May 28, 2026
On Saturday, three students from EEM were recognized for their outstanding artistic abilities at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts’ 65th Young Arkansas Artist Exhibition opening and awards ceremony. The exhibition features just 52 works of art - 4 per grade level - selected out of thousands of entries from across the state. Winning students received art supply gift cards, and their submitting art educators received funds for their classrooms.
EEM art teacher, Laura DePriest, proudly shares her winning students:
6th Grade - Hope Harvison with her Prismacolor pencil on paper drawing entitled “When the Dragon Appears”
7th Grade, and Best in Class winner - Noelle DePriest with her glazed ceramic piece, “Longtail”
8th Grade - Presley Chauvet with her charcoal on paper piece entitled, “Finger Food”
The exhibition is now open at the AMFA in Little Rock and will remain open, and free to the public, through July!
An online virtual tour of the exhibition can be found at the following link: https://arkmfa.org/art/exhibitions/65th-young-arkansas-artists/
EEM art teacher, Laura DePriest, proudly shares her winning students:
6th Grade - Hope Harvison with her Prismacolor pencil on paper drawing entitled “When the Dragon Appears”
7th Grade, and Best in Class winner - Noelle DePriest with her glazed ceramic piece, “Longtail”
8th Grade - Presley Chauvet with her charcoal on paper piece entitled, “Finger Food”
The exhibition is now open at the AMFA in Little Rock and will remain open, and free to the public, through July!
An online virtual tour of the exhibition can be found at the following link: https://arkmfa.org/art/exhibitions/65th-young-arkansas-artists/