A high school student and four women pose together for a photo next to art created by the student. The student has a medal around his neck.

Students' passion and talents were on display during The Exceptional Art Show on Thursday.

Selected out of hundreds of submissions, the finalists were honored with a reception and award ceremony held at the Gardendale Civic Center.

Please help us congratulate the following winners, along with our finalists and participants. Each of these artists worked very hard on their submissions and have so much to be proud of.

Grand Prize Winner: Ivan “Cooper” Garner, Hueytown High School

A student receives a medal at The Exceptional Art Show. A woman stands next to him and claps.

Best of Show: 

  • McKenzie “Grace” Headley, Burkett Center

  • Trinity Hill, Burkett Center

  • Daniel Cutcher, Kai Giovano, Cataleya Ham, Olivia Hopkins, Eliana Meadows, Cash Purcell, Dominique Spencer, Elizabeth Stasko, Mount Olive Elementary (Group Project)

  • Joseph Hamrick, Sean “Kyle” Nixon, Brighton Travis, Jabrae Buford, Chelsi Nava Almazan, McAdory High School (Group Project)

  • Brighton Travis, McAdory High School

  • Kinley Galbreath, JCVAL

  • Ethan Garcia, Anthony Outlin, Jorge De La Cruz, Kyra Vaughn, Michelle Arteaga, Lucas Davidson, Caiden Green, Mekhi Embry, Ace Henderson, Khylin Dumas, Jace Robinson, Steven Cruz Salazar, Santiago Reyes Cano, Remy James, Adriel Ramirez Bautista, Siomara Villa, Patience Shaw, Alex Sanche Cabrera, Grantswood Community School (Group Project)

  • Adriel Ramirez Bautista, Grantswood Community School

  • Victor Williams, Gardendale Elementary School

  • Harper Richardson, Bagley Elementary School

Additional photos from the show can be found on our Facebook page.

Once again, we congratulate these students and thank them for sharing their talents with our district!