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WQLN PBS Art Show and Contest

The WQLN PBS Art Show and Contest for tweens and teens is designed to promote creative artistic expression through painting. This show and contest is open to students in grades six through twelve. First, second, and third place ribbons are awarded in the following grade level categories: 6th-8th, 9th-10th, and 11th-12th.

Congratulations to our 2023 contest winners! And thank you to everyone who participated in our second annual Art Show and Contest. We cannot wait to see the incredible works of art you create next year.

Submissions for 2024's show and contest will be accepted starting December 1, 2023. The submission deadline is 5 p.m. on March 15, 2024.

Grades 6-8 Grades 9-10 Grades 11-12
Grades 6-8

First Place
Untitled

Rahama H.
Strong Vincent Middle School, Grade 7

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Second Place
Feelings, Inside and Out

Juliet M.
James W. Parker Middle School, Grade 6

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Third Place
Untitled

Tyree T.
Montessori Regional Charter School, Grade 6

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Grades 9-10

First Place
Finding My Place

Genelia K.
NW PA Collegiate Academy, Grade 9

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Second Place
A Cold Rainy Day

Viola P.
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, Grade 9

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Third Place
Tigerlilies

Madelyn P.
Fairview High School, Grade 9

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Grades 11-12

First Place
Mother of Snakes

Rayn B.
Mercyhurst Preparatory School, Grade 11

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Second Place
So Close, and So Far

Lola S.
McDowell High School, Grade 11

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Third Place
In The Crisp

Celina I.
Fairview High School, Grade 12

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Presented in Partnership with

This project was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), its regional arts funding Partnership. State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by Erie Arts & Culture.
Support for this program is provided in part from an Erie Arts & Culture Ignite Arts Grant, made possible by community contributions to the United Arts Fund and the Erie Arts Endowment.