13 Louisiana students share $25,000 in college scholarships

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On March 22, the George Rodrigue Foundation of Arts announced the winners of its annual visual art and songwriting contests.

13 Louisiana high school juniors and seniors were awarded $25,000 in college scholarships.

Along with the $25,000 dollars, contest winners were also awarded by having their artwork and/or song lyrics featured in GRFA’s second cookbook, The Pot and the Palette Cookbook II.

The book will debut in Fall 2022.

HERE ARE THE WINNERS:

Songwriting contest winners

• 1st Place – $3,000
  • Kaleb Summers (Junior, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans)
  • “Nothing is Missing”

• 2nd Place – $2,000
  • Jayda Martin (Senior, Edna Karr Secondary School, New Orleans)
  • “The City Where We Live To Eat”

• 3rd Place – $1,000
  • Emma Navarro (Senior, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, New Orleans)
  • “Sweet Tooth”

Visual art contest

• 1^st Place Senior — $5,000
  • Callan Thornton (West Monroe High School, West Monroe)
  • “Fresher Than Expected”

• 2nd Place Senior – $4,000
  • Lily Ni (Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport)
  • “It Takes Berries to Make Jam”

• 3rd Place Senior – $3,000
  • Abigail Rinaudo (Ouachita Parish High School, Monroe)
  • “Ruston’s Sweetest Peach”

• 4th Place Senior – $2,000
  • Mary-Evelyn King (Glenbrook School, Minden)
  • “Meredith Meets Mudbug”

• 5th Place Senior – $1,000
  • GraceAnne Hodgson (Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport)
  • “Mrs. Leah Chase”

• 1st Place Junior – $1,500
  • Nancy Shi (Baton Rouge Magnet High School, Baton Rouge)
  • “Louisiana Supper”

• 2nd Place Junior – $1,000
  • Anna Miley (Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport)
  • “Awe Shucks”

• 3rd Place Junior – $750
  • Emma Jackson (Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport)
  • “The Holy Trinity”

• 4th Place Junior – $500
  • Emily Bonin (Southside High School, Youngsville)
  • “Les Cadien”

• 5th Place Junior – $250
  • Sophia Bi (Hayes Academy School for Advanced Studies, Metairie)
  • “The Reward”

Take a look at the student’s artwork and songwriting here.