Eight Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts students earned recognition in the Arts Across Arkansas 2025 competition, including students sweeping all three places in one category.
ASMSA students took first-, second-, and third-places in the Music Composition category. Students also placed in the Literary Arts, Film and Visual Arts categories. The event included exhibitions and performances by the more than 40 students selected as finalists, including 23 ASMSA students. Awards were announced on March 29 during a ceremony at Westwood School for Performing Arts in North Little Rock.
Students who earned recognition were:
Music Composition
- Faith Wesley, a junior from Hot Springs, first place, “Paraclete”
- Bryce Jackson, a junior from Salem, second place, “Paris 1944”
- Matthew Carter, a junior from Hot Springs, third place, “Goku”
Literary Arts
- Halie Cook, a junior from Pine Bluff, first place, “Dollar Store Collar”
- Saylor Ross, a senior from Crossett, third place, “Homecoming Queen”
Film
- Makenna Kutzschebauch, a junior from Benton, second place, “Dead Women Walking”
- Jamie Hernandez, a senior from Decatur, third place, “Spring”
Visual Arts
- Coley Rogers, a junior from Cherokee Village, second place, “Self Portrait”
Arts Across Arkansas is a program that aims to encourage, enhance and expand students’ original thoughts, processes, personal experiences and artistic abilities, according to the program’s website. It is sponsored by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Division of Arkansas Heritage.
The competition features competition in six categories: Visual Arts, Dance Choreography, Film, Music Composition, Literary Arts and Photography. ASMSA students were selected as finalists in the Visual Arts, Film, Music Composition, Literary Arts and Photography.