• BEST OF SHOW We Are Machine Nikolai Kurashov Ink and acrylic paint drawing on paper 12th grade Wilsonville High School
  • STAFF CHOICE Pacific Mountain Mist Chloe Kim Watercolor painting 8th grade Baker Prairie Middle School
  • SUPERINTENDENT’S CHOICE Forgotten in My Eyes, Stored in My Heart Lilly Horn Charcoal drawing 12th grade Estacada High School
  • Clackamas River Basin Council award; Decomposition, Anna Mitchenkov, Mixed media sculpture, 12th grade, Clackamas High School; The Way It Was, Dylan Durante, Drawing and watercolor on paper, 7th grade, Inza R. Wood Middle School; Metamorphosis, Alisa Avanesyan, Colored pencil, 9th grade, Clackamas High School
  • THIRD PLACE 6th Grade Furry Shadows Callie Gormley Scratchboard 6th grade Rosemont Ridge Middle School
  • SECOND PLACE 6th Grade The Amazing Snowman Amber Hill Oil pastel drawing 6th grade Kraxberger Middle School
  • FIRST PLACE 6th Grade A Light in the Darkness Declan Levandowsky Color pencil drawing 6th grade Inza R. Wood Middle School
  • THIRD PLACE 7th Grade After the Decay Otto Maier Ceramic sculpture 7th grade Baker Prairie Middle School
  • SECOND PLACE 7th Grade The Way It Was Dylan Durante Drawing and watercolor on paper 7th grade Inza R. Wood Middle School
  • FIRST PLACE 7th Grade Alpine Summer Avery Cottam Painting 7th grade Inza R. Wood Middle School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 8th Grade Me Riley Carrier Tempera paint 8th grade Welches Middle School
  • THIRD PLACE 8th Grade Mr. Morale Brian Trevizo-Corona Tempera paint and collage on canvas 8th grade Welches Middle School
  • SECOND PLACE 8th Grade Self-portrait Emily Harrington Photography 8th grade Estacada Middle School
  • FIRST PLACE 8th Grade Dear, Malvina. Paige Granum Mixed media 8th grade Inza R. Wood Middle School
  • THIRD PLACE 9th Grade Rae Emma Slaughter Drawing, printmaking, and eraser stamping 9th grade Alliance Charter Academy
  • SECOND PLACE 9th Grade Metamorphosis Alisa Avanesyan Colored pencil 9th grade Clackamas High School
  • FIRST PLACE 9th Grade Bird Days Andy Goe Acrylic painting 9th grade New Urban High School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 10th Grade Ode to Self Ren Suo Mixed media 10th grade Estacada High School
  • THIRD PLACE 10th Grade Untitled Joslin Jones Acrylic painting on canvas 10th grade Wilsonville High School
  • THIRD PLACE 10th Grade Garden Dragon Nguyen Truong Hand built and glazed totem globe 10th grade Adrienne C. Nelson High School
  • SECOND PLACE 10th Grade Early Morning Cram Olivia Sheng Colored pencil drawing 10th grade West Linn High School
  • FIRST PLACE 10th Grade שְׁרִיצָה (Shemritza) Sal Aultman-Meltzer Digital design for ceramic surface application 10th grade Sabin-Schellenberg Professional Technical Center
  • HONORABLE MENTION 11th Grade Spill Olivia Seow Acrylic painting 11th grade Lake Oswego High School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 11th Grade Poverty Olivia Shanley Ink on lampshade surface 11th grade Oregon City High School
  • THIRD PLACE 11th Grade Phantom of the Storm Erika Carlson Acrylic painting 11th grade Molalla High School
  • SECOND PLACE 11th Grade Moon River Isabella Perez Acrylic painting 11th grade Clackamas High School
  • FIRST PLACE 11th Grade The Undead and the Unseen Karina Secchi Colored pencil 11th grade West Linn High School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 12th Grade Addicted Sophia Olson Ceramic 12th grade Molalla High School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 12th Grade A Kitchen Counter Rachel Khalili Oil paint 12th grade Lake Oswego High School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 12th Grade Jeonyeok Ellie Nazareno Acrylic painting 12th grade Adrienne C. Nelson High School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 12th Grade Letter of Apology Ruby Deng Charcoal and acrylic paint 12th grade West Linn High School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 12th Grade Decomposition Anna Mitchenkov Mixed media sculpture 12th grade Clackamas High School
  • HONORABLE MENTION 12th Grade Don't Mean to Toot My Own Horn Lucy Cumplido-Vasquez Acrylic 12th grade Oregon City High School
  • SECOND PLACE 12th Grade The 28th Amendment Kylee Turner Acrylics and pastels on railroad board 12th grade Oregon City High School
  • SECOND PLACE 12th Grade Pass the Kimchi! Hanna Faroghi Oil painting 12th grade Lake Oswego High School
  • FIRST PLACE 12th Grade We Are Machine Nikolai Kurashov Ink and acrylic paint drawing on paper 12th grade Wilsonville High School
  • ART SPEAKS Moon River Isabella Perez Acrylic painting 11th grade Clackamas High School
  • ART SPEAKS The 28th Amendment Kylee Turner Acrylics and pastels on railroad board 12th grade Oregon City High School
  • ART SPEAKS The Undead and the Unseen Karina Secchi Colored pencil 11th grade West Linn High School
  • ART SPEAKS A Light in the Darkness Declan Levandowsky Color pencil drawing 6th grade Inza R. Wood Middle School
  • ART SPEAKS Modest Alanah Butler-Coronado Illustration 12th grade Lake Oswego High School
  • ART SPEAKS Head Tornado Julia Weigel Wearable sculpture 9th grade Wilsonville High School
  • ART SPEAKS Fleeting Flames Adina Lozovan Acrylic painting on canvas 9th grade Wilsonville High School
  • ART SPEAKS Rae Emma Slaughter Drawing, printmaking, and eraser stamping 9th grade Alliance Charter Academy
  • ART SPEAKS Pass the Kimchi! Hanna Faroghi Oil painting 12th grade Lake Oswego High School
  • ART SPEAKS The Way It Was Dylan Durante Drawing and watercolor on paper 7th grade Inza R. Wood Middle School
  • ART SPEAKS Morning Visit Frog Slover Mixed media painting 12th grade Wilsonville High School

