The 2021 Juried Exhibition for High School Art + Design Students garnered an impressive number of quality submissions. Entries selected for Merit Awards exhibited strong foundational skills and overall emerging talent.

Chanie Campbell
Pleasant Hill High School
15×18 in., 2020
Watercolor and pencil

Chanie Campbell
Pleasant Hill High School
7.5×9.75 in., 2021
Colored pencil

Elizabeth Channel
Troy Buchanan High School
12×12 in., 2019
Acrylic paint and tissue paper

Elizabeth Channel
Troy Buchanan High School
12×12 in., 2020
Acrylic paint

Abbie Chartrand
Fort Zumwalt East High School
16.5×10 in., 2020
Colored pencil

Abbie Chartrand
Fort Zumwalt East High School
20×11.5 in., 2020
Colored pencil

Alix Copeland
Camdenton R-III High School
Equus Caballus, 2021
10×13 in.
Digital media

Ava Duncan
Cape Central High School
9×12 in., 2020
Acrylic

Ava Duncan
Cape Central High School
18×24 in., 2021
Acrylic

Ava Duncan
Cape Central High School
45×9 in., 2020
Mixed media

Jameson Enriquez
Fort Zumwalt West High School
7.6×10.3 in., 2021
Procreate

Safina Ernst
Camdenton High School
Rhinocerous
6x8x5, 2021
Clay

Jadyn Frey
Branson High School
9×12 in., 2020
Colored pencils on black paper

Rebekah Hartwig
Lee’s Summit West High School
Untitled

Macey Jarrett
Salem High School
18×24 in., 2019
Pencil on paper

Hailey Koester
Carl Junction High School
Moving Forward, 2021
18×22 in.
Charcoal drawing

Tucker Maxwell
Lee’s Summit West High School
Self Portrait, 2019
18×24 in.
Charcoal

Zakary Mayfield
Cape Central High School
18×19 in., 2020
Watercolor

Parri McCroskey
Nixa High School
Paper Ball, 2021
20×24 in.
White and black charcoal, with graphite

Claire Sager
Lee’s Summit West High School
Strawberry Nails, 2020
12×16 in.
Ink on paper