Local high schools are invited to share the best work in visual arts from their students during the 2025-26 academic year. This exhibit includes artworks in all mediums, two-dimensional and three-dimensional. Exceptional works are recognized through scholarship awards applied towards a fine art, digital art or fashion design program at Mesa Community College.
This year's participating schools include:
BASIS Ahwatukee, Chandler High, Corona Del Sol High, Dobson High, East Valley Academy, Higley High, Highland High, Hamilton High, Leading Edge Academy, Marcos de Niza High, Mesa High, McClintock High, Mountain Pointe High, New School for the Arts & Academics, Red Mountain High, and Tempe High.
Meet our Jurors!
Ron Bimrose was born in Berkeley, California and grew up in that area. Ron landed in Arizona because he had heard of A. A. Dutton who was teaching at Phoenix College. Allen Dutton became a teacher, mentor and friend. Ron is a painter and printmaker. He received a MFA from Arizona State University. His work is in many private and public collections including the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, N.Y., Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Mesa Community College and the Plains Art Museum. Currently Ron is teaching printmaking courses at the Mesa Arts Center and his work can be seen on Instagram @ronbimrose and at Royse Contemporary on Main Street in Scottsdale.
Amy Floyd was born and raised in the valley of the sun, Scottsdale, Arizona. She earned her BFA in Painting from ASU. She studied a variety of art mediums that included painting, photography, printmaking, jewelry design, ceramics and many more. Evidence of different art media can be seen in the several styles that Amy Floyd exhibits in her artwork. Nature is the top influencer that inspires Amy and her artwork. Many of her pieces are captions or snippets of something she has seen or experienced in the natural world. The properties of water are some of the most intriguing to her. Having spent endless hours in a pool growing up and then having a deep interest for the ocean has ignited a passion to re-create many pieces of fluid art. In contrast to the water, the sky is also an important force in her artwork. Growing up in Arizona she looked forward to monsoon season which brought relief from the hot sun. The storms offer a welcome change in scenery with cool tones of grey and blues that are a part of her clouds included in her landscape paintings. www.amyfloydstudio.com
Reception will be held at the MCC Art Gallery on Thursday, August 6, from 6:00–7:00 PM, followed by the Awards Ceremony in the MCC Theatre from 7:00–8:00 PM.