Visual Art

Sep 17

About Visual Art

Art can capture what you see, imagine, question, or want others to understand. The Visual Art discipline celebrates young artists working across painting, drawing, illustration, sculpture, digital art, mixed media, and more. Whether your work is carefully observed, boldly expressive, concept-driven, or entirely experimental, we want to experience the world through your creative vision.

Meet some review panelists!

Creative Youth Award submissions are reviewed by accomplished artists, illustrators, curators, educators, and multidisciplinary creative professionals who bring a range of artistic perspectives and experience to the process. Meet a few of the Visual Art panelists who help recognize and celebrate the creative visions of young artists across the Bay Area:

ARLEENE CORREA VALENCIA (b. 1993, Michoacán, Mexico) received her MFA from California College of the Arts. One of four children originally from Arteaga, Michoacán,
Mexico, Correa Valencia is a beneficiary of DACA (Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals) and is on a path to becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States. The Correa Valencia family fled to the United States in 1997 and found home in California’s Napa Valley. Correa Valencia’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford
University; Crocker Art Museum; Utah Museum of Fine Arts; Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Grand Valley State University Museum of Art, Ulrich Museum of Art; and 21c Museum Hotels.
Based in Napa Valley, California, Correa Valencia has been represented by Catharine Clark Gallery since 2022.

Bryn Imagire has worked at Pixar Animation Studios for 26 years. She initially served as a digital painter on "A Bug's Life" and was later promoted to Shading Art Director for "Toy Story 2." Bryn has worked on many movies, including "The Incredibles," "Monsters, Inc." and "Coco." The advice she gives to students currently pursuing art is to work really hard, and to look at all sorts of architecture and design, and art history to absorb as much knowledge as possible..

Lawrence Rinder has been an educator at MoMA, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Walker Art Center, and curator and director at BAMPFA. He previously served as Dean of the College at the California College of the Arts. Lawrence is currently working independently as a curator and writer, exploring his own creativity by working on several novels.