District Students Win Big at Art Competitions

We have some very talented students in the Cabot School District!

Here is a list of some of the winners from some recent art competitions. 

2017 Arkansas Art Educator's Central Regional Art Show

Six Cabot elementary students recently won awards in the 2017 Arkansas Art Educator's Central Regional Art Show. The art show consists of K-12 art students.

              Stagecoach Elementary            

1st Grade
Sarah Keith – 2nd Place

2nd Grade
Jobeth Johnson – 2nd Place

3rd Grade
Sydney Lemley – 1st Place

Central Elementary School  

Kindergarten
Zoey Howard – 2nd Place

1st Grade
Jordyn Harrell – 3rd Place

2nd Grade
Michelle Landers – 1st Place

**For winning 1st Place -- Michelle and Sydney's artwork will be displayed in the AAE State Show this summer.  

2017 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest

Cabot artists dominated the 2017 Federal Junior Duck Stamp. Three students claimed the top spots in this year's state-level contest.

Cabot High School

11th Grade
Andrea LaFave – Best of Show - $1,000 scholarship

*Andrea will represent Arkansas in the Federal Duck Stamp Design Contest, where her piece will be judged against the best of show winners from all 50 states, Washington D.C. and several U.S. territories.

Cabot Freshman Academy

9th Grade
Landon Patterson – 2nd Place Overall - $500 scholarship

Cabot Junior High North

8th Grade
Auston Melton – 3rd Place Overall - $250 scholarship

There were more than 2,000 entries from across the state, K-12. Cabot had several more winners in the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest including:

Stagecoach Elementary

2nd Grade
Lillie Rochelle - 2nd Place

3rd Grade
Sydney Lemley - Honorable Mention

Cabot Freshman Academy

9th Grade
Grace Epperson – 1st Place
Wyatt Kernodle – 2nd Place
Jaden Hendrix – 2nd Place
Grace Mackey – 3rd Place

Cabot Middle School North

6th Grade
Brooklyn Evans – 2nd Place
Easton Denney – 2nd Place
Kylie Orta – 3rd Place
Jordan Gilliam – 3rd Place
Jessica Carr – Honorable Mention
Dylan Sexton – Honorable Mention
McKenzie Cole – Honorable Mention
Isabelle Craig – Honorable Mention
Alexis Lippard – Honorable Mention
Hailey Drews – Honorable Mention

56th Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition – Arkansas Arts Center

This year, the 56th Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition at the Arkansas Arts Center received 495 entries from 132 teachers at 124 schools/institutions across the state. Their panel of jurors had an incredibly tough time narrowing down that number to just 104 pieces – 8 for each grade level.  The jurors were impressed with the amount of talent shown by all the artists. The exhibit will be up from May 16, 2017 through July 23, 2017.

Central Elementary

2nd Grade
Sophia Crow

Northside Elementary

Kindergarten
Ava Webber 

Cabot Junior High North

7th Grade
Paige Peirpoint 

Cabot Junior High South

8th Grade
Stormie King

Cabot Freshman Academy

9th Grade
Sierra Clark 

Cabot High School

10th Grade
Lindy Cook

11th Grade
Sewon Park
Chloe Smith

12th Grade
Hynsu Kang

2017 Wildlife of Arkansas Student Art Exhibit

This exciting visual art contest offers K-12 students in Arkansas the chance to display their creativity. The theme “Wildlife of Arkansas” acknowledges the natural beauty of Arkansas.

Northside Elementary 

Kindergarten
Caden Smith - 2nd Place
Lexie Glover - 3rd Place 

1st Grade
Kaylee Hanson - 2nd Place

3rd Grade
Kayleigh Gay - 2nd Place

Southside Elementary

1st Grade
Miriam Canarina - Honorable Mention

Cabot Junior High North

8th Grade
Sara Hammonds - 1st Place
Sylvie Armstrong - 2nd Place

Awards are as follows:

1st Place Winner - $100.00 +award and certificate
2nd Place Winner - $50.00 and certificate
3rd Place Winner - $25.00 and certificate
Honorable Mention - $15.00 and certificate

The exhibit opens with the Awards Ceremony Friday, May 5 at 6:30pm at the Witt Stephens, Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center located at 602 President Clinton Avenue in Little Rock.  The exhibit travels to each Arkansas Game & Fish Nature Center.

2017 Governor's Young Artist Exhibit Competition 

This competition is sponsored by the Governor's Mansion Association. It consists of a statewide juried exhibition of artwork entered from across the state that addressed the theme of emotion and energy in art. The works will be displayed at the Governor's Mansion this month, April 2017. Prizes will be awarded at a reception in May.

Cabot High School

12th Grade
Sydney Black
Hynsu Kange

Cabot Freshman Academy
Jaden Hendrix
Samantha Majors

AR Art Educator's Central Regional Art Show 2017

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest 2017

56th Young AR Artists Exhibition

Wildlife of AR Student Art Exhibit

Governor's Young Artist Exhibit 2017