Last month in the BWXT Youth Gallery, we proudly hosted the Earth Day Youth Juried Art Show, which featured art from local elementary and middle school students.
The evening before Earth Day, Friday, April 21, The Academy and BWXT hosted the gallery’s reception in the BWXT Youth Gallery space to honor these fantastic young artists! Art was appreciated, snacks were enjoyed, and the winners for each grade group as well as Best in Show was announced.
For those who were unable to attend the event, here are our winners, as well as some photos from the event:
Kindergarten - Second Grade
The 1st place winner is – Callah Graves for “Earth”
The 2nd place winner is – Adeline Deal for “Bird”
The 3rd place winner is – Grace Buyalos for “Earth Flower”

Callah Graves’ “Earth”

Adeline Deal with her work “Bird”
Third - Fifth Grade
The 1st place winner is Ryland Lowdermilk for “Monochromatic Dew Drops on a Leaf”
The 2nd place winner is Sam Gomez for “Protect the Crabs”
The 3rd place winner is Emily Machut for “The Fish”
Sixth - Eighth Grade
The 1st place winner is Ivy Headley, for “Cloudy Skies”
The 2nd place winner is Nola Nez, for “Bulbasaur’s Earth”
The 3rd place winner is Ohnesty Monroe for “Reproduction of John James Audubon American Flamingo”
Best in Show
The Best in Show is Aidan Dowdy for “Midnight Mountains”