Holly Finch is a senior in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Her colored pencil and cut paper piece, Here No More, depicts a marble statue of a deer in its natural habitat. The artwork is about extinction, but instead of using an extinct animal, the artist used a common, familiar animal to make this piece about more unsettling and serious. More @Hollyf_inch

Ella Parker is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Eva Tu is a senior in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Caroline Fenlaw is a junior in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Josh Niccolai-Belfi is local artist and art conservator native to the Bishop Arts District and an alumni of both W.E. Greiner and Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, with a studio in the Tin District. Saint 7, Saint 20 and Saint 22 are acrylic on wood. More @j.e.niccolai.belfi and Niccolai-belfi.com

Lauren Lewchuk is a Texas-based artist and self-taught creative primarily inspired by nature and music and has 14 years of experience in various creative fields including graphic design, screen-printing, faux finishes, scenic art, prop fabrication, and mural painting. More @art_by_lewchuk and lewchuk.com

Mary Silliman is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. She is an adaptive artist who collaborates to make project stronger. She focuses on painting, design, and sculpture, and enjoys welding and metalwork where she can create big and bold pieces. She prefers larger, interactive work that people can touch and experience. She enjoys creating art stand outs, sparks interest, and brings people together. Lemons is an oil painting. More @@marys.artaccount

Caroline Correa is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Eleanor Duncan is a freshman in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Our Lady Of Sorrows uses the seven swords to depict the pain Mary felt during and after the passion of Christ. The devotion to her sorrows, which became prominent in the 13th century, focuses on meditating on these events and her profound union with Christ's suffering. More @fruitbat3245

Minji Kang-Watrous moved from Seoul, South Korea in her 20’s. She is a self-taught hanji artist based in Dallas, Texas, who has developed her own unique style over the years. Her art is a modern interpretation of traditional Korean art passed down from her mother, who is also an artist. She uses traditional Korean hand-pressed paper called “hanji" that she selects from a 100-year-old shop in Seoul. Her current work plays on themes of traditional vs modern using the pop imagery of large scale toys juxtapose the application of the 1000-year medium of hanji. Her attention to detail, from knife cuts to brush strokes, is evident in her high-quality, meticulously finished artwork. The simplicity of her compositions and the integration of textures create exclusive and compelling art. More @minjikow and minjikw.com

Anisa Sanders is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Joey Brock is a contemporary mixed media artist, who is redefining the medium of photography, textile art and contemporary craft with his intricate and cultural commentary work aimed to break the stigma around sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, age and mental wellness. By weaving together diverse materials, his work lowers the barriers to understanding the multifaceted human experience, allowing viewers to visualize the nuanced struggles, resilience, and growth that define all people. ​ Brock earned his degree in Fashion Merchandising from Bauder College in 1988. His work has been exhibited nationally at venues including the Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, The Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts / LHUCA, The Delaware Contemporary, the Meadows Gallery – University of Texas at Tyler, AMoA Amarillo Museum of Art Biennial 600 and Northpark Center in Dallas as well as numerous solo and group exhibitions at galleries across the nation. In 2022, his work was selected by juror Lauren R. O’Connell, curator of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art for New American Paintings, Issue 156 as well as in 2024, Issue 174 by juror Anita N. Bateman, Ph.D., Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX. In 2025 he was awarded 'Best of Show' Emerging Artist, Main Street Art Fair, Fort Worth, TX. His work has been featured twice on the digital billboard of the Pendry West Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Brock currently resides in Dallas, Texas. More @joeybrockart and joeybrockart.com

Lawrence Quigley was born in Neptune, New Jersey, and graduated from Booker T. Washington in 1984. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design, where he received a BFA in painting. Deus sinistram et dextram habet (God has a left and a right) is an oil painting. Astronaut 95.5 is an oil painting. More @ldquigley and www.lawrencequigley.com

Tim Langford is a multidisciplinary creative with more than 30 years of experience across design, customer experience (CX), brand strategy, and advertising in both digital and traditional media.

Jocelyn Herrera is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Hushed Worm is an oil painting.

