The 2024 Cabarrus County Youth Arts Month Awards were announced on Friday, April 12^th, in a ceremony at the conclusion of the Youth Arts Month Festival at Gibson Mill Market.  Congratulations to the following students and their teachers on their great work!

Photo gallery from Friday’s event 

HONORABLE MENTION RECOGNITIONS
Presented by Mr. Bart Tulbert, K-12 Fine Arts Education Coordinator, Cabarrus County Schools 

Elementary School: Hemanya Roopesh Kumar Reddy, Macchia Bowl, Cox Mill ES, 4th Grade, Ms. Jessica Lizarazo

Elementary School: Zoe Arrington, Toucan Goalie, Marker & Paint Sticks, Harrisburg ES, 5th Grade, Ms. Laura Galloway 

Elementary School: Aisha McDonald, A Castle, White Paint & Chalk Pastel, W.M. Irvin ES, 1st Grade, Ms. Hannah Allman

Elementary School: Summer Bullock, Kandinsky Inspired Circle, Oil Pastel & Tempera Paint, Wolf Meadow ES, 3rd Grade, Ms. Nicole Kurzel 

Middle School: Alissea Boatwright, Pablo, Tempera Paint on Paper, CC Griffin MS, 8th Grade, Ms. LaKeesha Mitchell 

Middle School: Rylee Carroll, Harvey, Mixed Media, Roberta Road MS, 8th Grade, Ms. Destiny Johnson 

Middle School: Shuya Zheng, Spirit Warrior, Tempera on Cardboard, Hickory Ridge MS, 8th Grade, Ms. Lindsey Kiral 

Middle School: Ethan Hill, Banana Man, Ceramics, Mount Pleasant MS, 7th Grade, Ms. Natalie Cranford 

High School: Madeline Vang, Notorious RBG, Mixed Media, Jay M. Robinson HS, 12th Grade, Ms. Amanda Fear 

High School: Kyleigh Parker, Morning on the Beach, Oil Pastel, Central Cabarrus HS, 12th Grade, Ms. Liz Moore 

High School: Yomaris Patricio Chegue, Untitled, Ceramics, Northwest Cabarrus HS, 12th Grade, Ms. Carrie Paxton 

High School: Amithyst Cook, Tiger in the Woods, Graphite, Central Cabarrus HS, 10th Grade, Ms. Chynna Oaks 

CABARRUS ARTS COUNCIL OUTSTANDING ARTIST AWARDS 

Presented by Liz Fitzgerald, CEO, & Eliana Arenas, Visual Arts Director of the Cabarrus Arts Council 

Elementary School: Jaylen Reid, Jugtown Overlap Drawing, Chalk Pastel, Carl A. Furr ES, 4th Grade, Ms. Ruth Pitman 

Middle School: Evelina Frizen, You, Charcoal on Paper, Hickory Ridge MS, 8th Grade, Ms. Lindsey Kiral 

High School: Joi Harris, Coy Koi, Cox Mill HS, 12th Grade, Ms. Courtney Leaym 

3D: Yasmine Akers, Cavern of Beauty, Ceramics, Central Cabarrus HS, 12th Grade, Ms. Lindsey Olsen 

CABARRUS ART GUILD BUDDING YOUNG ARTIST AWARDS 

Presented by Debra Joyce, Treasurer of the Cabarrus Art Guild 

Kindergarten: Keziah Shive, Untitled, Mount Pleasant ES, Kindergarten, Ms. Kenly Strube 

1st Grade: Aubrey Dagger, A Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, AT Allen ES, 1st Grade, Ms. Gina Meyers 

2nd Grade: Zen Mills, Independent Study, Pen, Odell Primary School, 2nd Grade, Ms. Rachel Stafford 

3rd Grade: Linnea Lampion, Outer Space, Hickory Ridge ES, 3rd Grade, Ms. Rebecca Illingworth 

4th Grade: Vallari Mehta, Ocracoke Lighthouse of NC, Harrisburg ES, 4th Grade, Ms. Galloway 

5th Grade: Janya Badiga, Moon, Hickory Ridge ES, 5th Grade, Ms. Rebecca Illingworth 

CABARRUS COUNTY SCHOOLS ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS 

Presented by Mrs. Tracey Hayes, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction, Cabarrus County Schools 

Elementary: Elliot Getchell, Jelly Fish, Paint & Oil Pastel, Patriots ES, 5th Grade, Ms. Kathryn Miller 

Middle: Karsyn Kundla, School Days, Mixed Media, Harris Road MS, 8th Grade, Ms. Kerrilou Carpenter 

High: Amy Bartels, Forest Path-Plein Air, Acrylic on Canvas, Central Cabarrus HS, 11th Grade, Ms. Liz Moore 

3D: Janie Dowling, Les Oeufs et le Bacon, Ceramics, Northwest Cabarrus HS, 12th Grade, Ms. Carrie Paxton 

CCEF SUPERINTENDENT’S CHOICE AWARDS 

Presented by Mr. John LeGrand, Deputy Superintendent, Cabarrus County Schools & Amy Gough, CCEF Executive Director 

Elementary School: Lohit Sathish, Honey Bee, Print/Oil Pastels, Cox Mill ES, 2nd Grade, Ms. Jessica Lizarazo 

Middle School: Nayanika Kumar Reddy, Parrot, Acrylic Paint, Harris Road MS, 8th Grade, Ms. Kerrilou Carpenter 

High School: Madeline Pillsbury, Anne Frank House, Acrylic Paint, Northwest Cabarrus HS, 10th Grade, Ms. Lori Earnhardt 

3D: Emily Puckett, Summer Sweetheart, Yarn Crochet, Central Cabarrus HS, 12th Grade, Ms. Lindsey Olsen