CPS All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions

2020 Elementary School Honorable Mention

We received an overwhelming pool of applications from talented Chicago Public Schools students. In addition to this year’s exhibition, we created an Honorable Mention category to spotlight a broader group of young artists.

Want more? Browse this year’s Elementary School exhibition.

A colorful design with a rainbow peace sign

Chamarie Allen: Untitled
A close up drawing of a dragons eye with bright red scales.

Amelio Luke: Dragon’s Eye (Chinese New Year)
pencil drawing with a cube in the middle

Kevin Wilson: Unfolding Dimensions
Perspective drawing of hallway

Anonymous: Untitled
A yin yang design with squares of purple, green and blue in background

Noa Kim-Cohen: Untitled
Ink print of leaves design

Anonymous: Untitled
A landscape painting of a winter scene with two hills and two dark trees under a night sky

Caroline Hart: Dreamy Winters
green and purple land scape

Anonymous: Untitled
Pencil drawing of Hogwarts castle

Benjamin Lacy: Hogwarts
Abstract shapes of cut paper, black and white are mirror image

Kiara Coleman: Untitled

Anonymous: Nighty Night Sunset
A digital drawing of an original character with mint green hair

Mia Espinoza: Out in the Flesh
Illustration with fan in cool colors on left and concentric arcs of rectangles in warm colors on the right

Matthew Sanchez: Alma Thomas Engine Turbine
colored pencil illustration

Mariana Alvarez: Untitled
Self-portrait collage

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of white cat waving

Aurora Brisbois: Untitled
The word hope written in a cursive font and a rainbow gradient.

Anonymous: Hope
colored pencil illustartion

Violet Labash: Come Out and Play
An artwork of a turtle with blue water on a brown background

Rayna Smith: Untitled
iPad drawing, Print

Malykai Feliciano: Primary Color Portrait
A colorful collage of a dog made out of shapes, inspired by Matisse.

Gaby Jacklin: Matisse inspired Collage
Multicolored snowflakes outlined in white on a black background

Maya Warren: Snowflakes
Drawing of red dragon

Daniel Song: Dragon-ex
A winter scene with green trees on a snowy landscape and a night sky with blues and purples.

Ian Carmody: Winter Trees
Chicago skyline with fireworks

Anonymous: Fireworks City
Painting of a tree with pink and purple leaves.

Anusha Banerjee: Pink Purple & Red
train station illustration

Anonymous: Untitled
sphere and stripes

William Rogers: Falling Sphere
house with color flowers

Melinda Alvarado: My Dream House
Colored pencil illustration

Alexander Hosking: Brightness over Darkness
Self-Portrait collage

Anonymous: Untitled
heartbeat illustration

Chloe Hill: Heartbeat
A painting of sunset colors with black silhouette of dandelions and a quote

Isabel Krantz: Untitled

Ibunkunoluwa Randle: Still Life
Abstract drawing of a hand reaching toward the sky

Anonymous: Untitled
White mug with dog's face with black eyes and nose with a red heart.

Dante Espinoza-Villasenor: Pup Mug
Three views of a cowboy boot with a family tree on the side

Alondra Zavala: Family Tree Boot
Painting of girl on colorful striped background

Kayla Zayas: By The Sea
Painting of dead seal with trash

Sofia Aleman: Save the Seals
Painting of a baseball player standing on grass, holding a bat under the sun.

Ahtziry Garza: Untitled
3 mountain peaks

Anonymous: Untitled
chicago fireworks pastel with glitter

Anonymous: Chicago Fireworks
light house and seagul

Anonymous: Moon Light House
ms uni

Jayla Davis: Ms. Uni
Collage of five drawn animals.

[Abrahim] Danja: Animals
abstract swirly lines

Nina Bonair-Agard: Untitled
andy warhol inspired

Mason Hines: Untitled

Emileny Bustamante: Untitled
Colorful painting with a heart outlined in the center of the image

Madeline Freund: Heart
Alternating black and white curving Vs around a black rectangle.

Yvonne Williams: Untitled
A painting of a light yellow bird sitting on a branch on a blue and purple background.