Melenie Lopez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Arthur Fields is a multidisciplinary artist working in digital and alternative photographic media. His artistic research is based on self-representation and social-media. Acting as both curator as well as image-maker he is concerned with choosing, organizing, editing, and remixing, to better understand the collective cultural experience that is mediated through digital processes. While most of his work deals on technology and social media relationships, he is currently focusing on his love for light, abstraction and memory. Vega, an archival pigment print on wood (photography), is from the Liminal Light series, which s an inquiry into the fragile architecture of memory, expressed through visual metaphors inspired by transient luminous events—those rare, atmospheric bursts that illuminate the sky for only an instant. More @artfields and www.arthurfields.net

Mariely Hernandez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Asher McDonald is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Charlie Mirick is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Samantha Torres is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Sienna Roper is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Curious Boy is a mixed media piece.

Janalee Chavez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Her piece, Melting Above, was created using pencil and a thin, black marker. It incorporates curved lines, shapes and flowers to resemble a floating, melting human head.

Ronin Mendoza is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Mackerel features three fish arranged to create a study in rhythm and repetition. Their alignment and alternating patterns guide the viewer’s eye across the composition, emphasizing movement, balance, and visual harmony while drawing attention to the subtle shifts in the texture of the fish scales. Fisheye Bridge shows the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge through a fisheye perspective to distort the space and reveal new relationships between structure and environment. The curved lens exaggerates scale and motion, and invites viewers to reconsider familiar architecture. By bending reality, the work emphasizes perception itself - how vision shapes meaning, memory, and the spaces we move through. More @RoninM.art

Caroline Roman is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Her piece, White Rock, captures the tranquility of White Rock Lake in the early morning. More @caroromanart.

Victoria Brill is a Dallas-based artist whose work turns the lens of figurative painting inward, using self-portraiture to explore identity as an evolving, layered experience. Working across oil painting, works on paper, and mixed media, her figures are often translucent and caught in mid-emergence, rendered in soft washes and visible underpaintings that highlight emotional states in flux. Her figures frequently appear doubled or mirrored, embodying moments of reflection, grief, and renewal. These works are set against pristine, unpainted canvas or paper, existing in a liminal space between the material and the imagined. Recent pieces draw on childhood memories of the Pacific Northwest coastline, where sea stacks and tide pools—shaped by their environment but never quite tethered—serve as metaphors for the body’s resilience and solitude. Like these coastal forms, Brill’s figures are suspended in a constant process of becoming, negotiating between past and future selves. Brill holds a BA in Visual and Performing Arts with a Minor in Art History from the University of Texas at Dallas. More @victoriajbrill and victoriajbrill.com

Neel Hammers is a senior at Coppell High School who will be studying architecture at Cornell University in the fall. His oil paintings, Yellow Flowers Indoors and Tomatoes, are small studies that allow him to play with composition, life painting, and form.

Tony Curanaj is a dynamic, classically trained contemporary realist painter born and raised in New York. His highly sought-after work is illustrative in nature and masterfully executed, reflecting a deep foundation across multiple artistic disciplines. An innovator from an early age, Curanaj was a world-renowned graffiti artist and remains a legendary influence within the genre. He later served at Disney Studios in New York as a head designer and illustrator for film and television before fully dedicating himself to his personal artistic vision and fine art practice. “My progression as a contemporary artist evolves with my perception of the world and its human experiences,” Curanaj explains. “I strive for authenticity in subject, harmony of color, and resonance of light and shadow. By painting from life with meticulous detail, I hope the viewer observes my work as I observe life—where even the slightest nuance supports the significance of the whole.” His subject matter reflects both the complexity of individual perception and a profound respect for nature and life. Some works play visually with language, memory, and personal experience, while others reveal the quiet beauty of ordinary objects, natural color relationships, or the splendor of the human form. Since 2014, Curanaj has co-created and co-hosted the popular Suggested Donation Podcast with fellow artist Edward Minoff, fostering conversations with leading artists and artisans about creativity, passion, and craft. Now dividing his time between Dallas, Texas, and New York City, Curanaj paints in his studios, teaches at the Grand Central Atelier in New York, and conducts highly sought-after workshops across the country. Pop Art is a watercolor sketch, and Sketches of Longs Peak is an oil on panel en plein air. More @tonycuranaj, www.suggesteddonationpodcast.com and www.tonycuranaj.com

Kyle Clark is the director of the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and teaches Foundation Drawing, Life Drawing and Advanced Placement Drawing. He has more than 24 years of teaching experience from Irving ISD and Plano ISD. He received his undergraduate degree in Advertising Art from the University of North Texas in 1992 and his Masters in Education from Parsons School of Design in 2000.

