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Davis Monthly Planner & Art Education Advocacy Guide
Cover Contest Winners and Honorable Mentions
Front and back covers of the 2025-2026 Davis Monthly Planner & Art Education Advocacy Guide.
Every year, Davis Publications creates a Monthly Planner and Art Education Advocacy Guide to distribute at the National Art Education Association Convention and other events. For this reason, we issue an annual call for student artwork to be featured on the front and back covers of the planner.
Congratulations to the 2025/26 Planner winners! Front-cover artist: Felix F., Self-Portrait, grade ten, teacher: Cristina Pinton. Back cover winners: First row: Emily B., Groovy Grids, grade eleven, teacher: Christine Colby. Tess S., grade eleven, teacher: Allyson Avery. Ayan S., The Middle, grade four, teacher: Michelle Sherman. Second row: Isabella C., Lost Smiles, grade twelve, teacher: Dr. Kathleen Sneed Petka. Margarita P., Weasel, grade six, teacher: Lisa Banker. Preston C., Self-Portrait, grade eleven, teacher: Stephanie Speedy. Third row: Honora M., Parts of a Whole, grade twelve, teacher: Monique Dobbelaere. Aahana L., Layers of Identity, grade eleven, teacher: Kelsey Wengel. Rhilynn W., Blue Creature, grade seven, teacher: Sandra Dunn. Mila V., Amphora, grade five, teacher: Meera Ramanthan. Fourth row: Melissa G., The Mischief Maker Clock, grade seven, teacher: Don Masse. Charles L, Architecture Graphics, grade twelve, teacher: Cristina Pinton. Ruth Z., Topographic Color Wheel, grade six, teacher: Kerri Waller.
Thank you to everyone who submitted student work! The following pages showcase just some of the many incredible artworks submitted by students ranging from elementary to high school.
Request your free copy of the Davis Planner at DavisArt.com/Planner starting May 1st, or pick one up at the 2025 NAEA National Convention!
Note: teacher names are in parenthesis.
First to last: Ashlynn S., grade eleven, Hiking in Missouri (Megan Hines). Adrian C., grade twelve, Flowering Moonlight (Charles Zweig). Aahana L., grade eleven, The Vintage Roar (Kelsey Wengal).
First to last: Alora G., grade twelve, Fireflies and Friends (Jeremy Duncan). Allison B., grade twelve, Moment of Color (Lynn Larsen). Zoey B., grade eleven, Under Pressure (Tanya Warborg-Kosla). Elizabeth P., grade eleven, Fish Out of Water (Dorothy Amme). Celishanex D., grade eleven, Pelo Malo (Laura Johnson).
First to last: Kaya T., grade eleven, Blade of Honor (Monique Dobbelaere). Gabrielle P., grade eleven, Out of the Box (Dorothy Amme). Hayden F., grade ten, Colored Creek (Anna Lisa Abrahams). Angeline P., grade twelve, Mismatched (Annie Yi). Grace G., grade eleven, Friendship (Tanya Warborg-Kosla).
Third row: Serena S., grade ten, Close-up of my Origami Flower (Eva Strohmeier). Imbellis C., grade twelve, Growing Heart (Frank Juárez). Ava S., grade twelve, The Last of Us Skull (Susanne Firestone). Ku'enakala K., kindergarten, Winter Bird Houses (Alyssa Navapanich). Sarah D., grade twelve, Untitled (Jessica Lazarus). Joshua K., grade one, China Bell (Michelle Sherman).
Fourth row: Amee M., grade four, An Evening in Monsoon (Kelly King). Lois S., grade three, Looking for Prey (Veronica Moreno). Elizabeth W., grade seven, The Scare and the Jest (Elizabeth Witte). Cooper H., grade ten, Untitled (Christine Colby). Mina H., grade six, Leaping Porca (Kelsey Smith).