2022 AA-RJ Black History Month Art Submissions and Winners

This year’s Black History Month Art Contest Submissions are in and so are the winners! Winners were announced on Saturday, March 5th at the Awards Reception at the Finder's Keepers Furnishings (FKF).

Thank you to all the artists for submitting your incredible works and to our esteemed judges; Denise Gunter, Sand Hook Oei, and Anaitté Vaccaro. Read more about our judges here.

Thank you to our photographer, Arthur Ratliff. He’s generously agreed to allow free downloads of these photographs through the end of this month. Here is a link to the photos he took during the Awards reception: https://tinyurl.com/AARJBHM22pics © Arthur Ratliff Photography

Below, we’ve organized of of this year’s submissions and this year’s winners into 5 groups; Elementary School Ages 5-7, Elementary School Ages 8-11, Middle School, High School, and Young Adult. Click through each of the slide shows to view this year’s incredible entries.

Elementary One, ages five through SeVEN

First place: Kyle Miller-Dotson

Second place: Stephen Wu

Third place: Cameron Hubbard

AARJ pick: Jordyn Moreland

Elementary Two, ages EIGHT through eleven

First place: MaNiyla Cameron

Second place: Synora Lane

Third place: Mohamed Cisse

AARJ pick: Madysin Timmons

AARJ pick: Cameron Blackmon

Middle School Winners

First place: Cai Chee Wah

Second place: Henry Blackmon IV

High School Winners

First place: Aubrey Jordan Yarbrough

Second place: Kendyl Burse

Third place: Macie White

AARJ pick: Alyssa Tatum

Thank you to our sponsors!

Business Sponsors:

Edwin Jarvis CoWork Club

Finders Keepers Furnishings

Empathy Lab

Change Makers ($100+):

Anonymous

Avondale Estates Historic Sign Committee

Connie Bryans

Carol Calvert

Lisa Cottrell

Diane Dougherty

Carol Harter

Arthur and Denise Ratliff

Jane Royall

Marcine Sullivan

Uplifters ($75):

Charli Vogt

Encouragers ($50):

Sarah Chisholm

Elizabeth Jackson-Jordan

Carole Johnston

Carol Sandiford

Celeste Tibbets

Allies ($25):

Caitlin Dooley

Lorraine Fontana

Patti Ghezzi

Don Henderson

Hilary Krivchenia

Nell Rodgers

Sharon Saliba

Nisheena Smith

Calais Vandromme