Juror's Choice, Zoe Crook, "The Locust and the Knight"

First Place, Hailey Whittaker, "Natural State", Cat. 1

Second Place, Mariah Denham, "Friend", Cat. 1

Third Place, Angelina Daley, "Beauty in One Trench", Cat. 1

Honorable Mention, Alexis Bass, "Chick", Cat. 1

Honorable Mention, Rainy Kendrick, "Red Flower", Cat. 1

First Place, Amy Martinez, "En La Guelaguetza", Cat. 2

Second Place, Ayree Maner, "A Grandfather Ponders a New Day", Cat. 2

Third Place, Taeyoung Uhm, "Citrus Orbit", Cat. 2

Honorable Mention, Kierra Harris, "Mountain Landscape", Cat. 2

Honorable Mention, Angel Sanchez, "Dissipate the Ugly Truth", Cat. 2

First Place, Madelyn Berry, "Instant Noods", Cat. 3

Honorable Mention, Kymberlie Kelley, "Dementia Growing Worse Each Passing Day", Cat. 2

Second Place, Breaden Smith, "Anticipation", Cat. 3

Third Place, Makinnah Stout, "Daydreaming", Cat. 3

Honorable Mention, Alexa Rice, "Sarah with the Curls", Cat. 3

Honorable Mention, Paola Barrientos, "Natalia", Cat. 3

First Place, Keira Whitsett, "Koi", Cat. 4

Second Place, Josianna Gentry, "Anticipation", Cat. 4

Third Place, Samantha McCarty, "Oak Tree Fungi Set", Cat. 4

Honorable Mention, Annabelle Rebrick, "Late Companion", Cat. 4

Honorable Mention, Alaina Gooch, "Death is Just the Beginning", Cat. 4

First Place, Ada Scoggins, "Perception", Cat. 5

Second Place, Meloddy Barroso Zepada, "Afterlife", Cat. 5

Third Place, Evelyn Brannon, "Waiting for Poe", Cat. 5

Honorable Mention, Judah Martin, "Particles", Cat. 5

Honorable Mention, Tammy Nguyen, "A Child's Imagination", Cat. 5

River Valley Student Art Competition Categories:

Cat. 1: Pen & Ink, Pencil, Pastel, Crayon, Marker, or Charcoal
Cat. 2: Oil, Acrylic or Watercolor
Cat. 3: Mixed Media (combination categories 1 & 2)
Cat. 4: 3D or Alternative
Cat. 5: Photography or Digital