CPS All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions

2023 Elementary School Exhibition

The works in this gallery were all created by Chicago Public Schools students. They celebrate art, design, growth, and learning. Join us in exploring the work of some of Chicago’s best young artists and designers! Want more? Browse Honorable Mention projects or High School exhibition.

Chalk pastel drawing of a yellow cake on a platter. A piece of the cake is cut out to expose the purple and pink cake layers.

Anonymous: Cake Time

Genesis Carvajal: Barbie Re-Designed for My Culture

Antoinette Nehru Pangan: Hopping
ladybugs

Bennett Trinh: Lady Bugs
A venus fly trap is drawing as a character with eyes. Two human legs dangle out of it.

Anonymous: Audrey II
A painting of an eye is surrounded by purple and black purple triangle whose tip is attached to the circular eye painting.

Anonymous: Seeing Through the Fragments of Life

Anonymous: 3-D Dragon Mask
self portrait

Rae Jones: Self Portrait #3

Sherie All: Fresh Watermelon

Chai-Ling: SenDa+Mei+3
A character with sunglasses on a background of rainbow colors.

Jaliyah Stubblefield Digital Overlay
Complex drawing of many white skulls surrounding a larger red skull in the center. Lines connect all the calls over a multi-toned blue background.

Anonymous: I Hope My Bones Are In There
bunny in spring

Mark Borsos: Bunny in Springtime

Anonymous: See Red City

Anonymous: Pathways
A painted blue jay sits on a brown tree branch. There is an orange and brown background behind.

Ivy Nordlund: Blue Jay

Elijah Garcia: Mi Abuelo y YO en Jalisco
separation

Pearlin Melodia SamPaul Jeevitha: Separation
Pink and pencil outlined Hello Kitty world. A blue sky with white clouds is behind.

Anonymous: Linescape

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Unicycle

Anonymous: Mirror Invention

Anonymous: The Intruder

Anonymous: Acadia National Park

Andrew Barajas, Daniel Chavez, Alexander Serna: The Goat Debate

Edmond Zhao: Untitled
bob ross

Leonardo Piccolo: Sleeping Nature

Riley Tuider: Stacking Cups

Symphani Torres: Yearbook Page

Anonymous: Untitled

Amy Iniguez: Sleepy Starry Dragon
Drawing of a large green tree with yellow light shinning down on a blue background.

Lucas Bautista: The Day of Life

Keagan Hyland: Untitled

Anonymous: Pink Punk

Anonymous: Burning Candle
An orange lion with a long tail stands next to a gold first place cup.

Elizabeth Ho: Lion Monkey’s Win

Sherrie All: Mandarine Orange

Anonymous: Lion

Anonymous: Beatrice

Anonymous: Heat Rings

Anonymous: Lunar Festival
Drawing of a very colorful theater mask on pink paper with multi colored strings hanging from it.

Catherine Chai: A Broadway Theater Mask
Drawing of a cozy, empty coffee shop.

Nectaria Nedelea: Coffee House

Isaac Davila: Imaginary Creatures

Sawyer Elkhatib: Little Deer
we rise

Sinead Talty: 7th grade Maya Angelou collaboration
papercraft

Hailey Rodden: Sky the Crazy

Anonymous: Winter Cabin in the Woods

Braylen Clark: Self-Portrait
skull

Rana Vaccaro: Spring Dragon Skull

Anonymous: Nerve Wracking
Red pipe cleaner is wrapped around two purple pom poms which make feet. Above, the red pipe cleaner wraps around an orange and pink pom pom which makes a head that has two googly eyes.

Anonymous: The Figures 2

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled
Collage on a black background. In the center is a set of human eyes on speckled white paper. Surrounding it are natural images including a horse and a bird.

Anonymous: Natural Life

Reagan Johnson: Flat Flowers
Pipe cleaners twisted together to make a 3D sculpture.

Anonymous: The Figures 1
A smiling cat is drawing with many bright colors. Purple and orange line exude from the cat.

Anonymous: A Cat of Many Colors
Barbie is colored in like a skeleton and wears a blue and grey dress.

