Student Visual Arts Contest
An annual opportunity for students in grades 6-12.
![Screenshot 2024-04-16 at 11.43.20 AM Student Visual Arts Contest Cover 2024 "Survivor Stories"](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-11.43.20-AM.png)
OPEN TO STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-12!
Submission Deadline: 3/31/2025
CONTEST AWARDS FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR DIVISONS:
1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $150
Honorable Mention: $100
Questions:
Please email Kate Adams, Assistant Director of Guest Services at: kadams@vaholocaust.org
Candid photos from the 2024 Awards Program on May 5, 2024
![IMG_6014 2024 Art Contest Winners at Yom HaShoah 2024.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6014-scaled.jpg)
![IMG_6011 Student accepting an art award at Youm HasShaoh 2024.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6011-scaled.jpg)
![IMG_5946 Art contest winner at Yom HaShoah 2024](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5946-scaled.jpg)
2024 JUNIOR DIVISION (GRADES 6-8) WINNERS
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.13.05 AM A mononcramatic painting of Halina Zimm as a child.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.13.05-AM.png)
1st Place
Saanjana Akunuri
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.13.19 AM A black and white pencil drawing of Roger Loria as a young boy holding an American flag.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.13.19-AM.png)
2nd Place
Nevaeh Bella Crewe
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.13.32 AM A drawing of Sol Zimm as as a young boy wearing his uniform at the gates of Auschwitz.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.13.32-AM.png)
3rd Place
Jillian Sheetz
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.13.51 AM A painting of Rojer Loria and his mother crossing into Switzerland.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.13.51-AM.png)
Honorable Mention
Claire Teichert
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.14.14 AM a pencil drawing of a holocaust survivor and all the images that stay in their minds of their time in the camps](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.14.14-AM.png)
Honorable Mention
Camilla Stacener
2024 SENIOR DIVISION (GRADES 9-12) WINNERS
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.11.54 AM Art collage from senior M. Bell.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.11.54-AM.png)
1st Place
Morgan Bell
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.12.09 AM Pencil drawing of Roger Loria as a little boy holding an American Flag](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.12.09-AM.png)
2nd Place
Molly Janousek
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.12.25 AM Painting of a building in flames as a woman on the street looks up and watches](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.12.25-AM.png)
3rd Place
Eva Mckinley
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.12.51 AM This piece portrays Rosalia “Lia” Katz Kaplin, who as a Jewish child during the Holocaust, hid in many different places, including a rowboat. As an adult who later attended art school, this drawing is an attempt to represent her telling her story through her own artwork.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.12.51-AM.png)
Honorable Mention
Julia Velazquez
![Screenshot 2024-07-19 at 10.12.38 AM A wedding pencil drawing of two Holocaust Survivors who have married](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-19-at-10.12.38-AM.png)
Honorable Mention
Reese Burroughs
2023 JUNIOR DIVISION (GRADES 6-8) WINNERS
![0 FM0 CR0 Prmid2 mxDrkA2.75 mxBrtA0.00 mxPkNSat3.75 dr39.15 br0.00 wdr20.75 wbr0.00 sbr0.00 ldr40.27 lp32.0 [f0] 001011011bfalic 00000 Photo of art submitted of a dress.](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Elena-Contreras-scaled.jpg)
1st Place
Scars
by Elena C
![Screenshot 2024-03-13 at 3.39.28 PM](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-3.39.28-PM.png)
2nd Place
Turning a Blind Eye to Refuge Seekers
by Eva M.
![Screenshot 2024-03-13 at 3.39.35 PM](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-3.39.35-PM.png)
3rd Place
Not Just a Memory
by Eva B.
![Screenshot 2024-03-13 at 3.39.43 PM](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-3.39.43-PM.png)
Honorable Mention
Hidden Behind Trees
by David C.
2023 SENIOR DIVISION (GRADES 9-12) WINNERS
![Screenshot 2024-04-16 at 4.42.16 PM Drawing of Holocaust Survivor Ted Lehman](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Screenshot-2024-04-16-at-4.42.16-PM.png)
1st Place
Niedobitck
by Reese B.
![Screenshot 2024-03-13 at 3.45.32 PM](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-3.45.32-PM.png)
2nd Place
Hatikvah
by Obaa A.
![Screenshot 2024-03-13 at 3.45.38 PM](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-3.45.38-PM.png)
3rd Place
The Flower of Hope
by Gina Y.
![Screenshot 2024-03-13 at 3.45.45 PM](https://www.vaholocaust.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screenshot-2024-03-13-at-3.45.45-PM.png)
Honorable Mention
Because of Their Faith
by Allyson W.