2024 AA-RJ Black History Month Art Awards

Winners are in!

The awards ceremony for the 4th Annual Black History Month Youth Art Contest was held at the Avondale Arts Alliance Gallery at 84 N. Avondale Rd. (Google Maps) from 2-4 pm on Saturday 3/23/24. Thank you to our AMAZING judges, Catherine J. Alston, Furery Terriy Reid, and Isadora Pennington for lending their incredibly artistic eyes to this year’s Black History Month Art Contest!

Want to see all of the winners? Scroll down a bit and check out the three slide shows. Congrats winners!!

Ages 5-9

1st Place:  Julian Goodfellow - Harlem Renaissance 

2nd Place:  MaLani Smith - Source of Strength

3rd Place:  John McNorlin - Jackie Robinson

AARJ Pick  - Gigi Vice - Basquait - Painting Through Troubled Times

Elementary & Middle Ages 10+

1st Place:  Lulani Roberts - Beautiful Noise

2nd Place:  Paige Connolly - Amanda Gorman 

3rd Place: MaNila Cameron - In Black Heritage

AARJ Pick  - Isabel Avila Rodriguez - Kehinde Wiley