Well over $100,000 in potential scholarships and other prizes were presented to middle and high school student artists at the ninth annual Clackamas Education Service District Regional Art Show awards ceremony.

Wilsonville High School senior Nikolai Kurashov took home “Best of Show” honors for his provocative ink and acrylic paint drawing “We Are Machine.” Kurachov also won 12th grade first-place honors. 

The awards ceremony, held at the Clackamas ESD administrative building April 24, honored the nearly 200 students in all 10 Clackamas County school districts who submitted artworks to this year’s show. 

Nearly 50 juried and special awards were presented during the ceremony, which was preceded by a reception for student artists and their teachers and families. The generous prizes offered to students were made possible by the sponsorship of Pacific Northwest College of Art, Clackamas Community College, Venvino Art Studios, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts and members of the Clackamas River Basin Council.

Kurashov earned multiple prizes for his two wins, including thousands of dollars in scholarships from PNCA; a four-credit tuition waiver from Clackamas Community College; gift cards from Venvino Art Studios and Blick Art Materials; a Lakewood Center for the Arts gift certificate; the opportunity to showcase his art in the upcoming Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts Youth Exhibit; and miscellaneous art supplies.

Other high school grade-level awards were spread out over multiple schools in the Estacada, Lake Oswego, Molalla River, North Clackamas, Oregon City and West Linn-Wilsonville school districts.

