The Superintendent's High School Art Show

2026 Art Show

Gallery of the Superintendent's High School Art Show state and regional winners. To enlarge images, simply click on the image.

"Look at Me" illustrates a girl who is irrevocably trapped in a life of suffering, pain, and sadness. She is tied down by the restraints of plastic wrapping but she finally breaks free of the restricting barrier. For she is still broken but she sees herself.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Hailey Chaplin
Title: Look at Me
Medium: Oil Paint
Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 0
Teacher: Tina Davis
School/District: Ferris High School/Spokane

 
Warm portrait of a young child in his childhood home.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Sybella Morelli
Title: Calling Home
Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 20 x 16 x 1
Teacher: Angelika Wilson
School/District: Mt Spokane High School/Mead

 
"Friends" is a celebration of two people very close to me.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Edwin Chicoine
Title: Friends
Medium: Colored Pencil
Dimensions: 21.5 x 0.2 x 14.5
Teacher: Angelika Wilson-Wipp
School/District: Mt Spokane High School/Mead

 
"Life Lines" is a showcase of how aging doesn't define our beauty, despite what society might say. Our wrinkles and callouses show the story of our lives and the problems we've overcome.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Ocean Schwartz
Title: Life Lines
Medium: Colored Pencil, Tissue Paper (3D)
Dimensions: 27 x 21.5 x 3.5
Teacher: Heather Chronister
School/District: Ridgeline High School/Central Valley

 
This is a self portrait, lit by blue light from below the face, has a contrasting stark, black background. The subject looks at the audience with a look of horror.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Anica Russell
Title: Illuminated
Medium: Oil Pastel
Dimensions: 8 1/2" x 11" x 0
Teacher: Emily McDonald
School/District: Mead Senior High School/Mead

 
My masks are based from timeless movies, carefully made from clay and finished with acrylic paint. Delicate, ornate, elaborate. Similar to masquerade masks from the 17th century in Venice and France, specifically the Chateau de Versailles.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Peri Miller
Title: Masks
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: 12 x 8 x 4.5
Teacher: Kathleen Knisely
School/District: Central Valley High School/Central Valley

 
Five handmade ceramic vessels displayed against a dark background, including bowls and handled jars, finished in earthy brown and deep green glazes with subtle texture and softly rounded forms.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Ryan Magalsky
Title: Earthen Vessels
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 4
Teacher: Rebecca Dempsey
School/District: Cheney High School/Cheney

 
"Echoes of Ourselves is a black and white drawing of me holding a mirror, with the reflection revealing one of my closest friends. My piece depicts the idea that deep friendships act as reflections of who we are.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Mia Dominguez
Title: Echos of Ourselves
Medium: Graphite/Pencil
Dimensions: 12 x 18 x 0
Teacher: Rebekah Wilkins-Pepiton
School/District: Central Valley High School/Central Valley

 
This photo displays a large brown speckled ceramic snail, with a faded skull chapped shell. The whole piece is lined with different shades of green moss.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Parker Peterson
Title: Putresco
Medium: Ceramics
Dimensions: 20 x 14 x 11
Teacher: Nicolette Wittwer
School/District: Mt Spokane High School/Mead

 
A page organized like a comic. The first three boxes take up the top half of the image and depict a dental patient with their mouth held open receiving a shot in their gums. The final three boxes show the patients perspective as they slowly pass out. The text shows the dentists slowly counting down from 5.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Paisley Archer
Title: Odontophobia
Medium: comic
Dimensions: 6 x 9
Teacher: Chad brazill
School/District: Lewis & Clark High School/Spokane

 
A Landscape of the Yakima Valley SunDome State Fair Park.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Marleni Aragon
Title: Pure Joy
Medium: Colored Pencils
Dimensions: 16 x 15 x 0
Teacher: Carole Huls
School/District: Davis High School/Yakima

 
This piece uses color pencil and charcoal to create a more vibrant environment.