Ciela Andraos is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Frank Brown is a renowned Dallas-based artist and educator. More at www.frankbrown-artist.net

Saylor Evans is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. More @wackywizard76

Kendall Turner is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. More @miche11e.draws

Kairi Morales is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Attack of the Martian Girl is a mixed media piece that imitates a comic book cover. The artist chose the subject and medium because of a personal connection and love for the character. More @Kairi_does_art

Olivia Cumplido is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. More @Olive_121209

Garrick Dupree is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. SUPA conveys the influence of graffiti and street art on fashion and branding. More @That1kidart

Stan Maldonado is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Spotlight depicts a whimsical ringleader who finally gets the spotlight. Pup and the Swine depicts a pop start and an agent in an unusual circumstance. Star-Crossed Rats depicts exes who give each other another chance to forgive and start anew, showing that forgiveness is the final form of love. More @ratafata_triesart

Michael Reeder is an urban contemporary artist from Dallas. His artistic practice involves the utilization of diverse mediums and techniques not commonly paired within traditional painting. His work frequently expands beyond the confines of gallery spaces and manifests on expansive exterior walls. Reeder's extensive studies in fine art, coupled with his background in graphic design and early exposure to graffiti, culminate in the distinctive style for which he is renowned today. His artwork commands attention through a daring fusion of vibrant colors, striking geometric patterns, and lifelike imagery. His figurative pieces possess a weightiness, saturated with vivid, eye-catching hues, and imagery that reflect a profound exploration of identity and the inexorable nature of human mortality. Reeder's creations have been showcased both domestically and internationally, and he has collaborated with various brands, including Santa Cruz Skateboards, New Balance, and Specialized Bicycles. More @reederone and reederone.com

Daisy Caro is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Audrey Brewer is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Peaking Through is a part of a sustained investigation related to the differing views of reality. The artist wanted to create a lighthearted feeling with bright colors and the unique perspective of a bug, and she used herself as the main subject to create a sense of unity in the series. More @exhausted_arteest

Sierra Brant is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Alyssa Sanchez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Misery Pie is a mixed media piece inspired by a previous series based on pastries that were not baked properly. While those works were created to display the anger of the subjects, this piece is meant to demonstrate a different feeling.

Sophia Martinez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Fernando Pasillas is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Adrian Manzares is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Olivia Holston is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Jess Bell is a sculptor professor at Booker T. Washington. She is a recognized National Community and Public Art Artist specializing in large-scale, mixed-media, fiber, and metal sculpture. Her public art installations are located across the country. Her bold, colorful, and interactive work has earned her recognition through press, grants, and museum solo exhibitions. Bell's vibrant practice frequently combines durable materials like steel with elements such as glass and acrylic to create pieces that are both playful and deeply meaningful. She is passionate about crafting art that invites engagement, sparks joy, and truly reflects the community it is placed in. More @artistjbell and www.jesslbell.com

Skyler O’Hara is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The Dragon and the Escapist Queen was inspired by a tale of a princess abducted by villains and dragons. The subject is a queen who is captured but not helpless.

Anthoniesha Jones is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Her piece, Leo, represents the movie Heathers, a favorite of the artist. It combines music and artistic references to convey the artist’s personal interests.