  • Aerial shot of the crowd looking at art, mingling and eating at the art show
  • Student Kylee Turner stands at the podium before she gives her speech at the art show awards ceremony
  • Art teacher in the audience raises arms in the air in celebration at the art show awards ceremony
  • Supt. Larry Didway speaks at the art show awards ceremony
  • Members of the audience stand and applaud
  • Student shakes board members hand as he accepts awards and prizes at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with Clackamas ESD board members as she accepts her prizes and awards at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with Clackamas ESD board members as they accepts their prizes and awards at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with Clackamas ESD board members as she accepts her prizes and awards at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with Clackamas ESD board members as she accepts her prizes and awards at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with Clackamas ESD board members as he accepts his prizes and awards at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with Clackamas ESD board members as she accepts her prizes and awards at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with Clackamas ESD board members as she accepts her prizes and awards at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with Clackamas ESD board members as she accepts her prizes and awards at the art show awards ceremony
  • Student poses with former Supt. Jada Ripley at the art show awards ceremony

Other top high school winners included:

  • Karina Secchi of West Linn High School, who won first-place 11th grade honors for her colored pencil drawing “The Undead and the Unseen.”
  • Sal Aultman-Meltzer of the Sabin-Schellenberg Professional Technical Center in Milwaukie, who placed first at 10th grade for his ceramic piece שְׁרִיצָה (Shemritza).”
  • Andy Goe of New Urban High School in Oak Grove, who won the top award in 9th grade for his acrylic painting “Bird Days.”
  • Lilly Horn, a senior at Estacada High School, who won the Jada Rupley Superintendent’s Choice Award for her charcoal drawing, “Forgotten in My Eyes, Stored in My Heart.” The award is named in honor of Clackamas ESD Regional Art Show founder and retired superintendent Jada Rupley, and its recipient was selected by current superintendent Larry Didway. The ESD purchased Horn’s drawing for permanent display.

All high school winners received PNCA scholarships; gift cards from Venvino Art Studios; the opportunity to showcase their art in the youth exhibit at this summer’s Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts; art supplies; and notecards featuring their work. The three top winners in 10th, 11th and 12th grades also received Clackamas Community College single-class tuition waivers.

Chloe Kim, an eighth grader at Baker Prairie Middle School in Canby, won the Staff Choice Award, voted on by employees of Clackamas ESD. The ESD purchased Kim’s painting “Pacific Mountain Mist” and will keep it on permanent display.

Other top middle school winners included three students from Inza R. Wood Middle School in Wilsonville, who swept first place honors at all three grade levels:

Middle school winners received Venvino Art Studios gift cards; the opportunity to showcase their art in the youth exhibit at this summer’s Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts; sketchbooks; and notecards featuring their work.

Clackamas ESD asked each art show adjudicator to select a piece that conveyed the strongest message. In addition to Karina Secchi’s 11th-grade winning artwork and Declan Levandowsky’s top sixth-grade piece, nine other entries were selected for these “Art Speaks” awards by judges:

Members of the Clackamas River Basin Council presented special $100 sponsor’s awards to three student artists – Anna Mitchenkov and Alisa Avanesyan of Clackamas High School, and Dylan Durante of Inza R. Wood Middle School – who exhibited pieces with strong environmental themes.

A complete list of winning students and their artwork can be found in the slideshow at the top of this page.

“I welcome this annual opportunity to honor the amazing young artists in our community, as well as the teachers in our Clackamas County schools who are skillfully expanding these students’ talents,” said Clackamas ESD Superintendent Larry Didway. “Our spring regional art show is the culmination of months of planning. Dozens of people have a hand in making this event successful. I’m particularly grateful to our generous sponsors – PNCA, Clackamas Community College, Venvino Art Studios, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts and members of the Clackamas River Basin Council – and to the 11 professional artists who volunteered many hours of their time to thoughtfully adjudicate our entries.

“Our heartiest thanks, of course, go to the nearly 200 middle and high school students and 36 teachers who participated in this show. Teachers are major partners in this event, personally curating, prepping and submitting art from their students. Across seven grade levels, this art show captures the creativity, inspiration and talent that is exhibited in Clackamas County classrooms every day. Through their art, these students are showing us many powerful ways to view the world and make it a better, more equitable and more compassionate place.” 

The virtual gallery of the 2025 Clackamas ESD Regional Art Show remains online at clackesd.org/2025artshow.

See more photos from the awards ceremony on our Facebook page.