Regional High School Student Show

March 3 - April 22, 2023
Opening Reception March 3, 5-8 PM; Awards 6:30PM

The Foundry Art Centre is proud to present the inaugural Regional High School Student Show featuring the talent of our region’s young artists. High school students from across the St Charles - St Louis region were invited to submit to this juried, all-media exhibition with the unique opportunity to exhibit their artwork in a professional gallery setting. Accepted works are then judged for awards by Janie Stamm, a regional professional artist.

Participating Schools

Duchesne High School
Francis Howell Central
Gateway Legacy Christian Academy
Incarnate Word Academy
Innovation High School
Lutheran High School of St Charles County
Lutheran South High School
McCluer High School
MICDS
Moonlight Art Studios
North Technical High School
Orchard Farm School District
Pattonville High School
Principia School
SHINE Saint Charles
St Charles High School
St Charles West High School
St Dominic High School
The Mark Project: Potter’s Clay
Troy Buchanan High School
Webster Groves High School
Whitfield School

Awards

Honorable Mentions
Mason Henke, Self Portrait, St Charles West High School
Dinara Aladinova, Sprouting, Pattonville High School
Wayne Webster, Teapot, MICDS
Amir Muhammad, A New Era, MICDS
Jaedyn Jones, Crazy Galaxy, Principia School

Local 636 Award
Jessenia Roa, A Fierce Tiger, St Charles West High School
Mai Gannon, Jerry, St Dominic High School

Cozy Shop Award
Julia Kehoe, Tragic, St Dominic High School
Mekhi Holden, Monster Kitty, North Technical High School

Blick Art Materials Award
Aly Juarez, Luck, Troy Buchanan High School
Kaitlyn Brown, Save Some for Their Imagination, North Technical High School
Kaye Latzel, Ghost Rider, Francis Howell Central High School

Foundry Studio Artist Award
Linette Janonski, Dino-Nugget, Whitfield School

Framations Art Award
Emma Casado, Perception, Whitfield School

Joseph & Dianna Mannisi Memorial Art Award
Lucy Gallagher, Organic, Whitfield School

Art in Mind Award (Bev Roy Hope Foundation )
Juni Asikainen, Familial Connections, Whitfield School

Mayor Dan Borgmeyer Award
James Wortham, Day of the Dead, St Charles West High School

Best of Show
Caroline Tarleton, About Feminism, Francis Howell Central High School

People’s Choice Award
Char’lotte Baird, Defining Myself, Whitfield School

About the Juror

Janie Stamm was born and raised on the edge of the Everglades in Broward County, Florida. She is a craft-based artist currently residing on the western banks of the Mississippi River in Saint Louis, Missouri. Her work focuses on preserving Florida’s environmental and Queer history in the face of climate change. She uses a craft-based practice to tell these stories.

In the spring of 2019, Janie received an MFA in Visual Art from Washington University in Saint Louis. She was the recipient of several awards including a Regional Arts Commission grant, a Critical Mass grant, a Dubinsky Scholarship to study at the Fine Arts Work Center, and the Frida Kahlo Creative Arts Award from Washington University in St. Louis. Her work was featured on the cover of the December 2016 issue of Poetry magazine and in the spring 2021 issue of CandyFloss Magazine. Janie has shown work throughout the United States. She was an artist in residence at ACRE in Wisconsin, the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, Aquarium Gallery in New Orleans, SAFTA in Tennessee, Craft Alliance in St. Louis, and a resident teaching artist at the Contemporary Art Museum in Saint Louis. Her work is available for purchase through Rivalry Projects in Buffalo, New York.