Congratulations to these Gold Key and all of our Scholastic Art Competition winners! 

Gold Key

These pieces will be on display at the KMAC Contemporary Art Museum (formerly the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft) during the Scholastic Gold Key & American Vision Nominees Exhibition, February 13 – March 15, 2026. The opening event will be Friday, February 13, from 5-7:30 p.m. and is free to the public. These pieces will also go on to compete at the National Level in New York City.

Sidney Burke- Digital Painting, “Love Letter to Learning”

Sidney Burke- Experimental Photography, “Tangled Tides”

Dorothy Cosper- Drawing, “Factory F(H)arming”

Karis Perkins- Painting, “Girlhood”

Abby Hannah Williamson- Drawing, “Cheeser Girl”

Silver Key

Miles Breitenstein- Experimental Photography, “Light Painting”

Dorothy Cosper- Drawing, “Deforestation

Natalie Dunning- Illustration, “Red Herring”

Lydia Franks- Drawing, “Hyper Heart”

Carson Hahn- Photography, “Blue Mourning”

Ella Meiers- Photography, “Beautiful Flower”

Sydney Minucci- Photography, “Light Upon the Waters”

Ellery Pryor- Painting, “Ladybugs”

Hannah Stempien-Painting, “Washed”

Kennedy Watkins- Drawing, “Brotherly Love”

Silver Key Portfolio

Dorothy Cosper– “Through the Eyes of a Dreamer”

Maeleigh Randolph- “Made Motion Menagerie”

Honorable Mention

Sidney Burke- Illustration, “Once Upon a Swan”

Jennifer Clerveau- Photography, “Petals Suspended”

Dorothy Cosper-Drawing, “Mirror Ball”

Dorothy Cosper-Drawing, “Car Show with Dad”

Dorothy Cosper-Drawing, “Deja Vu”

Dorothy Cosper-Painting, “I refuse to Disappoint…”

Dorothy Cosper-Painting, “Endangered and Extinct”

Hallie Daniel-Drawing, “Grotto”

Lydia Franks-Drawing, “Multi-tasking”

Lily Hitch-Drawing, “The snack that swims back”

Karis Perkins-Painting, “Monday Maroon”

Catherine Stachnik-Photography, “Portal to the Stanley”

Hannah Stempien-Drawing, “Dr. Woods”

Honorable Mention Portfolio

Dorothy Cosper- “Portraits in Contrast”

Hallie Daniel- “New Perspectives”

Lily Hitch-”Expressions of Childhood”