Genesis Carvajal: Barbie Re-Designed for My Culture
Digital artpiece with many characters and objects like a ukulele and a melting pizza layered over each other in bright colors.

Anonymous: Stuck
Paper is split into 3 sections with detailed characters drawn in pen on each. Red and yellow marker accents.

Anonymous: The Three Sages
sculpture

Jake Dentino: Robots
Yellow roses are bundled up with blue paper, tied with a red ribbon. The word "Flowers" is written to the right of the bouquet.

Anonymous: Flowers
Shaded flower and mushroom scene with a rabbit. Many colors.

Elizabeth Konior: Untitled

Livi Williams: OVERWHELMED

Yupawadee Ruechasoontorn: My pets and favorable flowers.

Louis Swingley: Buzzsaw

Lucy Brown: Animal Planet
stuffed animals

Hailey Rodden: Untitled

Anonymous: Moon Dragon
Picasso style painting of a star wars character. The ace of the figure is ombre orange, the neck and background are pink, and the character's hair is is blue and green striped.

Anonymous: Picasso Ahsoka
box

Susie Kirkwood: THE PAINTING
Pencil drawing of two center flowers with leaves and smaller flowers around it.

Caitlynn Chiu: Sketching Flowers

Anonymous: Self Portrait

Anonymous: The Yellow Sponges
snowy small town at night.

Anonymous: Snowy Night

Anonymous: Journey

Maja Thanos: Crazy Spring Feelings
crazy sonic

Chauncey Kennedy Jr.: Crazy Sonic

Helena Mucha: Daffodil Of Life

Anonymous: The Lady

Anonymous: Skyy Light Skyy Bright

Sofie Yang: A Lion’s Tale

Terri Hartman: Untitled

Yolanda Perez: The Unexpected Bird

Soup

Anonymous: Zentangled
A green and yellow bird sits on a brown tree branch. It is surrounded by vines and flowers near it and on the ground below it.

Anonymous: Nature
Drawing of a large tree trunk with large protruding branches.

Jeremy Sanchez: Strength as Strong as a Tree
Digital image of a young man in a red hoodie. Behind him are many different blue signs that would be seen on a street.

Anonymous: Street A

Anonymous: King Cobra

Reyna Ladsariya: Diya
A yellow pom pom with two googly eyes makes a head and is attached to a pink pom pom ( the body) via pipe cleaners.

Anonymous: The Figures Three
A drawing of a girl with pink beads in her hair, a blue sweater, and a pink shirt outside near the sun and a tree.

Anonymous: A Picture of Me

Bennett Carter Pangan: Rays

Chloe Barahona: Ndebele House Diorama
wellingford

Isabel Wallingford: Untitled
the unknown

Michael O’Neill: The Unkown
strong women

Eummani Galaviz: Celebrating Women of Color
mountains

Anonymous: Mountain Landscape

Anonymous: The Rappin’ Canines

Nevin Banu: Man In the Rain

Sofie Yang:#Stop Asian Hate
Painting of an underwater scene with many sea creatures. A whale comes toward the surface where a ship floats.

Anonymous: Jonah

Anonymous: Self Portrait

Meghan Gonnissen: Owl
Figures in front of a brick wall.

Devin Nieves: Haring X Monsters
Lots of legs

Frank Miller: Rainbow Monster with 1000 Legs

Anonymous: Scarecrow in the night
ava

Ava Shirley: Bouquet

Anonymous: Untitled
Maya

Maya Vinsel: Untitled

Angelina Berg: Down By the River

Jeremy Kole: Dog Sitting
Clay modeled after 3 ancient Egyptian people.

Ella Shingleton-Duyka: Ancient Egyptians

Sophia Manzo: Untitled

Hannah Boegen-Stork: Sunset Tree
Pencil drawing of a tulip tied up into a bouquet.

Ella Chenzhen: Untitled

Emanuel Macias: SCREAMS

Anonymous: Texture Tile
Nighttime streetscape

Samantha Kraus: Kenopsia

Anonymous: Coco With Pancake

Anonymous: Eyes

Ella Lewis: Galaxy

Soren Hoover: The Raccoon’s Happy For A Ride

Anonymous: Fruit Snail

Mason Green: Untitled

Klaus Kirkwood: The Painting
Pencil drawing of 3 girls' faces

Alexandra Serafin: Babymetal
wine and fruit

Anonymous: December 24

Anonymous: Dragonfly
lady face

Corinne Windham: Always perfect
Sculpture of a skateboarder on a ramp.

