2026 Art & Photography Contest Results

Thank you to everyone who participated in last year's contest! 2026 was our biggest turnout yet!

Adult Professional Art

• First Place: Victory — Ashley McNeill

• Second Place: Birdhouses, Shangri-La Botanical Gardens — Enjoli Bush

• Third Place: The Infernal Sunflower — Scott Laudano

• Honorable Mention: The Secret Garden — Michelle McMahon

• Honorable Mention: Elvis #1 — J.C. Milich

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Adult Non-Professional Art

• First Place: Welcome to the Fool’s Parade — Maria Chinn

• Second Place: The Good Shepherd — Callie Summerlin

• Third Place: Australian Sundance — John Hollingsworth

• Honorable Mention: Needle in a Haystack Rock — Rene Moak

• Honorable Mention: Bob Dylan – Aaron Myers

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Adult Photography

• First Place: Freedom — Shari Stark

• Second Place: Stairway to Yesterday — Shari Stark

• Third Place: Between Worlds — Kacy Culp

• Honorable Mention: Hofn i Hornafjordur Bridge, Iceland — Morgan Talbot

• Honorable Mention: A Snowy Day at the Train Depot – Lori Spaid

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Youth Art

• First Place: Space Circles — Emma Cortez

• Second Place: Water Life — Maverick Tindall

• Third Place: Apple Mosaic — A’Nylah Ardion

• Honorable Mention: A Mountain’s Beauty — Kipton East

• Honorable Mention: Chaos in the Rain – Domino Sutton

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Student Photography

• First Place: Mariposa — Kaylie Maldonado

• Second Place: In Winslow, Arizona — Memphis Hunter

• Third Place: Rise and Fall — Shaquan Morrison

• Honorable Mention: The Open — Orlando Zamarron​

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Teen Art

• First Place: Aemond — Charlotte Head

• Second Place: Don’t Pop Jeffrey! — Jillian Thibodeaux

• Third Place: Still Life with Paint Brush  — Madisyn Block

• Fourth Place: What’s Coming Next — Isabel Tindall

• Fifth Place: Reminisce — Kailyn Velasquez

• Sixth Place: Vibrant Bird — Ruby G.

• Honorable Mention: Legends of the Triangle — Chase Laday

• Honorable Mention: Wisteria Garden — Molly Ryan

• Honorable Mention: The Train — Angel Aguilar

• Honorable Mention: Midnight — Luis Manzo