Audrey Pillman: Chickadee
colored pencil landscape

Desiree Richardson: Name Landscape
Black and white paper houses

Benjamin Fox: Weekend Quarantine Project
4 foil figures

Charli Lockett: Family Sculpture
red and blue flower

Madison Melo: Howler
Drawing of cupcake

Katarina Monroe: Untitled
Abstract artwork with pastel colored background and black and white bands filled with different patterns.

Clodagh Veale: Tape Composition
4 seperate drwing in one pic

Anonymous: Positive Message Doodle
3 seperate figure drawings

Jo’Quan Keys: Dudes, Representation
Yellow and purple/blue leaves on a blue background with green and purple dots.

Anonymous: Untitled
Drawing of several blocks of houses during winter

Hanfei Chavez: Winter Landscape
Collage with hand, heart, flowers, and people

Anonymous: Untitled
Group of objects in red, orange, yell, green, blue, and purple.

Samantha Faris: Musical Art
Perspective drawing of hallway

Anonymous: Untitled
5 girls portraits on pink blocks background

Brooke Darland: Self-portrait
Drawing of the back of a person with a long pink braid and animal on her shoulder

Flora Greene: Untitled

Nathan Barrera : Carnage & Venom Drawing
A drawing a figure in all black crouching with a sword.

Josie Kinane: Figure in Black and White
Colored pencil illustration

Adel Pierce: Tartar Sauce “The Movie”
A painting of a sunset with a line of dark trees

Tilly Jordan: Untitled
E with a rainbow

Ariana Junior: Untitled
Self portrait with complementary colors

Anonymous: Untitled
abtraction of name Max bright colors black lines

Anonymous: Untitled
mixed media collage self-portrait

Anonymous: I Am Jurnee
Pencil drawing of fighter jet on white paper

William Gremmels: F-35 Fighter Jet
Colorful drawing with abstract shapes on black background

Anonymous: Untitled
A white polar bear against a blue background with snowflakes

Arianna Garcia: Perspective Polar Bear
city block illustration

Anonymous: Untitled
Illustration of a cactus in a green and yellow pot surrounded by churros.

Declan Logue: Cactus & Churros
girl in black shirt colorful patterned back ground

Jessica Sarmina: Self-portrait
Two figures holding hands in front of a blue background

Anika Copeland-Richards: City Skies
A colorful design with lines that spell out LOVE

Anonymous: Robert Indiana inspired Love Lines
Cool Tint Snowmen painting

Anonymous: Cool Tint Snowmen
Doll in dollhouse

Anonymous: Untitled
Colored pencil illustration

Matthew Hernandez: Solo Creadores
One-Point Perspective Landscape illustration

Jessi Hoih: One-Point Perspective Landscape
A chalk drawing of a haunted house with a large orange moon and a dark blue sky.

Alexandra Ruhnke: Chalk Pastel Haunted House

Avra Raman: Seaglass
Colored pencil illustration

George Dravillas: Untitled
Self-portrait collage

Justin Rembert: Profile Portrait
Paper sculpture of teal peacock

Anonymous: Untitled
girl with yellow shirt

Kaylan Sims: Crazy for Myself
Line drawing of dragon on white paper

Gleb Makarov: The Mighty Dragon
Drawing of girl standing in grass with title, "The Easter Bunny Girl"

Katherine Kasparov: The Easter Bunny Girl
Black ceramic cup with red Spiderman symbol on front, white spiderweb pattern, and red drips on purple interior.

Juan Pina: Spiderman Cup
A drawing of a red fox on top of a painted background of colorful flowers.

Madeleine Kilduff: Fox

Anonymous: Untitled
house design illustration

Anonymous: House Design
Drawing of single Adidas shoe with dimensions written above.

