March 27 - April 5 | Reception and Awards Presentation: Saturday, April 5, 2 PM - 4 PM
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UMass Dartmouth’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) is pleased to present the Emerging Young Artists and Designers 2025 Award Winners Exhibition, continuing our tradition of exhibiting exceptional high school students’ work since 2013. The exhibition reception and awards presentation for the exhibiting artists, their art teachers, the UMass Dartmouth community, and the general public will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2:00 - 4:00pm.
The Emerging Young Artists and Designers 2025 Award Winners Exhibition presents the winners of this highly competitive juried exhibition, which celebrates the exceptional artistic merit of New England’s high school students. EYAD 2025 received submissions from over 800 young artists, from which the co-jurors, CVPA’s Associate Dean Ann Kim and Artist in Residence Lu Xu, selected 103 works for the online exhibition.
EYAD 2025’s Award Winners presented in this marvelous physical exhibition at CVPA’s Campus Gallery are:
Joy Son, Belmont High School, MA (Award for Artistic Excellence); Lili Nguyen, Barnstable High School, MA (1st Place Award); Hillary Dos Santos, Dennis Yarmouth Regional High School, MA (2nd Place Award-tie); Likha Belenytska, Minuteman Regional Vocational High School, MA (2nd Place Award-tie); Kenna Slyker, Silver Lake Regional High School, MA (3rd Place Award); Mackenzie Suplee, Norwich Free Academy, CT (Dean’s Choice Award); Bianca Monteiro-Lopes, Lincoln School, RI (Foundations Award); Ella Quin, Nonnewaug High School, CT (2D Recognition Award-tie); Jessica Liu, Natick High School, MA (2D Recognition Award-tie); Vivienne Ratz, Winchester High School, MA (3D Recognition Award); Austin Sangster, Brockton High School, MA (Digital Art + Design Recognition Award); and Dan Albert, Canton High School, MA (Photo + Video Recognition Award).
Contact: Prof. Stephanie McGoldrick smcgoldrick1@umassd.edu