'Inspired 2025' Award Winners Named at Bradbury Art Museum Opening
JONESBORO – Congratulations to the accepted students and award winners from “Inspired 2025,” which has opened at Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University, announced Madeline McMahan, interim director.
Inspired is an annual program that invited regional high school students to create artwork in response to what they see during a fall semester tour of BAM. Students virtually submit their work and artist statements for consideration by a juror, the person tasked with selection of the work included in the culminating “Inspired” exhibition.
Fourteen schools participated in the program this year: Academies at Jonesboro High School, Bay High School, Blytheville High School, Brookland High School, Corning High School, Consolidated Youth Services, Harrisburg High School, Highland High School, Marked Tree High School, Paragould High School, Ridgefield Christian School, Trumann High School, Valley View High School, and Walnut Ridge High School.
The work was selected by juror Somayeh Faal, whose work is on view alongside “Inspired 2025” in the solo exhibition “Echoes of Silent Migration.”
“Inspired 2025” is open through Dec. 17 alongside “Echoes of Silent Migration” and “hikâye | story,” a solo exhibition from Arkansas State University painting professor Lydia Dildilian.
Award winners are as follows:
Juror’s Choice Honorable Mention
Israel Arreguin, Brookland High School
Londyn Baker, Ridgefield Christian School
Emma Edwards, Valley View High School
Ashlynn Monroe, Walnut Ridge High School
Gabrielle Morris, Paragould High School
Amarion R., Consolidated Youth Services
Hailey Tate, Ridgefield Christian School
Sady Thompson, Bay High School
Whitley White, Walnut Ridge High School
Juror’s Merit Award
Ada Chen, Paragould High School
Mason H., Consolidated Youth Services
Amara Miles, Highland High School
Serena Norris, Harrisburg High School
Kierstyn Potts, Valley View High School
Keaton Strickland, Academies at Jonesboro High School
Riley Tidwell, Academies at Jonesboro High School
BAM Staff Merit Award Honorable Mention
Elin McDaniel, Academies at Jonesboro High School
Sady Thompson, Bay High School
BAM Staff Award
Fatimah Kazi, Academies at Jonesboro High School
Haley Voges Excellence in Drawing Award
Ada Chen, Paragould High School
Rapheal Craighead, Blytheville High School
Art + Design Emerging Artist Award
Ashlynn Monroe, Walnut Ridge High School
Juror’s Choice Best-in-Show
1st Place: Abigail Loggins, Bay High School
2nd Place: Makenna Shipman, Corning High School
3rd Place: Jessie Dale, Harrisburg High School
All accepted students are listed:
Academies at Jonesboro High School
Abigail Alvarado, 11th grade
Kaylie Arellano, 12th grade
Sophia Cameron, 10th grade
Reina Foster, 11th grade
Bailey Frakes, 12th grade
Keira Guerrero, 12th grade
Modesty Jenkins, 12th grade
Fatimah Kazi, 12th grade
Samantha McClain, 10th grade
Elin McDaniel, 12th grade
Evelyn Mixon, 11th grade
Anna Moreno, 12th grade
Toby St. Pierre, 12th grade
Keaton Strickland, 12th grade
Riley Tidwell, 11th grade
Terrionna Watson, 12th grade
Bay High School
Alexis Azlin, 9th grade
Kyla Crockett, 10th grade
Abigail Loggins, 9th grade
Melody Rouse, 10th grade
Lillian Smith, 12th grade
Sady Thompson, 11th grade
Blytheville High School
Aniyah Cantu, 11th grade
Rapheal Craighead, 12th grade
Tori Stewart, 11th grade
Brookland High School
Israel Arreguin, 12th grade
Chloe Ellison, 12th grade
Jenna Reed, 12th grade
Rachael Skinner, 12th grade
Consolidated Youth Services
Orion B., 11th grade
Mason H., 9th grade
Amarion R., 9th grade
Corning High School
Hayden Leach, 12th grade
Makenna Shipman, 12th grade
Harrisburg High School
Raven Baskins, 10th grade
Emily Churchwell, 12th grade
Kelsi Collom, 11th grade
Emma Correa, 11th grade
Jessie Dale, 12th grade
Addison England, 10th grade
Klaire Harper, 12th grade
Makenzie Kirby, 11th grade
Serena Norris, 11th grade
Highland High School
Amara Miles, 11th grade
Michael Sowl, 12th grade
Constance Thomas, 12th grade
Hadisyn Wortham, 12th grade
Marked Tree High School
Kylee Eaton, 11th grade
Paragould High School
Ada Chen, 9th grade
Gabrielle Morris, 12th grade
Ridgefield Christian School
Londyn Baker, 10th grade
Jedidah Efeovbokhan, 11th grade
Hailey Tate, 11th grade
Trumann High School
Kelly Becker, 11th grade
Farrah Faulkner, 12th grade
Breanna Martinez, 12th grade
Elexis Neal, 12th grade
Linnie Pipkin, 11th grade
Jaxson Webb, 11th grade
Walnut Ridge High School
Aurbrey Arnett, 11th grade
Victoria Bennett, 12th grade
Claire Jones, 11th grade
Ashlynn Monroe, 12th grade
Whitley White, 11th grade
Valley View High School
Elicya Bornds, 12th grade
Antonella Conrado Navarrete, 12th grade
Emma Edwards, 12th grade
Lily Kent, 12th grade
Hayden McMillan, 12th grade
Sthephany Navarrete, 12th grade
Kierstyn Potts, 11th grade
Sofía Ramirez, 12th grade
Benjamin Roper, 12th grade
Admission to the museum is free. Bradbury Art Museum is in Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Dr. Hours are noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
For additional information about the exhibition, one may email visitBAM@AState.edu or call 870-972-3765.