Parkville High Student Named Art Winner; Perry Hall and ET High Students Also Nominated

Kimberly Zepeda Garcia, a Grade 10 student at Parkville High School, was named the high school level winner at the Maryland Art Education Association Youth Art Month Maryland Flag Contest. Her art teacher is Matt Duvall. Garcia, along with Evelyn Epstein, a Grade 3 student at Summit Park Elementary School, will receive $100 in art supplies, while their teachers will receive $300 in classroom supplies from Sargent Art. (Youth Art Month is March of each year.)

In addition, four Baltimore County students are among the 22 finalists in the 11th Annual Maryland High School Juried Art Show at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Those students are include local winners:
Peace Odumeru, Grade 12, Eastern Technical High
Rebecca Smith, Grade 12, Perry Hall High

The show is presented by the museum in conjunction with the Maryland State Education Association and is open to students from Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s counties. This year participants were challenged to create work inspired by Romare Bearden and reflecting on social activism, history, music or womanhood.

The exhibit is on display at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum through Feb. 28.

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