The Art Center

High School Student Art Competition

51st Annual High School Student Art Competition

On Exhibit: Saturday, February 1 – February 27, 2025 

Exhibit Hours: The 51st Annual High School Art Competition Exhibit will be on display until February 27, 2025. The Art Center is open Wednesday – Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is located at 1515 Jersey St. Art Center exhibits are always free and open to the public.

More information and prospectus coming soon.


LAST YEARS 50th Annual High School Student Art Competition Award Winners: 

Best of Show:

Synthia Krigmeier-Scott, Painterly Charm, Fort Madison High School

Robert Lee Mejer Visual Arts Award for Creativity:

Madelyn Bradshaw, A New Creation, Payson-Seymour High School

Second Place:

Brooke Bergman, Ghost Diner, Hannibal High School

Third Place:

Gracie vonThun, Decomposition, North Shelby High School

Merit Awards (2): 

Aurora Shepard, Pollution, Hannibal High School

Taylor Trudell, Subnotic, Quincy Notre Dame High School

Honorable Mention (3):

Corinna Tipton, Tyler the Creator, Quincy Senior High School

Gracie vonThun, Gracie’s Room, North Shelby High School

Trevor Daggs, Barren, Highland High School

Great River Watercolor Society Awards (2):

Hailey Golian, October in Spring, Mark Twain High School

Lyndsay Twitchell, Hedera Helix, Greenfield High School

Special Recognition Awards (3): 

Brooke Bergman, Have a Smoke, Hannibal High School

Kaitlyn Spence, Irrevocable, Monroe City R-1 High School

Libby Goodwin, Divinity, Quincy Senior High School

High School Teacher Award: 

Steven Walker, Seussical Teapot, Palmyra High School

50th Annual High School Student Art Competition Awards:

Generous Sponsorship has been provided by: 

The Great River Watercolor Society, The Riedel Foundation, Bruce DeViller, Martha Didriksen, Linda Finnamore, Jerry & Gingie Holzgrafe, John & Susan Kissick, Friends of the Art Center, Robert Lee Mejer, George & Mary Nell Meyer, Margaret Nagel, Signe Oakley, Kent Schnack & Nora Baldner, Debra Scoggin-Myers, Tim & Karen Sedovic, Allen & Alison Shafer, Steve & Judy Siebers, H & R Snowden, Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Vecchie, Scott & Robin Walden, Zoup!

Thank you to the area Universities and Colleges who attended Teen Takeover: