Young Artists, Authors and Musicians Chosen to Represent Fort Worth in 2026 International Showcase
For many years, Sister Cities International has used art as a powerful way to connect cultures and inspire understanding through the Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS). This program invites young people from around the world to share their perspectives on a more peaceful and united future through original art, writing, and music.
Fort Worth Sister Cities International recently hosted its local competition to select student entries for the global showcase, based on the theme “Voices of Today, Visions of Tomorrow.” All participants will be celebrated, and their work displayed, at a special reception on May 14th.
Congratulations to all the artists, authors, and musicians selected to advance to the international level.
Classical Art (ages 12-14)
- 1st Place – “A World Still Learning to Bloom” by Eva Vega, Marine Creek Middle School
- 2nd Place – “What Life Could Be” by Kessler Whitmire, All Saints Episcopal School
- 3rd Place – “Dear Future Me” by Meghan DeLaughter, Fort Worth Country Day
Classical Art (ages 15-18)
- 1st Place – “Adolescent aurora” by Ruby Macnab, Central High School
- 2nd Place – “Resonance of a Daydream: Reminisce ruins” by Alyssa Reyes, Amon Carter Riverside High School
- 3rd Place – “Remembering Nagaoka” by Chloe Swinford, Amon Carter Riverside High School
- 1st Place – “Voices for the Future” by Taylor McMillan, Fort Worth Country Day
- 2nd Place – “The Future Starts with an Idea” by Helena McClanahan, Fort Worth Country Day
- 3rd Place – “Your Words Create your Reality” by Sophie Ratino, Fort Worth Country Day
- 1st Place – “The circle, we choose to hold the world” by William Cobb, Fort Worth Country Day
- Honorable Mention – “Small Voices, Big Futures” by Katherine Walker, Fort Worth Country Day
- 1st Place – “A Vision” by Aiden Hernandez, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
- 2nd Place – “Murky Glass” by Elliott Mendez, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
- 3rd Place – “New Light” by Savannah Solsbery, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
- Honorable Mention – “The brown bench in fall” by Digory Milburn, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
- Honorable Mention – “Words of Tomorrow” by Makenzie White, Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
- 1st Place – “The Voice of Truth” by Tallula Celentano, Fort Worth Country Day
- 1st Place – “Bonnets and Blossoms” by Harmon Hong, Fort Worth Country Day
- 2nd Place – “When The Spark Fades” by Jonathan Washington, Trinity Valley School
- 1st Place – “”The Hope of the Universe” by Nadia Medlin, Fort Worth Academy
- 1st Place – “A Garden (Can’t Be Built) on a Wildfire” by Trang Pham, homeschooled
- 2nd Place – “The Right Kind of Doubt” by Sivani Subramanian, Trinity Valley School
- 3rd Place – “A View from Denali” by Eliza Stubblefield, I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM and VPA
Thank you again to our judges!
- Hilde Horchler
- Bronwyn Logan
- Estrus Tucker
- Britt Stokes
- Brian Dickson Jr.
- Greg Bahr
- Nicole Vallee
- Matt Fels
- Amber Shumake