2026 Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards

Each year, the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards honors exemplary art by students in Grades 7 through 12 in a competitive annual exhibition that provides cash prizes and scholarship opportunities. The Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards is an annual juried student art contest representing students from over 100 schools in East Arkansas, West Tennessee, and North Mississippi. Submissions to the program are judged on their technical skill, originality, and emergence of a personal voice. Gold key winners are exhibited at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, and Silver Key and Honorable Mention Winners can be seen on two monitors in the galleries.

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The 2026 judges are:

Ahmad George

Allison Rodgers

Anderson Goin

Anna House

Birdcap

Jamond Bullock

Jared Ragland

Jimpsie Ayres

Mary Gunning

Mary Jo Crimnea

Nikkila Carroll

Pam McDonnell

Scott a Carter

Stacey Lynn Rathert

Terry Lynn

‍Congratulations to the 2026 Mid-South Scholastic Art Award recipients! Please see the full list of awards here.

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The Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards is an annual juried student art exhibition presented by Brooks Museum League with major support Pinnacle Financial Partners with support from the Art Now Collective

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All exhibitions at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art are underwritten by the MBMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by Mary Lee Copp Formanek and Maggie and Milton Lovell, with generous annual funding from Anonymous, Gloria and Kenneth Boyland, Deborah and Bob Craddock, Michael and Maria Douglass, Harry Goldsmith, Eleanor and William Halliday, Debi and Galen Havner, Buzzy Hussey and Hal Brunt, Jay and Kristen Keegan, Dr. James Patterson, Dr. Rushton Patterson, Carl and Valerie Person, and Bill Townsend.

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Supported by:

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Sponsored by Brooks Museum League and Pinnacle Financial Partners with support from Derek Fordjour and the family of Marcia Bicks