The Smithsonian American Art Museum hosted its eleventh annual art competition for all students in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools, world-wide. In total, the Museum received 332 student submissions for the contest from 18 schools located in Belgium, Germany, Japan, Turkey, and the United States.
Smithsonian American Art Museum staff voted on the submissions to select the semi-finalists for the Elementary (Grades K-5), Middle (Grades 6-8), and High School (Grades 9-12) levels. Winners and honorable mentions were selected through a student vote at the participating schools.
The SAAM staff is extremely impressed with the diverse range of mediums and techniques used in the submissions as well as students’ creativity and skills, and their abilities to communicate unique and personal messages.
SAAM is proud to feature the winning artworks on our website. Below are the images and names of the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners from each age group, as well as Honorable Mentions. Please visit our Distance Learning Student Gallery on Flickr, linked below, to see images of all the entries.
Grades K-5: Utopian Community
Gold: Aiden, Nearly Beautiful, 3rd Grade, Bob Hope ES, Okinawa, Japan
Silver: Braxley, Inside of Utopia, 3rd Grade, E.A. White ES, Fort Moore, Georgia, USA
Bronze: Claire, The World, 4th Grade, Robinson Barracks ES, Stuttgart, Germany
Honorable Mention: Annie, Untitled, 1st grade, Vogelweh ES, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Grades K-5 Winners
Grades 6-8: Utopian Earth
Gold: Avery, Hills of Flowers, 6th grade, Netzaberg MS, Grafenwöhr, Germany
Silver: Julia, Untitled, 8th grade, Fort Knox MS, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
Bronze: Mandy, Lake Evergreen, 7th grade, Faith MS, Fort Moore, Georgia, USA
Honorable Mention: Charles, Bubble Utopia, 8th grade, Faith MS, Fort Moore, Georgia, USA
Grades 6-8 Winners
Grades 9-12: Utopian Future
Gold: Gulshat, Future City, 10th grade, Ankara HS, Ankara, Turkey
Silver: Abigail, Untitled (Collage), Brussels American School, Zaventem, Belgium
Bronze: Jaia, Utopian Future Collage, 11th grade, Ankara HS, Ankara, Turkey
Honorable Mention: Felix, Untitled (BLM), 10th grade, Ramey Unit School, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