Elise Duran-Dixon: Untitled
Drawing of yellow sunflowers in a pot

Aadian Davis-Pollard: Still Life Flowers
R rainbow background

Dayia Johnson, Anonymous, and Cynia Wingba: Untitled
Illustration of mountain at sunset

Ramona Scott: Ramona Scott
Child in teal shirt wearing a hat of white paper with fronds and cut strips covering their face

Atul Shiwakoti: Crazy Jester Hat
Mask with white background, embellishments around the face of swirls, spots, and lines in yellows, browns, and reds

Olivia Pacheco: Mexican Inspired Mask
Alebrije sculpture

Audrey Bagnall: Alebrije
poster design

Roland Parker Zachariah: One Family Shabbat Car Parade
Cartoon with three main sections containing people helping each other.

Anonymous: Helping Hands
girl in dress standing in grass

MacKinzee Jones: Nighttime
Abstract multicolor drawing with cut paper for dimension.

Mya Pickens: Untitled
Concentric circles made of cut paper of yell, red, and orange

Vincenzo D’Agostino: The Sun
portrait with dog nose

Julian Pintor: Self-portrait
A colorful, abstract painting with splattered colors.

Andrea Rodriguez: Expressive Painting Sadness to Happiness
Hot air balloons in the sky

Salma El Bissati: This is my hot air balloon race
Self Portrait with complementary colors

Anonymous: Untitled
Oil Pastel with Glitter leaves

Wyatt Gilmore: Glitter Leaves

Anonymous: Autumn Park
Black print of word "Hope" in mirror image

Anonymous: Untitled
White house with yellow, corrugated cardboard roof. Grass yard with yellow popsicle stick fence.

Arianna Renteria: Home Sweet Home
Watercolor of coke cans

Karen Aleman: Untitled
colored pencil illustration

Nate Anleu: El Flama
A painting of an orca whale in front of mountains with the sun setting.

Anonymous: Orca
painting of a winter portrait

Anonymous: Winter Portrait
Abstract design of lines and shapes on cut paper.

Anonymous: Untitled
Origami boat colored brown on a drawing of water with a yellow sun

Agrim Rai: Boat
Red and yellow abstract drawing

Huma Ughratdar: The Unmasked Queen
pencil portrait

Nayan Sunilkumar: Megan Fox
robot and person talking

Raylen Reed: Robot-Human
Watercolor with Sharpie

Ochun Palacio: Dance
colored pencil snowmen illustration

Yabena Sunuwar: Worm’s Eye Snowmen
Painted fruit in a bowl on a blue table

Lailah Smith: Untitled
Self-portrait collage

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract picture with colorful, undulating forms

Oscar Carillo: Lines
A drawing of a blue dog with a colorful sunset and a dolphin in the background.

Gigi Urbon: George Rodriguez inspired Blue Dog
A series of pages from a hand-drawn book

Natalie Dickler: Little Book of Pictures
person drinking from a cup, rainbow background

Yadeliz Rosario: Jae-boem
Drawing of an ice cream cone.

Anonymous: Ice Cream Cat
Love inside a heart printed 6 times in black in multiple orientations

Anonymous: Untitled
a pair of shoes with vans logo

Khushi Patel: Off The Wall
butterfly and flower

Destiny Clark: Bloom

Adelyn Ritsema: Painting
Yellow ceramic mug with smiley face wearing sunglasses. Cobalt blue interior.

Marleny Marquez-Ledesma: Emoji Mug
Drawing of yellow and purple character

Coriantae Henderson: Untitled

MIA JUAREZ: PEACE
colored pencil illustration

Trinity McGruder: Where There is a Dismal Present, Several Futures Await
Doll in dollhouse

Noemie Charvolin: Untitled
colored pencil illustration

Meissa Servoss: Self Portrait
R rainbow background

Anonymous: Untitled
Pencil drawing of girl with long green hair and a crown sticking out her tongue

Mariyamawit Debebe: This is how I imagine Coronavirus as a person
Watercolor and Marker

Anonymous: Untitled
Drawing of character with lightning

Ayden Matthews: Untitled
The word "Nat" drawn in rainbow colors

Natalie Romo: Abstract Nat
Black and white reflection of triangles

Nina Grice: Untitled
Black and white shapes

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract shapes, black on one side, mirror reflection white

Anonymous: Untitled
4 owl drawings

Daniyah Bonner: The Owl Then; The Owl Now
Self-portrait collage

Anonymous: Untitled
Illustration with text thanking grocery store workers, on a white background with pattern edge.

