TOWSON, MD—Fifteen Baltimore County Public Schools students have been named among the 20 finalists in the Reginald F. Lewis Museum‘s 18th annual High School Juried Art Show.

The BCPS finalists are:

• Ifeoluwa Naluwa Adeyooye, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Khyree Bonds, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Jasmin Gedlu, Eastern Technical High School
• Sanye’ Grace, Milford Mill Academy
• Liberty Hamilton, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Macey Horton, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Cayden Jenkins, Perry Hall High School
• Hahmini Lewis, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Divora Massa, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Jada McAliley, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Sydney McDonald, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Chloe Monroe, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Jordan Rumano, George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology
• Micah Swinton, Eastern Technical High School
• Takara Wilson, Dulaney High School

The show, “Black Futures, Black Imaginings,” will be on display from Tuesday, May 9, to Sunday, July 16, at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture, 830 E. Pratt St., Baltimore 21202. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

In an email notifying BCPS of its winners, the museum’s education programs manager, Terry Nicole Taylor, wrote: “We received many stellar works this year, which made the judging a delight.”

Students from all Maryland school districts could submit artwork for consideration. Top honorees (first, second, and third places and honorable mention) in the exhibition will be announced next week. The High School Juried Art Show coincides with a larger museum exhibition, “Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined.”

The Lewis Museum is partnering with the Maryland State Education Association to produce both the High School Juried Art Show and related programming to explore young people’s visions for the future.

Photo via the Reginald F. Lewis Museum