Coast Episcopal School is pleased to announce the winners of the Gail Keenan Art Center 2021 High School Art Exhibition. Participants from public, private, parochial, and homeschooled high school students in 9th through 12th grades who live in Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson Counties were included. Students were nominated by a classroom teacher or adult representative, such as a homeschool parent or after school art instructor. Contributing schools include Saint Stanislaus, Our Lady Academy, West Harrison High School, Biloxi High School and the Mississippi School of Math and Science.
The exhibition and awards ceremony are available for viewing online: 2021 Art Exhibition and Awards Ceremony.
This year’s exhibition was juried by Stacey Johnson. Johnson is the art teacher at Coast Episcopal School and a ceramic artist. She holds an MFA in ceramic sculpture from the University of Georgia and a BFA from Loyola University. She is a two-time recipient of the Mississippi Arts Commission artist fellowship and was recently awarded the 2020 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Visual Artist award.
The 2021 High School Art Exhibition is presented by our 2020-2021 Children in the Arts sponsor Hancock Whitney.
FIRST PLACE
Taylor Wypyski, Octopus, mixed media.
Eleventh Grade, Mississippi School of Math and Science, Columbus, MS
Taylor is a resident of Pass Christian, MS
SECOND PLACE
Jenna Grace Garrison, Untitled, ceramics.
Twelfth Grade, West Harrison High School, Gulfport, MS
THIRD PLACE
Alexandra Ladner, 50’s Television, watercolor and ink.
Eleventh Grade, West Harrison High School, Gulfport, MS
HONORABLE MENTIONS
Simon-Christopher Alvarez, Self-Portrait, ink wash on canvas.
Twelfth Grade, Biloxi High School, Biloxi, MS
Ja’Kobe Cameron, Cheetah Mug, stoneware.
Eleventh Grade, Saint Stanislaus, Bay St. Louis, MS