Maximilian Bardy: Untitled
A collage of a little girl in a yellow dress with trees in the background

Laura Perez: Random Dream
Cardboard lion sculpture

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of a tree with green, yellow, orange, red, and blue leaves

Siddhanth Banerjee: Rainbow Tree
Illustration of eyes and leaves with actual leaves around the outer edge

Anonymous: Like a person on the woods surrounded by leaves all around
A very colorful artwork full of hearts inspired by Kandinsky

Cecilia Chavez: Kandinsky inspired Heart Wax Resist
moon in night sky

Kayla Melesio: Night in the Galaxy
A pencil drawing of an eye with a rainbow iris

Olivia Hein: Eye

Graham Gedey: Bird
A colorful Chinese new year lion

Chloe Jones: Chinese New Year Dancing Lion
Mixed media piece of a sandwich shop logo

Faith Sanders: Faith’s Sanderwiches
alma thomas inspired painting

Leianne Obligado: Alma Thomas Inspired Painting
Colored pencil illustration

Chhaya Sharma: Untitled
house design illustration

Anonymous: House Design
Tempera Dot Painting

Elizabeth Hale: My Snowy Day
A colorful design of the name Naomi with a tree and purple and blue border

Anonymous: Untitled
An abstract painting made of colorful dashes in a circular design.

Anonymous: Alma Thomas inspired Line Design

Saya Tanabe: The Water Land
red dragon in baseball hat

Leonard Pochel: What?!?
Colored pencil illustration

Darlene Guzman: A Reason
Abstract drawing of green, red, and black shapes

Anonymous: Untitled
Black and white faces

Anonymous: Untitled
A colorful painting of flower designs on brown paper

Gretchen Mei: Untitled
An abstract painting with dark colors and cloud-like shapes

Britney Solorzano: Abstract Emotions Sadness to Happiness
Colored pencil illustration

Grace Mendoza: In Your Eyes
red monster sculpture

Viana Cervantes: Untitled
Line drawing of a mountains with tree and clouds

Victor Kasparov: Untitled
Colorful abstract drawing with cut paper on black background.

Akeelah White: Untitled
blue red yellow T

Soriah Hampton and Anonymous: Untitled
Leaf drawing print in ink

Anonymous: Untitled
Students react to Corona virus-Thank you & Hope

Mayli Nunez: Thank You & Hope
A shield with nature-inspired designs and a feather detail

Sophia Migliore: Native Americans Shield
A drawing of purple and blue hearts

Kokomi DeLoney: Untitled
sun rise

Jaylynn Aguilar: Sunset
Three dancing skeletons against a background of red, orange, and yellow lines inspired Keith Haring.

Eddie Lieber: Keith Haring inspired Dancing Skeletons
Illinois colored in with rainbows and flowers

Anonymous: Untitled
cut paper snowflakes

Anonymous: Pop Snowflakes
Robot with green rectangle head, brown body with purple arms, three orange buttons

Azul Jimenez: Mixed-Media Robot
Drawing of dolphins jumping over water in front of sunset

Gabriella Rodriguez: Untitled
Painting of purple flowers in a pink pot

Curtis Conner: Untitled
Digital painting of fruit in a bowl with a purple background

Kameela Williams: Bowl of Apples Still Life
colored pencil illustration

Sophie Yanny-Tillar: Colorful Creativity
chalk pastel leaves

Anonymous: Fall Leaves
Abstract drawing with yellows, blues, pinks, and reds

Serenity Perry: Untitled
Yellow leaves surrounded by geometric shapes on a blue background

Anonymous: Untitled
colored pencil illustration

Naomi Colquitt: Untitled
Self-portrait collage

Anonymous: Untitled
Self portrait of person in red and blue. Half of picture is red, half is blue.

