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2026 Sixth Annual Student Art Competition

Age 14-18 Division

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
Distant Clouds
First Place
$500 cash funded by OPA & $500 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$1,000
Lin-Qi Yang
School: Stuyvesant High School
Age: 16
Distant Clouds
When The Dream Went Quiet
Second Place
$250 cash funded by OPA & $250 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$500
Trevor Alexander Huo
School: Mira Costa High School
Age: 17
When The Dream Went Quiet
Misty Coastline
Third Place
$100 cash funded by OPA & $100 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$200
Alyssa Klonaris
School: Folsom Lake College
Age: 19
Misty Coastline
The Bind
Honorable Mention
$50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$50
Phoenix shepherd palomino Kooper
School: Da Vinci Studios
Age: 18
The Bind
Redhawk
Honorable Mention
$50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$50
Emma C. Zacherl
School: Clarion-Limestone High School
Age: 16
Redhawk
Blooming Citrus
Honorable Mention
$50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$50
Jadon Scott Gilmour
School: Christian Educational Consortium
Age: 18
Blooming Citrus

Age 19-23 Division

AWARDS AND DONORSVALUEWINNERPAINTING TITLE
The Trio
First Place
$500 cash funded by OPA & $500 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$1,000
Eliza Hoffman
School: The University of Texas at Austin
Age: 20
The Trio
A Light to my Path
Second Place
$250 cash funded by OPA & $250 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$500
Elizabeth England
School: Driftless Art Academy
Age: 19
A Light to my Path
Somewhere South of Charlotte
Third Place
$100 cash funded by OPA & $100 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$200
Nathaniel M. Garza
School: Hindes Fine Art Gallery and Art School
Age: 20
Somewhere South of Charlotte
Bringing Her Home
Honorable Mention
$50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$50
Marinn Cisna
School: Fine Art Mentor
Age: 22
Bringing Her Home
Crab Hunting
Honorable Mention
$50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$50
Elizabeth Pollock
School: Washington University in St. Louis
Age: 22
Crab Hunting
Hidden Glass
Honorable Mention
$50 Blick Art Materials Gift Certificate
$50
Fathima Farha
School: collin college
Age: 20
Hidden Glass

Awards

2026
2026 Sixth Annual Student Art Competition
2025
2025 OPA Online Showcase Fall
2025 Virtuosos of the OPA
2025 OPA Online Showcase Summer
2025 Eastern Regional Exhibition
2025 Western Regional Exhibition
2025 OPA Online Showcase Spring
2025 Fifth Annual Student Art Competition
2025 National Exhibition & Convention
2024
2024 OPA Online Showcase Fall
2024 OPA Online Showcase Summer
2024 OPA National Convention Wet Paint Competition
2024 Western Regional Exhibition
2024 OPA National Juried Salon
2024 Eastern Regional Exhibition
2024 OPA Online Showcase Spring
Student Art Competition
2024 National Exhibition & Convention
2023
2023 OPA Fall Online Showcase
2023 OPA Summer Online Showcase
2023 OPA Masters Show
2023 OPA National Convention Wet Paint Competition
2023 Western Regional Exhibition
OPA Online Showcase Spring 2023
2023 Eastern Regional Exhibition
Student Art Competition
2023 National Exhibition & Convention
2022
2022 OPA National Convention Wet Paint Competition
OPA Online Showcase Fall 2022
OPA Online Showcase Summer 2022
2022 Western Regional Exhibition
2022 Eastern Regional Exhibition
OPA Online Showcase Spring 2022
Second Annual Student Art Competition
2022 National Exhibition & Convention
2021
OPA Online Showcase – Fall 2021

Online Showcase Awards

2020
Spring

Juror of awards: David Mueller OPA
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Summer

Juror of awards: Michele Usibelli OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Casey Childs
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2019
Spring

Juror of awards: Nikolo Balkanski OPAM
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Summer

Juror of awards: Greg LaRock OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Steve Atkinson OPA
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2018
Spring

Juror of awards: Mary Qian
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Summer

Juror of awards: Bryce Liston OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: MaryBeth Karaus OPA
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2017
Spring

Juror of awards: Tom Bluemlein OPA
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Summer

Juror of awards: Louis Escobedo OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Aimee Erickson
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2016
Spring

Juror of awards:
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Summer

Juror of awards: Frank LaLumia
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Fall

Juror of awards: Anne Blair Brown OPA
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2015
Spring

Juror of awards: Elizabeth Pollie OPA
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Summer

Juror of awards: Kathy Anderson OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Kevin Beilfuss OPA
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2014
Spring

Juror of awards: Tim Deibler OPA
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Summer

Juror of awards: Bryce Liston OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Dan Beck OPA
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2013
Spring

Juror of awards: Mostafa Keyhani OPA
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Summer

Juror of awards: Kimberly Casebeer OPA
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Fall

Juror of awards: Greg Scheibel
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2012
Spring

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Summer

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Fall

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2011
Summer

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Fall

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