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First Place Graphic Design

"Bug Poster"

Amy Parra-Franco

Paul Duke STEM High School Senior

Payton Hirshmann, instructor

digital design

2026 Award Winners

 Best in Show

Emily McMillian – “A Taste of Heaven,” Landmark Christian, Instructor: Shelia Gilkeson


1st Place – Ceramics

Sophia Parker – “Cats vs. Dogs,” North Paulding HS, Instructor: Emme Worthy Newman


1st Place – Drawing

Isaac Ma – “Self Portrait.” GSMST HS, Instructor: Lauren Christine Phillips


1st Place – Graphic Design

Amy Parra-Franco – “Bug Poster,” Paul Duke STEM, Instructor: Payton Hirschmann


1st Place – Jewelry

Cate Williams – “Not Yours,” Brookwood HS, Instructor: Elizabeth Debban


1st Place – Mixed Media

Yujin Kim – “Ethereal,” GSMST HS, Instructor: Lauren Christine Phillips


1st Place – Painting & 1st Place – GA Watercolor Society

Penelope Brown – “Vibrant Dialogue,” DeKalb School of the Arts, Instructor: Nicole Jacobs-Licht


1st Place – Photography

Elijah Harrison – “To Quicker Days,” Georgia Connections, Instructor: Alexis Thomason


1st Place – Printmaking

Emma Vazquez – “Buford,” SOTA@Central Gwinnett, Instructor: Sahirah Dean


1st Place – Sculpture

Sway Andrews – “Trial by Fire,” North Paulding HS, Instructor: Emme Worthy Newman

Lucy Award


People's Choice Award 2024

"Can You Bloom with Me?"

Jazmin Cruz

watercolor on paper

South Atlanta High School

James Taylor, instructor



People's Choice Award 2023

Hosted by the Atlanta Dogwood Festival since 2004.

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Past Events

Art Institute of Atlanta

OUMA, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

OUMA, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

Art Institute of Atlanta (Dunwoody): Beginning March 8, Ai Atlanta will display 25 pieces of 2019 AHSAE work for the weeks prior to the festival.

OUMA, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

OUMA, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

OUMA, Oglethorpe University Museum of Art

OUMA has displayed AHSAE winners for years.  In 2015 OUMA hosted an AHSAE Best of Show Retrospective, displaying 7 years of Bests from as far back as 1974.

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