Diana Lara is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Holly Smith is a mixed media/new media artist. Her piece, Polaroid 6, is a mixed media Polaroid emulsion in a painted frame. More @Tinytwinstudio and TinyTwinStudio.com

Marisol Beltran is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Sloan Linker Fitch is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Eclipse is a mixed media piece. More @sloanlinker

Ale Moreno is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. More @moreamore.n0

Jamie Manqueros is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Que Chido! explores the vibrant smooth colors of alcohol markers and texture with colored pencils, and finds contrast in colors and expression of animals, in this case, a hyena. Jamie added Spanish slang to the work to add personality and culture and create an enthusiastic and engaging art piece. More @jamsteratz.x3

Alexandria Wesley is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Audri Rodriguez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The artist used acrylic paint markers to redraw this image from her youth and give it new life. More @kirby_star7

Israel Covarrubias is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He enjoys creating art because it helps him understand himself and the world around him. He appreciates art in all forms, from paintings and music to architecture and design, and creating makes him feel part of something big and dynamic that changes every time someone adds their own touch. More @flud3dink

Ivanna Valdez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. More @dearkoii

Isabel Molina is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Roree Marshall is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. More @roro_bugg

JD Miller has been painting for more than 25 years. He started by translating classical works of masters like Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, and Paul Gauguin, eventually evolving into the creation of his own unique artistic voice. Miller's prismatic creations radiate positive energy, love, peace, and joy, embodying his Reflectionist philosophy. Through Reflectionism, he channels the universal vibrations of light and sound, allowing them to flow through him as he molds oil paint in three dimensions—a process that sets him apart from other artists. His impactful and dynamic canvases invite viewers on a profound existential journey. More @jdmillerart and jdmillerart.com

Anna Membrino holds an MFA from Southern Methodist University and a BA and BFA from The University of North Florida. She has also studied at The Rhode Island School of Design and Parsons at The New School. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and fairs internationally, and is held in prominent public and private collections including the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), Dallas, TX; the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL; the Fidelity Permanent Collection, Boston, MA, and UT Southwestern Medical Center, Fort Worth TX. More at annamembrino.com

Lucas Sanchez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. He shows his strong passion for different forms, nature, and wildlife. In appreciation of his Hispanic and Native American culture, much of his work is layered and detailed, surrounding the idea of complex environments. More @lucasanchez._art

Aniyah Sams is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Bobby Weiss attended Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts. After graduation, he attended the Maryland Institute College of Art to study painting and printmaking. Following a five-year teaching career in Galveston, he received his MFA from Syracuse University in New York where he studied painting and drawing. He is co-founder of Exposition Gallery, an independent gallery that presents works by contemporary artists in historic Exposition Park. More at www.robertweissworks.com

Leo Proffitt is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Melinda Buie is a 1999 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. After graduation, she moved to New York where she currently lives and works. She has worked for the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gluckman Mayner Architects, and The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, which offers grants to individual visual artists. Occupying a studio in Port Chester, NY, Buie has exhibited her work in NY, CT, NJ, VA, NC, AZ, CA, TX, London, Berlin and Italy. Her work consists of large scale oil paintings of cows from her family's farm in East Texas, portraits of men and women, and an architectural series, including bridges, underpasses and buildings. More @buiestudio and melindabuiestudio.com

Bianca Vari is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. More @@biancazsofia

Andrea Lamarsaude is a mixed media artist who enjoys using a variety of mediums including acrylics, oil pastels, watercolor, alcohol and India inks, hand-painted papers & collage elements, photos, image transfers, and mark-making tools. She loves combining and contrasting fluid, free flowing layers of watercolor with hand-painted papers and collage elements to create intuitive and expressive nature inspired works. Her imagination, emotion and life experience guide her to paint memorable creations that reflect joy. She strives to emulate the beauty, splendor and exquisiteness of our world and the sense of happiness it can bring us. Her desire is to visually tell stories with art and create paintings that reflect the moments that touch her life. Her hope is that her work encourages conversations and brings positive, creative energy into the world. More @andrealamarsaude and www.andrealamarsaude.com

Emma Ruzicka is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Her painting of a younger Ozzy Osbourne serves to recognize his lifetime contributions to music.

Seren Rice is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Ava Bennett is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In this mixed media piece, the artist revisits some of her earlier styles. The unicorn represents youth and bits of mixed media represent arts and crafts. Her goal was to convey childhood whimsy and the impact of mystical creatures on identity. More @avacakeart

Ash Smith is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Josie Terstriep is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Aiden Martinez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Madisyn Baker is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The artist focuses on 3D art using mixed materials. Her goal is to show the Black experience through her eyes using her personal experiences and perspectives. More @Mooskerart

Alex Massicci Fuentes is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Friendly Enclosure showcases the discomfort of feeling trapped with those you fear - - except the fearful form is a version of yourself that has yet to be deciphered.

