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Festival  of  Young  Artists

2026 Selected Works

Congratulations to all of the young artists who have been selected to be featured in the 2026 Adirondack Trust Company Festival of Young Artists. Your work will be featured in our online gallery and at the live festival event on Sunday, May 31 at SPAC.  
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Check back here on May 10th to see the updated gallery featuring all of the selected works!  

Visual ArtLiterary ArtPerforming ArtsComposition Contest

Visual Art

Outstanding Artist Award Winner: 

Jones, Victoria, Grade 11, Saratoga Springs High School, Cornfield

Selected Works:

  • Aguirre Murcia, Maya, Grade 10, Shaker High School, Floral Layers

  • Ahmed, Zariya, Grade 9, Shaker High School, Color Pop Tulip

  • Allen, Tess, Grade 12, Schuylerville High School, A Glimpse of the Past

  • Austin, Mae, Grade 10, Schuylerville High School, Caught Memories

  • Bardin, Anna, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Juicy Pears

  • Barnett, Ella, Grade 12, Stillwater High School, Komorebi

  • Barton, Addison, Grade 12, Cambridge Central School, Seasonal Depression

  • Beaulac, Katherine, Grade 10, Schuylerville High School, Rekindled Memories

  • Bradley, Eden, Grade 9, The Brown School, The Seasons Within

  • Cherney, Ellee, Grade 10, Hudson Falls High School, American Beauty

  • Collins, Annalise, Grade 11, South Glens Falls High School, Molar Memories: Fighting Them Cavities

  • Conti, Alessandra, Grade 12, Shaker High School, Sempre (Forever)

  • Cupernall, Alexa, Grade 12, Hudson Falls High School, Livy

  • Cunningham, Brooke, Grade 11, Stillwater High School, Dreaming of the Good Old Days

  • Dean, Carolyn, Grade 12, Fort Ann Central School, Vail

  • Doyle, Charlotte, Grade 11, Hudson Falls High School, Echoes of Cerulean

  • Evans, Brooke, Grade 11, Saratoga High School, Lake Sunset

  • Evans, Brooke, Grade 11, Saratoga Springs High School, Merganser

  • Evens, Maci, Grade 9, South Glens Falls High School, Court Kicks

  • Fang, Jenny, Grade 12, Shenendehowa High School, Change: The Nature of Us

  • Helicke, Eli, Grade 12, Saratoga High School, Fabric Aurora Borealis

  • Isgro, Anastasia, Grade 10, Stillwater High School, Reflection

  • Kamerling, Sonja, Grade 11, Saratoga Springs High School, Saratoga Battlefield in Plein Air

  • Kay, Charlotte, Grade 12, Saratoga Springs High School, Medieval

  • Kennard, Mackenzie, Grade 7, Scotia-Glenville Middle School, Sunset Cannon

  • Klena, Ashley, Grade 10, Johnstown High School, Summer Soul Surfing

  • Lamica, Karilyn, Grade 10, Saratoga Springs High School, Fence at Sunrise

  • Lee-Chung, Lauren, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Sunset Swim

  • Lehoisky, Danika, Grade 12, Fort Ann Central School, Eye of the Tiger

  • Levesque, Lauren, Grade 10, North Warren CSD, You Are Who You Want To Be

  • Lu, Evelyn, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Ogunquit's Rocky Coast

  • Lusignan, Theo, Grade 12, South Glens Falls Central High School, Harbor

  • Lyons, Emily, Grade 11, South Glens Falls Senior High, Every Summer...

  • MacGregor, Katherine, Grade 11, Saratoga High School, Sisters in Bloom

  • Martz, Zoey, Grade 11, Broadalbin-Perth High School, Thanks for Noticin' Me

  • Mease, Elizabeth, Grade 12, Shaker High School, When I Was Her

  • Miller, Tessa, Grade 12, Stillwater High School, Lion and the Lamb

  • Miner, AJ, Grade 12, Lake George Jr/Sr High School, Nature's Course

  • Modupalli, Nirali, Grade 8, Shaker High School, Withering Rose

  • Moon, Ella, Grade 9, South Glens Falls High School, Broken In

  • Moon, Harlan, Grade 11, South Glens Falls High School, The Hudson

  • Mullin, Felicity, Grade 10, South Glens Falls High School, Battered and Beaded

  • Nacheman, Ella, Grade 12, Saratoga Springs High School, Past Season

  • Pape, Libby, Grade 11, Lake George Jr/Sr High School, A Moment in Time

  • Pitts, Trinity, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Warm Autumn Afternoon

  • Pliscofsky, Addison, Grade 10, Hudson Falls High School, Made to Be Used

  • Ramirez Lopez, David, Grade 10, Hudson Falls High School, Vitamin C

  • Reilly, Kari, Grade 12, Saratoga High School, Garden Kale

  • Rhatigan, Ava, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Escape

  • Rhoades, Audrey, Grade 7, Scotia-Glenville Middle School, The Lost River

  • Richter, Theresa, Grade 11, Saratoga Springs High School, A Sip of Summer

  • Robinson, Sophia, Grade 12, North Warren Central School, Soul Scraps

  • Rosko, Maya, Grade 12, Saratoga High School, Sweet Chaos

  • Russell, Layla-Marie, Grade 11, Saratoga High School, Petals

  • Sanchez, Mya, Grade 12, Shaker High School, Light in the Dark

  • Sharath, Shreya, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Ritu Hasta (The Hand of Seasons)

