The second annual Arts Across Arkansas event will kickoff at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 30, at Westwind School for Performing Arts in North Little Rock.
More than 40 students were selected as finalists this year for Arts Across Arkansas, a new program designed to encourage, enhance and expand young creatives' artistic abilities and professional development. Students were nominated by teachers and selected by independent panels. High school students worked with an Arts in Education Roster mentor in six categories and will present their final projects during the State Finals.
Cash prizes will be awarded.
Arts Across Arkansas Finalists 2025
Visual Arts
Katelynn Cavin “Acceptance” - ASMSA
Hannah Dalencourt-King “Transformation of Passion” - AMSA
Jaime Hernandez “Swarm” - ASMSA
Lily Watts “Persistence” – Morrilton High School
Lakeyn Billing “Identity of Colors” – Morrilton High School
Sephora Faiq “Mother’s Garment” - ASMSA
Robin Dinwiddle “Sweet Strength” - Arkansas Arts Academy
Aleksandra Sasha Bogan “Aleksandra” – Little Rock Central High School
Olivia Busby “Fluidity” - ASMSA
Coley Rogers “Self Portrait” – ASMSA
Dance Choreography
Chloe Powell “In My Veins” – Hot Springs World Class High School
Jaleah Bennett “Head Lock” – North Little Rock High School
Tra’yona McDaniel “Kaleidoscope” – Hot Spring World Class High School
Megan Burris “Scenes of an Asylum” – Hot Springs World Class High School
Victoria Mitchell “Psalms 23” – Hot Springs World Class High School
Avaleigh Stalcup “Show Off” – Little Rock Central High School
Maddison Arnold “Women in the Men’s Fields” – Hot Springs World Class High School
Kiara Davis “Beautiful Chaos” – Hot Springs World Class High School
Jadyn Daniels “A Child’s Mind” – Hot Springs World Class High School
Arabella Lampinen “Feel Their Fear” – Hot Springs World Class High School
Markael Thomas “Should I Give Up” – North Little Rock High School
Film
Campbell Blick “Inside You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” – Little Rock Central High School
Jaime Hernandez “Spring” – ASMSA
Annabelle Maness “Olivia?” – ASMSA
John Sullivan “Tinted” – Hot Springs World Class High School
Makenna Kutzschebauch “Dead Women Walking”– ASMSA
Priya James “Blue Light” – ASMSA
Hayden Robertson “Star City Beta” – Star City High School
Music Composition
Mackenzie Curl “Forgive and Forget” – ASMSA
Zachary Faith Wesley “Paraclete” – ASMSA
Ashtyn Wright “Grey Eyes (Stormy As You)” – Brookeland High School
Bryce Jackson “Paris 1944” – ASMSA
Matthew Carter “Goku” – ASMSA
Literary Arts
Preston Lowe “Woven Into An Hour Bittersweet” – ASMSA
Kit Coletta “Like a Bird Trapped in a Cage, Like a Dog Bred to Fight” – Brookeland High School
Kimberly Divino “The Game” – Little Rock Central High School
Saylor Ross “Homecoming Queen” – ASMSA
Kaiyan Yu “Nasa” – ASMSA
Halie Cook “Dollar Store Collar” – ASMSA
Cora Breshears “The Last Night of Childhood” – ASMSA
Grace Conn “Agri-Culture” – ASMSA
Eva Cummings “Axolotl Ownership” – ASMSA
Jaime Hernandez “Funeral Flowers and the Snakes Shedding Skin in Between” – ASMSA
Stevie Watkins “What a Tasty Meal” – ASMSA
Clara Hartig “The Envelope Was Empty” - ASMSA
Photography
Layne Rickard “Mirror Lake” – Hillcrest High School
Jada Roberts “Sleepy Cat” – Hillcrest High School
Jaxson Turner “Ruby Mae” – Hillcrest High School
Sage Torres “Trinket” - ASMSA
Gracie Riley “Reflections of a Queen” – Star City High School
Weston Dial “Reaching Higher” – Star City High School
Scott Hansen “Sawyer Hill at George’s Majestic Lounge – Arkansas Arts Academy
Nemo Brown “Rainy Window” – Star City High School