Outstanding Artists By Rain Maakestad

"Trinket Party"

Juno Clark, 11

"Finding joy in something that is so small, so commonplace, is very good for me, and I wanted to express that."

White Stoneware clay, spring molds, buttons and trinkets (for molding), glaze

"Unknown"

Allison Brown, 10

"People often underestimate what I can do, so being able to craft something like this shows that I can do it."

Charcoal, willow, block, pencils (2B, 4B, 6B), thick paper

"Cardinal"

Sidney Johnson, 11

"It represents, to me, the comfort you find in androgyny, or not conforming to beauty standards."

Wooden board, paint markers, Scrabble tiles, lace

"1953 Chevrolet Bel-Air"

Russell Whitmore, 12

"I went to downtown Arlington and there's this broken down Chevy in the lot and took a picture of it. My teacher gave us big canvases and told us to get to work, so I picked that photo."

Acrylic paint on 6' x 4' canvas