2026 Youth Art Award

2026 YOUTH ART AWARD WINNERS

The Bainbridge Island Youth Art Award is happy to announce the 2026 winners. The award was open to Bainbridge students and residents who are High School Juniors or Seniors. This was the 12th year for the award, which is a BI Studio Tour program funded by last year’s Tour artists who optionally donate a portion of their sales. Dinah Satterwhite is the Tour Manager and is excited about the program that reaches out to support our talented young artists.

Each student who entered was required to submit five photos of their work and complete an application form and detailed artist’s statement. The winners were then decided by members of the Studio Tour Board. The four winners will receive cash awards on May 14, during the Bainbridge High School annual Spring Arts Festival.

This year’s winners were: Best of Show, Trinity Flesher, a Junior at BHS, color pencil/oil/gouache; First Place, Emma Jackson, a Senior at Eagle Harbor High School, watercolor/graphite/collage; Honorable Mention, Anika Pohl, a Senior at BHS, clay/graphite/watercolor; and Honorable Mention, Elsa Wetzler, A Senior at BHS, clay.

An important part of the entries was the artist’s statement which counted towards half of their scores. One student wrote: “Every person in a community is one tile in a larger design, each has beauty, but together they are strong and offer support to each other. These are all aspects of the relationship between the community and individual that fascinate me. I want the people who see my work to think about who they are in their community, how they relate to others, and how their relationships affect them inwardly.”

The Studio Tour will continue with the Youth Art Award and is currently preparing for the upcoming Summer Studio Tour, scheduled for August 7-9. Details: www.bistudiotour.com. For more information, contact Ms. Satterwhite at 206-842-0504.