Student Arts Expo

Student Arts Expo Returns March 6, 2026!

Congratulations to the recipient of the 2025 Spigel Prize for Excellence in the Visual Arts:

Ada Arevalo from Dalton High School

Click Here to read more about our Spigel Prize recipient.

March is Arts in Education Month at the Creative Arts Guild and the Guild’s 62nd Annual Student Arts Expo is a big part of the celebration. All public, private, and home school students in Dalton/Whitfield County and Murray County are invited to exhibit.

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Congratulations to our 2025 First place, Second place, Third place, and Honorable Mention ribbon recipients!

PreK 

1 - Layker Ridley – Westwood - Basquiat Dino King

2 - Everett Taylor – Cedar Ridge - Giraffe

3 – Dylan Martinez – Cedar Ridge - Untitled

HM – Sadie Diaz – Cedar Ridge - The Beach

 

Kindergarten 

1 – Anslee Crabtree – Eton - Walrus

2 – Caleb Taylor – Varnell - Deep Blue Sea

3 – Melissa Ramirez – City Park - Chicken Bird

HM – Isabella Mercedes – Brookwood - Untitled

 

1st Grade 

1 – Walker Adams – Varnell - The Water Submarine

2 – Amelia Rose – Chatsworth - Winter Shadows in the Woods

3 – Ezlynn Garcia Jacobo – Spring Place - Cooky Chickens

HM – Emmanuel Sanchez – Varnell  - The Captain is Mad

 

2nd Grade 

1 – Ofelia Ramirez Bautista – Chatsworth - In the Cherry Blossoms

2 – Liana Southern – Varnell - Sleepy Lion

3 – Rhett Waits – Varnell - Grrr. Land Ahoy

HM – Mariana Villalobos – Roan - Ink Pagoda

 

3rd Grade 

1 – Abigail Ross – Chatsworth - Field of Wildflowers

2 – Rosie Peters – Westwood - Basquiat Cat

3 – Abigail Richmond – City Park - Firebird

HM – Greyson Anderson – Brookwood - Untitled

HM – Lindzy Ramirez – Westwood - Basquiat Portrait

 

4th Grade 

1 – Abby Rogers – Chatsworth - Rose Garden

2 – Bella Gordy – Varnell - African Dream

3 – Shepard Robinson – Varnell - Captain

HM – Ethan Ball – Creative Arts Guild - Orangutan

 

5th Grade 

1 - Rebecka Martinez – Varnell - Welcome to Japan

2 – Yuliana Regaldo – Varnell - Pelican by the Seaside

3 – Angelique Brooker – Varnell - A Wonderful Oops (3D)

HM – Ellie Ridley – Chatsworth - Abstract Red Pandas

 

6th Grade 

1 – Layla Adail – New Hope - Winter Landscape

2 – Camdyn Penson – New Hope - Koi

3 – Ashley Meadows – North Whitfield - Starry Night

HM – Evelyn Herrera – Hammond Creek - Rose Value Study

 

7th Grade 

1 – Mary Pressley – Hammond Creek - Macaw

2 – Judy Zhou – Creative Arts Guild - Beauty of Shanghai

3 – Jenny Sprenger – Creative Arts Guild - Purple Beauty

HM – Jacqueline Ochoa – Gladden - Untitled

 

8th Grade 

1 – Kyleigh Higdon – Creative Arts Guild - Blue Eyed Roman

2 – Marlei Hamilton – Valley Point - Marz (3D)

3 – Alex Stafford – Bagley - Untitled

HM – Chloe Townsend – Bagley - Untitled

 

9th Grade 

1 – Jenna Beavers – Northwest - Star Whale (3D)

2 – Marely Rosas – Dalton Academy - Dia De Los Muertos

3 – Sarah Norris – North Murray - Taste for Tacos

HM – Arya Patel – Dalton - Untitled

 

10th Grade 

1 – Alondra Mejia – Dalton - Untitled (3D)

2 – Namia Mendiola - Coahulla - Untitled

3 – Lila Cochran – North Murray - Love's Last Gesture

HM – Haven Earley – North Murray - Monroe Kisses

 

11th Grade 

1 - Huda Rizvi Waseem – Dalton - Untitled

2 – Melanie Alvarez – Southeast - Exploring Chattanooga

3 – Benny Phung – Dalton - Light

HM – Chloe Sexton – North Murray - Beautiful Warning (3D)

 

12th Grade 

1 – Jamir Sanchez – Northwest - Ender Dragon

2 – Sophie Stewart – North Murray - Objects of Identity

3 – Pablo Montoya Perez – North Murray - Tongue: Red Panda's Captured Curiosity

HM – Dylan Ridley – Murray County - Cheese Ball Fun

 

The O.N. Jonas Foundation Art Together Collaborative Award: 

K-2: Chatsworth Elem. 1st Grade – Italian Mosaic 

3-5: Westwood 4th grade - Arcimboldo Portrait 

9-12: Dalton High - Catamount Singers 

9-12: Coahulla Creek - Bat Comic and Characters