Youth Art Expo 2025
A special thank you to the sponsors who made this event possible
Stater Bros Charities
Optimist Club of Redlands
The estate of Ruth Ann Nydam, a long time patron of this series and our Youth programs.
Ruth Ann Nydam
2025 Youth Art Expo Winners
Best in Show
Kindergarten-5th Grade
Jackson Grenfell
‘Santa Barbara Mission’
6th Grade – 12th Grade
Eva Rodriguez
‘The Princess of Childhood’
6th Grade –
8th Grade
1st Prize
Fuhan Xue
“Oscar Howe”
2nd Prize
Hancock Li
“Praying Hands”
3rd Prize
Sophia Che
“Embracing Peace”
Honorable Mention
Rhiannon Haire
“A Peaceful Place”
Kindergarten –
2nd Grade
1st Prize
Aubrey Wang
‘Birds Singing Spring’
2nd Prize
Yesmeena Alshyoukh
Untitled
3rd Prize
Elizabeth Guo
‘My Family'
Honorable Mention
Rickesh Taj Gehlot
’Bananas'
9th Grade –
12th Grade
1st Prize
Anna Song
“Homesick”
2nd Prize
Rhyan Reed
“The Shadow of the Forest”
3rd Prize $50
Tyler Kalanjian
“Veiny Paint”
Honorable Mention
Kouture Rudedas
“Wave Over Face”
3rd Grade -
5th Grade
1st Prize
Eva Tacchia
“Echos of Self”
2nd Prize
Maximilian Velasco
“Rainy City”
3rd Prize
Calvin CEO O’Donnell
“Our Camp Site”
Honorable Mention
Yuhong Pan
“Comics: Super Duper Beats”
High School 3D Art
1st Prize
Amber Phillips
“The Jolly Gator”
2nd Prize
Shyla Cerbantes
“Blue Glazed Bust”
3rd Prize
Clarise Cameron
“Whale Shark”
Honorable Mention
Maya Francisco
“Fairy House” (cookie jar)
MCAEEF
Award
2025 special award for unique interpretation, use of color and materials
Trinity Hernandez
Sculpture
‘Quetzalcoatl Y Xolotl’
Redlands High School 12th Grade
"This sculpture depicts the iconic twin Aztec gods Quetzalcoatl and Xolotl. My purpose for chosing this pair is their mythology, however most of which has been lost to time. It's this loss of the mythos and records that greatly interested me, but it also greatly saddened me. Much of it has been lost to time through the natural progression of civilizations, but far more had been destroyed by conquistadors and the dismantling of the Aztec empire. I used what we know of the pair to sculpt this piece, taking from the known colors and remaining depictions." —Trinity Hernandez