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2011 Art Contest Winners
Congratulations to all the junior and senior winners! On March 26, 2011, GRFA awarded $45,000 in college scholarships and art supplies to 11 high school seniors and five juniors at an award luncheon at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. Each winner also received an art gift bag courtesy of David's Art Supply and a signed Blue Dog print from George Rodrigue. High schol juniors and seniors were asked to create a unique piece of work based on our theme "Speak Out with Art"
These 16 finalists were chosen from 424 entries and 114 cities from across Louisiana!
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1st Place $6,000 Scholarship
No More Savannah Bridges Senior Riverfield Academy Rayville, LA | 2nd Place $5,500 Scholarship Bon Appetit Bethany McCurdy Senior Chalmette High School Chalmette, LA | 3rd Place $5,000 Scholarship
Darkness Rising Samantha Hardy Senior St. Thomas More Lafayette, LA | 4th Place $4,500 Scholarship
GREED Miranda Barajas Senior Founteinbleu High School Mandeville, LA | 5th Place $4,000 Scholarship Art Speaks! Claire Babin Senior St. Amant High School St. Amant, LA | 6th Place $3,500 Scholarship
Homeless, Not Hopeless Amanda Robin Senior Live Oak High School Denham Springs, LA |
7th Place $3,000 Scholarship
The New Louisiana Pelican Casey Langteau Senior Mount Carmel Academy New Orleans, LA |
8th Place $2,500 Scholarship In Our Hands Catherine Wen Senior Episcopal High School Baton Rouge, LA
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9th Place $2,000 Scholarship
The Forgotten Friend Kynlie Fremin Senior Brusly High School Brusly, LA | 10th Place $1,500 Scholarship
Allee du Cancer Peyton Bowman Senior St. Joseph's Academy Baton Rouge, LA
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11th Place $1,000 Scholarship
Hooked Andy DeRouen Senior St. Louis Catholic High School Lake Charles, LA | |
1st Place - Junior Category $1,250 Cash Award Massive Leak of Dark Horror Paul Wright Junior NOCCA New Orleans, LA
| 2nd Place - Junior Category $1,000 Cash Award
A Culture Threatened Evan Daigle Junior Lafayette High School Lafayette, LA
| 3rd Place - Junior Category $750 Cash Award
Mother Nature's Paradox Alaina Proctor Junior Airline High School Bossier City, LA | 4th Place - Junior Category $500 Cash Award
Art Fills My Soul Richie Smith Junior Sterlington High School Monroe, LA |
5th Place - Junior Category $250 Cash Award
The Phoenix of Hope Morgan Maughan Junior Episcopal High School Baton Rouge, LA |
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 2012 Art Contest Artwork
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