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

Each year PAVA partners with Pinellas County School Board to provide awards to outstanding high school junior and senior students of art. Awards are funded by donations from our partner, NorthWest Federal Credit Union, as well as individual donations.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S RECIPIENTS!

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