  • Shippee, Veronica, Grade 12, Jr/Sr High School, Melanoia

  • Starteri, Chloe, Grade 11, Lake George Jr/Sr High School, Mirrored Memories

  • Thompson, Kaia, Grade 12, Shaker High School, A Rainbow Welcome

  • Varney, Kyley, Grade 12, High School, Bare Bones

  • Vasanthakumar, Sanjana, Grade 10, Shaker High School, Mother Nature's Song

  • Veino, Madelyn, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Soggy Sneakers

  • Watkins, Marley, Grade 11, High School, Nature's Beauty

  • Williams, Addison, Grade 11, South Glens Falls High School, Fragments of Living Light

  • Zimmerman, Olivia, Grade 11, Saratoga High School, Road Trip 87

  • Zhou, Olivia, Grade 11, Niskayuna High School, Intertwined

  • Zirimu, Basi, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Leaves Collage

  • Саниязбекова, Тогжан, Grade 9, Kasteyev, Замороженная фантазия

Literary Art

Outstanding Artist Award Winner: 

Amiri, Fatemeh, Grade 10, Shaker High School, The Fifth Season

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Selected Works:

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  • Bhatti, Alisha, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Waiting for Spring

  • Bilger, Brianna, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Wind

  • Brammer, Emma, Grade 10, Shaker, Hide/Seek

  • Bradley, Eden, Grade 9, The Brown School, Taking Flight

  • Calhoun, Sean, Grade 12, Niskayuna High School, Winter into Spring

  • Duhamel, Noah, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Cycles

  • Elangwe, Alice, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Walk

  • Ferguson, Kara, Grade 12, Galway High School, A Siren's Final Song

  • Gokul, Bhavya, Grade 10, Shaker High School, A Tree Between Seasons

  • Gorman, Cecilia, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Nature's Calm

  • Jamil, Michelle, Grade 12, Shaker High School, The Waiting Room

  • Lu, Evelyn, Grade 11, Shaker High School, her, my dear winter

  • Lupumpala, Levi, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Where Do Dreams Go

  • Meyette, Kaylee, Grade 10, Middle School/High School, Burning House

  • Pyo, Yujin, Grade 11, Shaker High School, My Yeoreum

  • Shahid, Rafay, Grade 11, Shaker High School, River and Dam

  • Treen, Cole, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Silent Wanderer

  • Vafai, Fereshteh, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Selkie Song

  • Zheng, Stanley, Grade 11, Shaker High School, Sky Full of Courage

Performing Arts

Outstanding Artist Award Winner: 

Epilogue, Capital District Arts Initiative
 

Maeve Hull (Grade 12, Niskayuna High School),  Molly Hull (Grade 10, Niskayuna High School), Lilliana Kent (Grade 8, Shaker Middle School), MacKayla McAdoo (Grade 8, Shaker Middle School), Madison Provost (Grade 8, Iroquois Middle School), Chase Reynolds (Grade 10, Niskayuna High School), Lily Wolff (Grade 10, Niskayuna High School)

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Selected Works:

  • Rare and Beautiful

Lily Spoor, Grade 11, Saratoga Springs High School; Aven DeLuca (Grade 9, Burnt Hills Ballston Lake Central School District), Elliot Smith (Grade 9, Burnt Hills Ballston Lake Central School District), Halina Hawkins (Grade 9, Emma Willard School), Leia Cannon (Grade 9, Greenwich Central School District), Lyla Sackal (Grade 10, Shenendehowa Central School District), Lucy Angier (Grade 9, Saratoga Springs City School District), Nora Jackson (Grade 9, Saratoga Springs City School District), Zoe Greenblatt (Grade 9, Saratoga Springs City School District)

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  • Aren't You Sick of That Mask You Wear?

Iris Chiang, Grade 11, Emma Willard School

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  • Core Memories

McKenna Murray, Grade 10, Myers Ballet School

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  • Rebirth

Carter Dibble, Grade 9, Niskayuna High School

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  • Seasons of Becoming

Ava Fichtman & Claire Steele, Grade 9, Myers Ballet School

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  • Veena by Srihiranmayi Balaji (with Improvisation on 450 Year Old Traditional Composition)

Srihiranmayi Balaji, Grade 7, Koda Middle School

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  • Seasons

Ryan Corbin (Grade 6, Saratoga Springs), Cara Kenna (Grade 8, Ballston Spa), Peyton Marrone (Grade 9, Ballston Spa), Hannah Moleski (Grade 11, Saratoga Springs High School), Emily Reside (Grade 8, Saratoga Springs)

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  • Spring Ballet

Kayla Xu, Grade 8, Koda Middle School

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  • Where Is the Love, Dance Connection Performance Ensemble, Schenectady High School

Rayna Brewer, Ester Mae Bulson, Serenity Diggs, Angel Duke, Reinalyz Felix-Baretty, Naomi Fountain, Janae Gardner, Isabella Gentile, Takai Gibson, Briana Gopal, Matilda Jimenez, Shailyn Marichal, Khashey Martin, Jazarah Olds, La-Andrea Rallins, Anika Rodney, Lily Sellie

ESYO - SPAC Student Composition Contest

Outstanding Artist Award Winner: 

Czajkowski, Kingston, Grade 12, Cairo-Durham High School, Koān for Orchestra

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*All student submissions in this category will receive feedback on their pieces via email. If you do not receive your feedback by March 20th, please reach out to education@spac.org.

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