XPI Student Showcase

The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg and Xpress Plugged In are pleased to present the winners of the Pinellas County Student Surrealist Art Exhibit, a juried competition of Pinellas County middle and high school art students. Through this exhibit, the Dalí Museum recognizes and celebrates the talent of community students and their art teachers. Students explore the theme "Surrealism, Dreams and Fantasy" by employing creative methods, concepts and subject matter inspired by Dalí, his surrealist contemporaries and similar visionary artists.

The Pinellas County Student Surrealist Art Exhibit is currently on display at the Dali Museum until Sunday, April 26, 2009. The winners of the Hillsborough County Student Surrealist Art Exhibit can be viewed in the archived March 30th edition of Xpress Plugged In.

PINELLAS COUNTY 2009 SSAE WINNERS

Middle School Award for Excellence

Stretch, chalk pastel
Erich Holcomb, seventh grade, John Hopkins Middle School, St. Petersburg

 

Disconnected, chalk pastel
Kelsey Wray, seventh grade, John Hopkins Middle School, St. Petersburg

 

Middle School Award for Merit

Waiting, mixed media collage
Brandon Bacon, seventh grade, Palm Harbor Middle School

 

The Man Called War Eating the Lives of Man at His Dinner Table, collage
Sofie Matthews, sixth grade, Walden Middle School, Gulfport

 

Middle School Award for Honors

A Dream Or Nightmare?, colored pencil and pen
Madison Heinze, eighth grade, Palm Harbor Middle School

 

Frog Baby, pen, pencil and watercolor
Jessica Lamppert, eighth grade, Safety Harbor Middle School

 

High School Award for Excellence

The Little Leprechaun, digital photography
April Balough, ninth grade, Seminole High School

 

Sleeping with Roaches, acrylic and ballpoint pen
Melanie Cotton, 11th grade, Palm Harbor University High School

 

Not Just a Flesh Wound, digital photography with Photoshop and Wacom tablet
Kristen Haynes, 12th grade, East Lake High School, Palm Harbor

 

Grasping vs. Acceptance, colored pencil, tempera and ink
Amanda Hunter, 11th grade, Seminole High School

 

High School Award for Merit

Just Keep Swimming, clay
Mary Chang, 12th grade, Dixie Hollins High School, St. Petersburg

 

Storm Portrait, colored pencil on paper
Deanna Schneider, 11th grade, PCCA at Gibbs High School, St. Petersburg

 

Fly Fishing, acrylic
Brittney Turner, 12th grade, Largo High School

 

Useless Utensil, graphite
Raul Vazquez, 12th grade, PCCA at Gibbs High School, St. Petersburg

 

High School Award for Honors

Okapi, watercolor and graphite
Elizabeth Bonert, 11th grade, East Lake High School, Palm Harbor

 

Always Watching, photography
Shelby Hejl, 10th grade, East Lake High School, Palm Harbor

 

Bang the Drum!!!, charcoal & chalk
Samuel Ralston, 12th grade, Northeast High School, St. Petersburg

 

See The Point?, mixed media
Jordan Snodgrass, ninth grade, Osceola High School, Largo