2024 Muskingum County K–12 STUDENT Art Exhibition
Deadline for submissions is April 13.
Opens Sunday, April 21, 2024
Great Gallery, 2nd Floor
Gage Newcomer, Grade 5, Watercolor Flowers, Larry Miller Intermediate School, Mrs. Mercer, 2023.
The annual Muskingum County K–12 Student Art Exhibition, on view April 21–May 11, 2024, is a celebration of local student artwork. Featuring work from Muskingum County students from public and private schools, home-school students, and local art education organizations, this is one of the ZMA’s most anticipated events.
Exhibition Opening:
Sunday, April 21, 12:00–2:00 pm, in the Great Gallery.
Awards Ceremony at 1pm
Free and open to the public.
Enjoy complimentary refreshments and live music by John Glenn High School’s JG Company while viewing a wide range of artwork from area schools.
Overflow parking and shuttle services will be available at First Christian Church. Shuttle service provided by the Rocker Limo & Bus Service.
This year, the ZMA and the city of Zanesville Mayor’s Office will honor student artistic achievement by awarding ten outstanding works of art from elementary, intermediate, middle school, and high school categories the museum’s Avant-Garde Award. Students and art educators are encouraged to attend the awards ceremony to receive the awards presented by Zanesville Mayor Don Mason and ZMA director Laine Snyder.
The ZMA is excited to welcome Chiquita Mullins Lee as this year’s guest juror for the 2024 K-12 Student Art Exhibition. Chiquita Mullins Lee is an Arts Learning coordinator at the Ohio Arts Council where she coordinates the Arts Partnership, and Big Yellow School Bus grant programs that support quality arts experiences with an educational focus. She coordinates Ohio’s Poetry Out Loud program that engages high school students in poetry recitation. Chiquita has served as the chair and Mid-West regional coordinator for the Arts Education Working Group, in association with the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and has served on the Arts Education review panel for the National Endowment for the Arts.
