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April 26, 2024
More than 130 student works of art were selected for the 2nd Annual K-8 State of the Digital Arts Exhibition. The artwork will be on display at the Leepa-Ratner Museum of Art through May 5.
A reception and awards ceremony was held on Thursday, April 25, at the museum, which is on the St. Petersburg College Tarpon Springs Campus.
In partnership with the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art and St. Petersburg College, PCS elementary and middle school art teachers were invited to showcase their students’ digital art, sequential art (comics), photography, 3-D-printed art, and films/animations. All of the work can also be viewed in the PCS Student Virtual Art Gallery.
Congratulations to the award winners:
Awards of Excellence
- Jackson Arena, Grade 7, Machinery Midnight, Digital Art, Clearwater Fundamental, Teacher Karen Santangelo
- Ava Simoni, Grade 5, Surreal Scene, Digital Art, North Shore Elementary, Teacher Renate Taylor
Awards of Merit
- Neimiah Bittel, Grade 3, Gum Ball Machine, Digital Art, Frontier Elementary, Teacher Emily Lees
- An Phan, Grade 4, Puppy Cake Chao, Digital Art, Seventy-Fourth St. Elementary, Teacher Michelle Myers
- Tristan Robertson, Grade 1, Melting Chameleons, Digital Art, Sunset Hills, Elementary, Teacher Katey Hill
- Isabella Guillen, Grade 8, Urban Harmony, Digital Art, Carwise Middle, Teacher Lori Manning
- Harper Pollard, Grade 8, Miss Argentina, Digital Art, John Hopkins Middle, Teacher Jenna Hasbrouck
- Gabriella Dykstra, Grade 8, Luminosity, Digital Art, John Hopkins Middle, Teacher Jenna Hasbrouck
