2008 Student Art Show
March 2 - April 19

One of the primary goals of the Gadsden Museum of Art is to instill an appreciation of the arts in the youth of our community.  The Student Art Show held each year enables us to fulfill that goal.  This year’s Student Art Show is now on exhibit at GMA.  The exhibition features the works of students in grades K-12 from Gadsden City Schools, Etowah County Schools, local parochial and private schools, and home schooled students.    Included in the exhibition are works of sculpture, drawings and paintings, collage, and graphic design.  The student art exhibition gives local students an opportunity to show their work, while giving museum visitors a chance to see the enormous amount of talent that is present in our schools.  GMA would like to offer a special word of thanks to the parents and teachers who work daily to enrich the lives of children through the arts.  The exhibit will be on display through April 19. 
        On March 2, GMA’s halls were filled with visitors at an opening reception for the show.  Prizes were awarded at each grade level.  The winners were:

Kindergarten
1st Place:  Alex Watts—Mitchell Elementary
2nd Place:  Ethan Coley—Episcopal Day School
3rd Place:  Gabe Dyer—Pathways Home School

First Grade
1st Place:  Nathan Hallmark—Pathways Home School
2nd Place:  Julia Pentecost—Episcopal Day School
3rd Place:  Jackson Livengood—Eura Brown Elementary

Second Grade
1st Place:  Halee Matherne—Walnut Park Elementary
2nd Place:  Mae Stacey—Eura Brown Elementary
3rd Place:  Kathryn Sparks—Eura Brown Elementary

Third Grade
1st Place:  Tanner Snow—Pathways Home School
2nd Place:  Ethan Janss—Eura Brown Elementary
3rd Place:  Sarah Murphree—St. James Catholic School

Fourth Grade
1st Place:  Meral Jenkins—Eura Brown Elementary
2nd Place:  Devon Mizell—Floyd Elementary
3rd Place:  Lauren Rager—Mitchell Elementary

Fifth Grade
1st Place:  Santana Knowles—Walnut Park Elementary
2nd Place:  Cilalith Galvan—Walnut Park Elementary
3rd Place:  Caleb Barrett—Thompson Elementary

Sixth Grade
1st Place:  Whitney Ward—Gadsden Middle School
2nd Place:  Margarita Tomas—Litchfield Middle School
3rd Place:  Megan McGlaughn—Episcopal Day School

Seventh Grade
1st Place:  Demetrius Jelks—Gadsden Middle School
2nd Place:  Austin Grant—Emma Sansom Middle School
3rd Place:  Deoderick Swann—Emma Sansom Middle School

Eighth Grade
1st Place:  Amanda Russell—Emma Sansom Middle School
2nd Place:  Patrick McInturff—Rainbow Middle School
3rd Place:  David Clark—Gadsden Middle School

Ninth Grade
1st Place:  Julia Ryle—Episcopal Day School
2nd Place:  Ernesto Mayo—Etowah High School
3rd Place:  Angel Harrison—Etowah High School

Tenth Grade
1st Place:  Amber Kidd—Westbrook
2nd Place:  Steven Wells—Westbrook
3rd Place:  Frances Isbell—Westbrook

Eleventh Grade
1st Place:  Sandra Lingle—Westbrook
2nd Place:  Jon Nilsen—Life Academy Home School
3rd Place:  Hannah Estes—Etowah High School

Twelfth Grade
1st Place:  Sarah Jones—Westbrook
2nd Place:  Megan Cash—Westbrook
3rd Place:  Jasmika Champaneri—Gadsden City High School

Three-Dimensional Work
1st Place, Elementary—Westbrook Kindergarten
1st Place, Middle School—Juana Gaspar—Gadsden Middle School
2nd Place, Middle School—Raylene Bailes—Emma Sansom Middle School
1st Place, High School—Tyler Stovall—Gadsden City High School
2nd Place, High School—Addison Brown—Gadsden City High School