Will Bubness: Blaze
Abstract ink pen drawing. Black lines cross different sections of the page which are each colored in different ways.

Anonymous: Suspect

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of a woman behind two pillars. She has blond hair in a bun and braids and is inspired by greek mythology.

Alma Vega: Statue of Greek Times

Kyla Gayfield: Untitled
Blue, pink, red, and yellow sunset is painted on four quadrants of cardboard.

Sofia Cancio: Magical Sunsets
snowy bird

Jack Sora: Snowy Bird

Sherrie All: Chocolate Dipped Strawberry

Anonymous: Agya The Wasp
Painting/ drawing with many symbols including an ancient pyramid, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and others. Colorful and overlapping.

Anonymous: Viva la Raza

Naomi Fehr: This is Mary Jackson
Drawing of a dog. ON his skin are holes which reveal various body parts like teeth and eyes

Mina Miranda: Demon Dog
Sharpie is used to black out parts of a book page. A figure crouches at the bottom of the drawing. "Screams" is written in yellow at the top of the drawing.

Emanuel Macias: SCREAMS

Noah Singleton: Neighborhood

Anonymous: The Pattern of Zen

Anonymous: The Jungle

Elias Bailey: Elias’s Pirate Map
Canvas is covered in paint. Abstract with colors peach, brown, blue, and green.

Anonymous: She Sees
A sunset over a lake.

Deeron Holmes: Vice Island

Anonymous: Fred’s Bad Day
watercolor lion

Kaylen Parks: The Lion #4

Anonymous: Landscape Collage

Anonymous: Spring in Ukraine

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Survivalists

Anonymous: Cardinal

Sophie Padilla: Untitled

Anonymous: Robot World
Notan

Ruilan He: Nature Notan Design #2

Henry Colehower: Rollerblade Mania
comic strip

Amee Shah: Ohio Be Like…
Woman with spear in blue outfit stands in front of a red background.

Lola Dale: Fry
An open house with many rooms lies on a gold background. Each room has different items within.

Zoey El-Mofty: Cabinet of Curiosity
A skeleton dressed in a cowboy hat and blue shirt is painted holding a coke bottle.

Elijah Garcia: Mi Abuelo y YO en Jalisco
Alien Rhapsody

Sarah Anderson: Alien Rhapsody

Linda Tang: Star
Sharpie portrait of Frida Kahlo's head and neck drawn over a green and red floral background.

Anonymous: Portrait of Frida Kahlo
Acrylic painting of a landscape during sunrise.

Anonymous: Beautiful Morning

Yinu Wang: Color in darkness

Logan Asais: Unikitty
drawing

Charles Keeble: Untitled

Anonymous: Tree of Life

Anonymous: Sunset at the ocean

Samantha Zhao: Bodies of Water
Drawing of a bird with many different wings all extending out of the main body.

Taisuke Uto: Seraphim

Anonymous: Untitled

Alyra Neely: Just Love
Black and white photo of water disturbed in a bowl and spilling out.

Eric Arias-Montoya Jr: Pureza Perturbada
Eagle

Uriel Salcedo: El AGUILA ES LIBRE

Anonymous: Equal

Aria Richardson: Sunny Cat Magic Trash

Anonymous: The Outcome of Our Alliance
a walk in the forest

CLAIRE MUN: A Walk in the Forest
Drawing of a puppy with long floppy ears lying down.

Jeremy Sanchez: Puppy Eyes

Milana Dmitrileva: Winter Cardnals
Self portrait a boy with a neutral facial expression on white paper.

Anonymous: Self Portrait

Terri Hartman: Untitled
Brown, mostly vertical sculpture.

Anonymous: Wave
Woman with green hair and a purple dress holds a globe over a purple background.

Mehin Qasimov: Mother Nature
city

Mehaan Saxena: The Boy In The Big Town
Watercolor and illustration of a tiger.

Anonymous: Power
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