Cinthia Pita is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The artist is passionate about character building and storytelling that is heavily inspired by music. Emotion drives her art-making process, and her art incorporates illustration with 2D elements using different textures and textiles. More @cupidcinthiia

Marie Gallejos is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Anne Marie Wood is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. More @A.m.w_art

Aaliyah Flores is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Naomi Nathan is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Violet Rainey-Ellis is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Jillian Twitty is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Zach McCullough is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Leah Hernandez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Caroline Blankenship is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Brandon Gonzalez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Andrea Kennair is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Airam Pazos is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Leslie Eames Pierce joined the Booker T. Visual Arts Faculty in 2012 as the ceramics and jewelry instructor. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts at Sam Houston State University in 1999. After moving to the Dallas area in 2000 to work with Trinity Ceramic Supply, she also began teaching private pottery classes at local studios.Her background in the ceramic retail and industrial business led her to education as she regularly promoted and presented ceramic education at teacher conferences and professional development in the Dallas area. As an artist and an educator she enjoys working with multiple mediums, creating everyday wearable jewelry as well as functional ceramic works. More @eamespierce

Fernando Perez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Cassie Benzenberg is the assistant director of curriculum and teaches Foundation 2D Design, Fibers and Advanced Placement 2D Studio Art and Design at Booker T. Washington. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts Studies at the University of North Texas in 2002 and recently completed her Master of Arts in Art Education from The Art of Education University. Her capstone research focused on creating space for conceptual art making skills in the secondary art room. Developing and nurturing partnerships in the Arts District and community is a highlight of her service to the Dallas Independent School District. She is a quilter with an emphasis on traditional blocks created with modern color combinations and patterns. As an artist-teacher, she believes in creative problem solving, products of play, and risk-taking. More @ojeissac

Simon Waranch is an artist at the vanguard of fine art glass sculpture. Blending a mastery of classical techniques with imaginative formal experimentation, Waranch’s work reflects his own wit, zest for life, and obsessive reverence for his medium. His love affair with glass has garnered him, to this point, five solo museum exhibitions and numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States and Italy. A graduate of Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and the College for Creative studies in Detroit, Waranch’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Longview Museum of Fine Art, the Imagine Museum, and the Museum of the Southwest. He is represented by seven fine art galleries across the United States and Canada. More @simonwaranch and simonwaranch.com

Carmen Menza is an interdisciplinary artist creating fine art and technology-based installations utilizing light, language, interactive software, and music composition. Her work explores themes of time, perception, current political and social climates and human connection. Her installations have been created for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas Aurora Light & Sound Festival, Meow Wolf, UTSW Clements University Hospital, RO2 Art, Carneal Simmons Contemporary Art, Octavia Art Gallery and more. Her films have screened at the Dallas International Film Festival, Dallas Video Festival, and KERA. She is a TACA New Works Fund Grant recipient, a Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs - Arts Activate Grant recipient and a Cedars Union Artist Residency recipient. She is a founding member of Texas Vignette, a non-profit organization that amplifies the work of women artists throughout Texas. She received her BFA in jazz guitar performance from the University of North Texas. More @carmenmenzaart and carmenmenza.com

Emma Perez is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Karly Davis is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Lincoln Weaver is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Cole Willis is a graduate of the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Bella Messenger is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Duality uses brass, copper and contrasting textures. More @animal.jar_tax

Maude Williams is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Amelia Thomas is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Her spiral earrings are made of copper. More @ameliathomas.school

Azrael Chapman is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Storytime is yarn, acrylic marker, and paper, and depicts a library rug and popular children’s books to convey a sense of childhood nostalgia. More @eury_.dice._

Lynne Buchanan has a BFA in drawing and painting and has taught art for 25 years. She currently works full-time as an artist. Calypso is a mixed media piece. More @lbuchananart