Montserrat Brizuela: Self-Portrait
earth with a cute face

Isabella Gamero: Clean Earth
Painting of dolphin and other sea creatures

Anonymous: Papel Amate
Girl in Blue dress holding candle, digital art

Aanya Mathew: Burn
2 silhouettes on gray and white background

Anonymous: A look into self
hands

Rihanna Baines: We’re in This Together
Geometric black and white shapes as mirror images

Emerson Villalobos: Untitled
Drawing with a girl on the left half and an animal on the right.

Leah Petersen: Hear Me Roar
Purple and black spider on a purple and black web.

Anonymous: Untitled
Colored pencil illustration

Aviva Gladstein: Untitled
Abstract drawing with dimensions from cut paper.

Fannie Catherine: Untitled
Tempera Painting with Calligraphy

Anonymous: Chinese Panda Banner
red white squares

Miriam Hernandez-Delgadillo: Shades and Tints
Two pastel owls and a heart on butcher paper.

Anonymous: Untitled
A drawing with five characters hanging upside down over the word "vitality".

Drew Hogan: Vitality
Drawing of several robed skeletons

Chloe Tagalicud: Untitled
bridge with stary sky

Paul Vazquez: Scream (Starry Night Version)
bridge with orange sky

Paul Vazquez: Scream (Afternoon Version)
egyptian

Mason Hines: Untitled
ipad drawing, print

Malykai Feliciano: The Magical Bird
Rubbing of a leave with yellow, red, orange, green, and blue

Anonymous: Untitled
iPad drawing, Print

Lorenzo Ochoa: Funny Face
Drawing of Mastodon on colorful striped background

Krisha Pandey: Mastodon
Self-portrait collage

Anonymous: Untitled
Photo of a masked person behind a fence

Zariyah Lemon: Untitled
supreme headband

Alanna Kubba: Bad Guy
Self-portrait collage

Anonymous: Untitled

Temilade Adelusi: Polar Bears
Drawing of outdoor scene with mountains

Anonymous: Untitled
an s pink and green

Anonymous: Untitled
One-point perspective drawing of a city

Parker Gunther: My One-Point Perspective City
Print of 6 blue hearts with LOVE above them

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract and complex drawing

Lilia Tanabe: Bedlam Between Four Settings
girls head on earth

Tijuana Densmore: Care for the World
A painting of a large, black heart with zig zag lines against a red background

Jade Garcia: Expressive Death Painting

Graham Gedey: Portrait
Robot collage

Clayton Gupta: My “Robot Me”
Painting of a man in a trench coat under the phrase Porco Rosso

Eve Oppenheim: Porco Rosso Cover
Digital painting of a tree bank under a big cloud.

Deniana Clemente: Fenced In

Wyatt Cole: Untitled

Olivia Wilmington: Cardinals
Marker drawing of characters fighting with red and blue lights

Ali Hekmati: Untitled
An artwork of two white sheep on green hills with a blue sky.

Anonymous: Tint and Shade Sheep
Marker drawing of 4 people of different races standing in a row beneath a rainbow with the word "diversity" above

Arhianna Melson: Diversity
Black and white drawing of baseball

Ian Davern: Charcoal Baseball
Abstract drawing with cut paper

Jachelle Benjamin: Untitled

Camille Raman: Untitled
A collage with a figure standing in flames

Daisy Rosales: Smoky Fear
iPad drawing, Print

Terrence Starnes: Sherbet
Colorful abstract drawing of shapes and lines.

Keira Kenealy: My feelings during COVID-19
Drawing of outdoor skateboarding scene

Anonymous: Untitled
Illustration of 2 flowers in blues and whites

Anonymous: Dark Side of Flowers
Oil pastel drawing of an ice cream cone

Aubrey Ewing: Pineapple Ice Cream
Self-portrait collage

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of a beach with trash

Monserrat Cervantes: Seal Habitat
Small, blue clay bowl

Mina Miranda: Blue Bowl
girl outside giving peace symbol

Estrella Villagomez: Self-portrait
Painting of white animal on green background

Rose Brisbois: Untitled
Drawing of small water habitats suspended with string

Anonymous: Fireworks City
Multicolored drawing of a robot above "Zot" in in a spiky circle

Lucas Lazaris: Zot the Bot
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