Bradbury Art Museum to Open Exhibitions by High School Artists
JONESBORO – Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University will open exhibitions featuring local high school students and graduating BFA seniors from Arkansas State University from 5 until 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6.
“Inspired” is an annual, competitive exhibition offered to regional high school students. Also on view will be “Human Condition,” a BFA thesis exhibition put together by five graduating seniors from the Department of Art + Design.
Admission to the museum is free. The exhibitions will continue through Tuesday, Dec. 17.
The Inspired program invites high school students to create artwork in response to what they see during a tour of BAM. Students virtually submit their work and artist statements for consideration by a juror. Inspired allows local students to see a variety of contemporary artworks and receive an early glimpse into the process of exhibiting their own art in a professional setting.
This year, students were inspired by three concurrent fall exhibitions: “Contemporary Classic,” “Meaningful Disruption,” and “Overture.” The juror for “Inspired 10” is Vitus Shell, a painter and professor from Louisiana whose work was featured in “Contemporary Classic.” Out of well over 100 submissions from 10 area schools, Shell selected the works included in this exhibition.
Shell also selected a number of award winners from the entries. These will be announced at the opening reception and will be displayed on tags beside the work.
Included in the exhibition are 57 works by students from 10 area high schools:
Academies at Jonesboro High School
- Allison Baugh, 12th Grade
- Erin Bryan, 12th Grade
- Rylie Canard, 11th Grade
- Mackenzie Hicks, 12th Grade
- Bethany Hirsch, 12th Grade
- Modesty Jenkins, 11th Grade
- Haven Joplin, 12th Grade
- Kaylee McCullough, 12th Grade
- Elin McDaniel, 11th Grade
- Erica McDuffy, 12th Grade
- Ma’kya Reynolds, 11th Grade
- Savannah Stanton, 12th Grade
- Isabella Stokes, 12th Grade
Bay High School
- Brayden Barnett, 9th Grade
- Kyla Crockett, 9th Grade
- Ty McCulloch, 11th Grade
- Hollyn Dycus, 12th Grade
- Emmy Hager, 12th Grade
- Aleah Mercer, 10th Grade
- McKenzie Walsh, 12th Grade
Brookland High School
- Chloe Ellison, 11th Grade
Corning High School
- Aireus Kimble, 11th Grade
- Mac Lunsford, 11th Grade
- Alyssa Burns, 12th Grade
- Riley Coe, 11th Grade
- Lily Hays, 11th Grade
- Hayden Leach, 11th Grade
- Kylee Skidmore, 12th Grade
Harrisburg High School
- Erick Banuelos, 12th Grade
- Nellie Bibiano, 12th Grade
- Kelsi Collum, 10th Grade
- Jaymon Donahue, 11th Grade
- Ashlynn Hamilton, 12th Grade
- Devin Hutchison, 12th Grade
- Carli Mills, 10th Grade
- Abbie Williams, 12th Grade
- Bailey Sheets, 11th Grade
Highland High School
- Haylee Chamberlain, 11th Grade
- Bailey Sheets, 11th Grade
Marked Tree High School
- Isaiah Hall, 10th Grade
- Lillian Simpson, 10th Grade
Paragould High School
- Makaila Armstrong, 11th Grade
- Luann Shearer, 11th Grade
- Josey Wright, 11th Grade
Valley View High School
- Eleanor Barham, 12th Grade
- Aion Borbe, 12th Grade
- Ella Dobson, 12th Grade
- Jacob King, 12th Grade
- Katy Le, 11th Grade
- Katie Moss, 12th Grade
- Stephany Navarrete, 11th Grade
- Mckaylie Rains, 12th Grade
- Kyra Reece, 12th Grade
- Emalyn Street, 12th Grade
- Ahtziry Zuniga, 12th Grade
Westside High School
- Katelyn Brown, 11th Grade
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
