Conroe Art League announces 2025 Student Art Award recipients

CONROE, TX -- It was an excitement filled night when Conroe Art League awarded $13,500 at the 2025 Student Awards art competition on Saturday, May 10th, at 6:00 p.m. There was also a $500 award for the Adrianne Gerlach Memorial Art Scholarship for the Best Western/Wildlife Art, and a $300 award for the Sherry Wagner Memorial Award for the theme “Forever Cats.”

Prizes awarded were as follows:

• 1st Place = $3,000 - Matthew Yu
• 2nd Place = $2,500 - Bailey Cheshire
• 3rd Place = $2,000 - Hana Aoki
• 4th Place = $1,500 - Cynthia Gonzalez
• 5th Place = $700 - Daisy Gabino
• 6th Place = $600 - Adelaide Dieden
• 7th Place = $600 - Skylar Tipton
• 8th Place = $600 - Eye Spy

10 Honorable Mention Places at $200 each went to Kayla Lopez, Avery McShane, Isabella Jesse, Emily Floco, Aili Selfridge, Cristina Bautista, Alexandra Cantavella, Jacquelhyn Favela, Aiden Fritsche, and Hannah Righi.

The $500 Adrianne Gerlach Memorial Art Scholarship went to Bailey Cheshire, and the $300 Sherry Wagner Forever Cats Memorial Award went to Julia Marshall.

"Many thanks to our generous and talented members for creating and donating the art that funded this wonderful event for these budding artists. Without you this would not have been possible," said Conroe Art League in a statement.