For decades, Sister Cities International has leveraged the power that art has to transform societies and transcend cultural boundaries through the Young Artists and Authors Showcase, or YAAS. The Showcase has given youth worldwide the opportunity to express their vision for a more unified, peaceful world through original art and literature.

Fort Worth Sister Cities International held the local showcase to choose student pieces to be submitted to the worldwide competition interpreting the theme “ClimateScape: Resilient Cities for Tomorrow’s Climate.” All artists will be recognized along with their original pieces at a special reception on May 21. Find out more>

We want to give a special thanks to our judges Hilde Horchler, Rachel Malone, Ron Crouch, Bronwyn Logan, Estrus Tucker, Leo Wesson, and Britt Stokes.

Congratulations to all the artists and authors who were selected and entered into the international competition.

Artists (classic)

• 1st Place – Reconstructed by Vidhi Jadeja (17), Flower Mound High School
• 2nd Place – Blended Cities by Lorelei Palmer (14), Young Women’s Leadership Academy 
• 3rd Place – Una tarde en italia by Mariana Gonzalez (15), World Languages Institute
• Honorable Mention – Home by Campbell Timmons (14), Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts

Artists (digital)

• 1st Place – Urban Landscape by Sam Brown (17), Paschal High School
• 2nd Place – POLAR by Eric Rollins (18), Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts

Photographers

• 1st Place – Daydream by Natalie Ricke (17), Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• 2nd Place – Green Spaces by Celeste Jenkins-O’Reilly (17), Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• 3rd Place – Natures Embrace by Lucia Payton (18),  I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM and VPA
• Honorable Mention – The Mirror by Sally Al Imari (17), Young Women’s Leadership Academy

Authors

• 1st Place – “Echoes of Ember” by Harmon Hong (13), Fort Worth Country Day School
• 2nd Place – “Lux” by Celia Miller Pitt (18), Young Women’s Leadership Academy
• 3rd Place – “Hope Springs Eternal” by Eva McWaters (15), All Saints Episcopal School
• Honorable Mention – “LUNGS” by Magnolia Potemkin (15), I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM and VPA

Poets

• 1st Place – “Perfection” by Eliza Stubblefield (15), I.M. Terrell Academy for STEM and VPA
• 2nd Place – “What’s in a city?” by Ariana Wolf (18), James Martin High School
• 3rd Place – “Tomorrowland” by Joshua Ideji (17), Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts
• Honorable Mention – “Everyday the sun shines” by Marydith Agyemang (14), Young Women’s Leadership Academy