Shawn Saumell was born in New York and currently lives and works in Dallas. He received an MFA from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, magna cum laude. His work has been featured in more than 250 exhibitions worldwide, has won many international awards, and is in the permanent collections of the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA; The State of New Mexico, NM; the Limner Gallery, Dallas College, TX; Hudson, NY; Shah Alam Gallery, Malaysia; Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Independent Financial, TX; and Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal LLP, TX. His piece, H.I.S., is a gelatin silver print and unique photograph. More @shawn_saumell and shawnsaumell.com

Liz King is a mixed-media artist, retired art educator of 30 years, and storyteller whose work functions as a visual diary exploring identity, memory, and personal experience. Raised in Central Texas, I hold a B.F.A. in Ceramic Sculpture from East Texas State University and an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I completed a residency at the Banff School of Fine Arts in Alberta, Canada, and most recently a residency at Hacienda Perro Fantasma in Taos, New Mexico. I currently work full-time in my studio creating 2D and 3D works that incorporate ceramics, collage, drawing, painting, photography, and found materials. Influenced by the Chicago Imagist Movement, the West Coast Ceramic Movement, The Hairy Who, and German Expressionism, my work explores themes of identity, resilience, and transformation shaped by travel and cultural immersion. Cosmic Cultivator is a mixed media collage. More @lizkingstudio and lizkingartstudio.com

Jessica Raff teaches Drawing III, AP Art History, and Printmaking at Booker T. Washington. She has a passion for making art, creating safe spaces, and traveling to National Parks. She is passionate about making the arts accessible with humans of all ages. She has received more than $83,500 in grant awards which have funded inclusive art projects for students and campus-wide programming. She works full-time as a state of Texas Recognized Distinguished Art Educator, is a frequent presenter at the Texas Art Educators Association conference for her research in creativity and writing engaging art curricula, and has experience coaching art teachers globally for International Baccalaureate studies. More @jessicaraff_art and www.jessicamartinez.work

Ellie Oddo is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. This piece examines the impact of living in a mainstream society as a Deaf/Hard of Hearing individual. The artist often uses mixed media collage to translate the emotions and experiences that come with being mainstreamed into visual form, shedding light on her own story and those commonly shared across the Deaf community. The work seeks to redefine the vast spectrum of Deafness as something to be celebrated in all its forms, not pitied. By challenging misconceptions and highlighting the richness of Deaf cultural identity through art, the artist aims to foster a larger understanding of Deafness as a vibrant, dynamic way of experiencing the world within a strong and supportive community. More @ellie.oddo

Alex Pafford is a student in the Visual Arts Conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

Corey Godfrey is a German-born artist currently residing in Dallas, Texas, where she has been an active member of the artistic community for over 18 years. She obtained her BFA in drawing and painting from the University of North Texas in 2008, where she discovered her deep passion for craft and fiber arts, particularly working with yarn, a medium often associated with women. More @coreygodfreyart and coreygodfrey.com

Arlo Eisenberg graduated from Booker T Washington and then attended UT before moving to California to pursue a career as a professional action sports athlete. Arlo won the first National Inline Skate Series, won a gold medal in the X Games and started an inline skating accessories company, Senate Industries. After a successful career as an athlete and professional sports commentator, Arlo transitioned into a career of design. Arlo relocated to Dallas where he now serves as the creative director for Eisenberg. More @gostbrand

Brantly Sheffield is a painter whose work approaches portraiture as a relational act. Beginning from life, Sheffield’s paintings emerge through time spent sitting with partners, friends, family members, and the objects that populate daily life. These sessions prioritize intimacy and informality, conversation, presence, and shared space. Allowing relationships to shape both process and image. Through this approach, portraiture becomes less about representation and more about connection. Sheffield’s work centers queer life, artistic community, and chosen family, offering portraits rooted in tenderness, humor, and the everyday. By painting those closest to him, Sheffield challenges traditional hierarchies of portraiture, shifting focus away from patronage and toward care, reciprocity, and lived experience. His paintings situate subjects within regional and cultural contexts of contemporary American life, reflecting the environments and communities that define them. Sheffield holds a BFA in Illustration from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA in Painting from Boston University. His work has been exhibited at institutions including the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana, and the Arlington Museum of Art in Arlington, Texas. Light Blue Bic with Purple and Pink is an oil and acrylic on canvas. More @brantly_sheffield and www.brantlysheffield.com