Contestant

Artist's Name: David Mendoza
Title: Behind the Scenes
Medium: color pencil color charcoal
Dimensions: 19 x 16 x 19
Teacher: Carol Huls
School/District: Davis High School/Yakima

 
Purple and light brown flowers in jar with falling petals . Background is shaded with blue and the jar rests on a light reflective gradient counter.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Nina Landeros
Title: Early Morning
Medium: pastel and watercolor paint
Dimensions: 18 in x 22 in x
Teacher: Carole Huls
School/District: Davis High School/Yakima

 
Close up of red apples on a leafy branch with snowy mountains in the background.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Ruby Meza
Title: Peak Ripeness
Medium: Colored Pencil
Dimensions: 20 x 14 x 0
Teacher: Carole Huls
School/District: Davis High School/Yakima

 
A gradual gradient of a visual representation of mental health.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Sophia Renteria
Title: What Now?
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 12 x 7 x 0
Teacher: Jana Whitfield
School/District: West Valley High School - West Valley (Yakima)/West Valley (Yakima)

 
Photograph of a Davis Cheerleader motivating the fans with a cheerful smile and energetic personality.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Axel Galindo-Enriquez
Title: Cheer
Medium: Photography
Dimensions: 0 x 14" x 11"
Teacher: Jeff Rist
School/District: Davis High School/Yakima

 
This is a self portrait It was created with pencil colors and pastel color pencils. There are white flowers and a brown bird .

Contestant

Artist's Name: Estefany Coria Rivera
Title: Cage Bird
Medium: color pencils, pastel colors
Dimensions: 16x16 12 x 8x8 14 x
Teacher: Carole Huls
School/District: Davis High School/Yakima

 
A grave with a gothic architectural theme. An angel draped over grave in a resting position. Arms covered in cracks. Eerie atmosphere. Contrast form the black base and white charcoal.

Contestant

Artist's Name: JORDAN PEREZ
Title: Mourning Song
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 16 x 21 x 0
Teacher: Carole Huls
School/District: Davis High School/Yakima

 
An aggressive convertible 2026 Corvette ZR1X with a pink design, at a local Car Wash with bright lights that reflects on the war.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Belinda Mendoza
Title: Route 66
Medium: Color Pencil
Dimensions: 10 x 12 x 0
Teacher: Aaron Gillaspe
School/District: Wapato High School/Wapato

 
A marching band hat with a grey base, geometric designs in white, gold, and black across it. The brim has music notes and a golden braided band. The back of the hat has blue waves with cracks painted gold and the front of the hat has a dragon and black plume. The top has multiple small items, books, a bowl and a lotus flower next to an easel.

Contestant

Artist's Name: PJ Bujanda
Title: La Marcha De Mis Sueños
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 6.5 in x 9.5 in x 7 in
Teacher: Jennifer Smith
School/District: Royal High School/Royal

 
Young teenage girl pulling at face, shows the rawness of mental illness. Charcoal drawing

Contestant

Artist's Name: Amore Andrews
Title: Disassociate
Medium: Charcoal
Dimensions: 19.5" x 23.5" x 0
Teacher: Michael Smith
School/District: Woodland High School/Woodland

 
Japanese style tea pot with bamboo handle And various colors, green, blues and purples

Contestant

Artist's Name: Lola nichols
Title: オーロラ " aurora"
Medium: Ceramics
Dimensions: 6 x 5.5 x 4
Teacher: Melissa Swenson
School/District: Fort Vancouver High School/Vancouver

 
This is an acrylic painting of a boy consoling a coyote symbolizing the process of reconciliation of one's "self" after hurting someone.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Zack Zuercher
Title: A Hunters Solitude
Medium: Acrylic on Panel
Dimensions: 14" x 11" x 0
Teacher: Michael Smith
School/District: Woodland High School/Woodland

 
A portrait of a cat named Belle, created using charcoal on paper. Tackles the challenge of creating shading and texture to portray fur.

Contestant

Artist's Name: Camryn Elkinton
Title: Portrait of Belle
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Dimensions: 20" x 14" x 0
Teacher: Michael Smith
School/District: Woodland High School/Woodland