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2024 Annual PAVA “Awards of Excellence”, Pinellas County Schools

A collage of four images: a person walking on a bridge at sunset, a close-up of decorative glass vessels, a narrow alleyway in black and white, and a digital illustration of a girls' gathering with a girl in the center and a butterfly.

GOLD (Clockwise):

  • Devin Bautista: Phantasmagoric

  • Brynn Cottis: Swirl Bottle

  • Emily Vogelsang: Butterfly of Hope

  • Sokunthear Hoeung: Alley Way

A collage of four images: a painterly portrait of a young man with glasses, an oil painting of a woman with braids wearing a blue shirt, a blurred painting of a woman with long hair, and a ceramic vase with purple and green floral designs.

SILVER (Clockwise)

  • Madeline Needler: Still Developing

  • Rissa Schmaser: The Blues 12th

  • Elijah Sellers: For God So Loved The World

  • Luci Valentino : Whisked Away 10

A collage of five images: a cartoon restaurant scene with anthropomorphic animals, a handmade ceramic vase with pink flowers and black branches, a painting of two girls sitting by a river in a natural setting, a ceramic pot with a marbled blue, black, and white design, and a close-up of a colorful, abstract patterned bowl.

HONORABLE MENTION (Clockwise)

  • Meghan Cole; Out of Place

  • Abigail Palmer: Blossoming 1

  • Mia Hipolito: Laundry Day

  • Cooper Donovan: Fragile Waters