Emerging Young Artists 2022 Juried Exhibition

Exhibitions

January 21 - February 6, 2022

Emerging Young Artists 2022 Poster cropped for banner

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) has the pleasure to present the ninth annual Emerging Young Artists exhibition at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

The EYA 2022 exhibition opening, reception and awards presentation for the exhibiting young artists, their art teachers, the UMass Dartmouth community, and the general public will be held online on Friday, January 21, from 4:00 to 5:00pm.

Exhibition Dates

January 21 – February 6, 2022

Virtual Exhibition Opening, Reception and Awards Presentation
Friday, January 21, 4pm – 5pm
Virtual Reception: bit.ly/EYA2022

Emerging Young Artists 2022 Poster

People's Choice Award

Visit the People's Choice Award Facebook album. The voting period has ended.

Awards

Dean’s Choice Award – Ryan Shears, Pentucket Regional High School, MA
Doodle Dragon, 2020, marker, color pencil, and ink
Art Teacher: Marcia Nadeau

1st Place Award – Sophia Liu, Belmont High School, MA
Crown, 2021, oil and acrylic on canvas
Art Teacher: Mark Milowsky

2nd Place Award – Ethan Fenton, West Springfield High School, MA
Vanilla, 2021, digital photograph
Art Teacher: Reachel Lepine

3rd Place Award – Chris Guerrier, Beaver Country Day School, MA
The Portrait, 2021, digital photograph
Art Teacher: Amelia Walske

Honorable Mention – Aria Carnevale, North Kingstown High School,  RI
Lupita, 2021, acrylic paint, magazine paper, and glue
Art Teacher: Janice Strain

Honorable Mention – Violet Esterman, Natick High School, MA
Trapped, 2021, oil on mixed media paper
Art Teacher: Linda Anderson

Honorable Mention – Connor Grady, Hopkinton High School, MA
Say Cheese, 2021, markers, chalk, verithin, and white gouache on paper
Art Teacher: Kris Kellenberger

Honorable Mention – Erica Infante, Brockton High School, MA
Vector Self Portrait, 2021, digital art
Art Teacher: Amanda Dodge

Honorable Mention – Heiman Leung, Fairhaven High School, MA
Blue Cottage, 2021, watercolor on paper
Art Teacher: Jamie Lynch

Honorable Mention – Elaina Li, Lexington High School, MA
Shadowed in Effigy, 2021, oil on canvas
Art Teacher: Rachel Durocher

Honorable Mention – Shayna Little, Danvers High School, MA
Marie In The City, 2021, digital art
Art Teacher: Jeff Surette

Honorable Mention – Cameran Lynch, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, CT
National Emergency, 2021, photograph
Art Teacher: Michele Hermsen

Honorable Mention – Sofia Panagoulias, Danvers High School, MA
The End, 2021, colored pencil on paper
Art Teacher: Jeff Surette

Honorable Mention – Robert Perlman, Avon Old Farms High School, CT
Time, 2021, board, plaster and patina
Art Teacher: Greg Calibey

Honorable Mention – Logan Seo, Avon Old Farms High School, CT
Deciding on Home, 2020, colored pencil and ink on paper
Art Teacher: Cristina Pinton

Honorable Mention – Autumn Tilley, Old Rochester Regional High School, MA 
Traversing the Static, 2021, digital art
Art Teacher: Kate Butler

Honorable Mention – Alyce Watt, Brockton High School, MA
Untitled, 2021, thread on canvas
Art Teacher: Mark Lynott

Honorable Mention – Jessica Xu, Phillips Academy Andover, MA
The Taste of Heritage, 2021, mixed media
Art Teacher: Wook Choi

People's Choice Award – Fernando Gaspar Rodriguez, Braintree High School
Legends of Old, 2021, digital art
Art Teacher: Abigail Young

The College of Visual and Performing Arts is thrilled to host this highly competitive annual high school juried exhibition and recognize the exceptional merit of art students from high school art programs in New England. The Emerging Young Artists 2022 Juried Exhibition received submissions from 656 young artists, from which the juror, CVPA’s Dean Lawrence Jenkens, selected 178 works for the exhibition. The result is a marvelous online exhibition that showcases the talents of New England’s young artists.

The two video entries can be viewed in their entirety here:

Lilly Lafleur and Paige Bettencourt
Rainbow, 2021, music video

Weslee Tyler
Halloween, 2021, animated short film

EYA 2022 exhibiting schools

Andover High School, MA, Arlington High School, MA, Austin Preparatory School, MA, Avon Old Farms, CT, Beaver Country Day School, MA, Belmont High School, MA, Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School, MA, Berlin High School, CT, Bishop Connolly High School, MA, Braintree High School, MA, Brockton High School, MA, Burlington High School, MA, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, MA, Canton High School, MA, Cardinal Spellman High School, MA, Danbury High School, CT, Danvers High School, MA, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School, MA, Easthampton High School, MA, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, CT, Fairhaven High School, MA, Falmouth High School, MA, Franklin High School, MA, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School, MA, Great Bay Charter School, NH, Greely High School, ME, Groton-Dunstable Regional High School, MA, Haddam-Killingworth High School, CT, Haverhill High School, MA, Hopkinton High School, MA, Ledyard High School, CT, Lexington High School, MA, Longmeadow High School, MA, Lowell High School, MA, Lynn Classical High School, MA, Lynnfield High School, MA, Manchester Essex Regional High School, MA, Medfield High School, MA, Medomak Valley High School, ME, Methuen High School, MA, Montville High School, CT, Moses Brown School, RI, Mount Anthony Union High School, VT, Natick High School, MA, New Bedford High School, MA, North Branford High School, CT, North Kingstown High School, RI, Norwich Free Academy, CT, Oakmont Regional High School, MA, Old Rochester Regional High School, MA, Pelham High School, NH, Pembroke High School, MA, Pentucket, Regional High School, MA, Phillips Academy, MA, Pingree School, MA, Plymouth North High School, MA, Ponaganset High School, RI, Seekonk High School, MA, Shepherd Hill Regional High School, MA, Silver Lake Regional High School, MA, Sizer School, MA, Somerset Berkley Regional High School, MA, Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School, MA, St. Andrew’s School, RI, St. Mary’s Parish School, MA, Wachusett Regional High School, MA, Waring School, MA, West Springfield High School, MA, Westborough High School, MA, Weston High School, MA, West Springfield High School, MA, and Wilmington High School, MA.