State-Wide Student Show
IAEA’s Student Short Video & Animation Showcase Submissions are OPEN!!!
IAEA 2026 Student Short Videos & Animations Showcase
Submissions CLOSE – Friday, May 22, 2026 by midnight
Notifications – Friday, June 19, 2026
Forms Must be Completed by Friday, June 26, 2026
(Teacher Form & Parent Permission Form)
Student Video & Animation Showcase
Submission Overview:
Submission Details & Rules for the 2026 Short Videos & Animations Showcase:
Teachers:
- You must be an IAEA member and teach K-12 art
- You must teach at an accredited public, private or charter school
- Student’s Artwork must be created this school year
If selected:
- You will be sent a link to a Teacher Information Google Form to gather this information:
- Your contact information
- Contact information about your student and principal
- a short lesson description of your student’s chosen artwork
- an Artist Statement, if your student wrote one
- You will be asked to forward a link to your student’s parents/guardians for their permissions
- If selected, your Teacher Information Form & your student’s Parent Permissions Forms MUST BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY, June 26
Recognition:
- @ the 2026 IAEA Conference
- October 24, 2026 @ the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg
- Before the Student Art Show Award Ceremony & Reception, TBD
- Your student’s video will be featured in the Student Video & Animation Showcase
- You and your student will be recognized on stage
Judging the show:
- Our judges look for work that demonstrates creativity, originality, craftsmanship, personality and communicates an idea.
- Our judging is blind… judges see the grade level & the program used
Submitting:
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- 5 short videos and/or animations per teacher
- Videos may be created by individual students or small groups
- (don’t forget grade level for each student, please)
- Note: Regarding AI – AI may be used minimally to support idea generation, but AI generated artwork itself alone should not be submitted as original artwork.
- Submissions should be in .mov, .mp4, .m4v, or gif format.
- Images, video footage, audio files must be 70% created by student (any other supporting media must be copyright free).
- Length of media submission:
- 1 minute or less @ Elementary Level
- 3 minutes or less @ Middle School & High School Level
- Videos and/or Animations must have been created during the 2025-2026 school year
- Label EACH Video/Animation with the following information IN THIS ORDER, please:
- Teacher’s first & last name, School’s name, Student’s first & last name, student’s grade level, Digital Program used & sound/no sound indication
- 5 short videos and/or animations per teacher
- EXAMPLE:
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- 1. Susan Tiemstra, your school, student’s first & last name, student’s grade level, FlipaClip, No sound
- 2. Susan Tiemstra, your school, student’s first & last name, student’s grade level, FlipaClip, Sound
- Etc. up to 5 videos and/or animations
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Upload video/animations to ONE FOLDER in Google Drive or Dropbox. Get the link for the FOLDER containing ALL videos/animations (not just one). Please turn sharing settings so anyone can view. You will use this folder link in the submission form.
- DEADLINES:
- Submissions OPEN: April, 2026
- Submissions CLOSE: Friday, May 22 @ Midnight
- Notifications: Friday, June 19, 2026
- Our mission is to advocate for Art Teachers teaching Art Curriculum in all Illinois Schools K-12.
- Our intent is to showcase 1st grade -12 grade videos & animations that exemplify best practice throughout the state.
Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Student Winners!
Kindergarten
1st Grade
Everett Flinkow
Teacher: Laurel Scigouski
"McDole Elementary School, Montgomery"
Media: Collage
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Madison Pilcher
Teacher: Hillary Andrlik
"Prospect Elementary School, Clarendon Hills"
Media: "Prospect Elementary School, Clarendon Hills"
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3rd Grade
Solange Baron
Teacher: Tammy Kordik
"Nelson Prairie Elementary School, New Lenox"
Media: Crayon
Read more4th Grade
Adriana Jalandoni
Teacher: Colleen Grigg
"John Shields Elementary School, Sugar Grove"
Media: "Chalk Pastel, Metal & Paint"
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Evelyn Vole
Teacher: Julie Zuder
"Hawthorn Elementary South School, Vernon Hills"
Media: Drawing
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Lesia Lucky
Teacher: Heidi O’Hanley
"Frank A. Brodnicki Elementary School, Justice"
Media: "Acrylic on Canvas"
Read more5th Grade
Ingrid Sylverne
Teacher: Katie Lindgren
"Ivy Hall Elementary School, Buffalo Grove"
Media: Drawing
Read more6th Grade
7th Grade
Evelyn Martin
Teacher: Carissa Zill
"Hinckley-Big Rock Middle School, Big Rock"
Media: Watercolor
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Chloe Chorzepa
Teacher: Eryn Blaser
"Orland Junior High School, Orland Park"
Media: "Pencil & Charcoal"
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Lauren Cabana
Teacher: Kelly Sabatini
"Pleasantdale Middle School, Burr Ridge"
Media: Colored Pencil
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Arun Salmon
Teacher: Kelly Eggleston
Marie Murphy School, Wilmette
Media: "White Colored Pencil"
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Gemma Giangiorgi
Teacher: Maggie Seymour
"Deer Path Middle School, Lake Forest"
Media: Photoshop
Read more8th Grade
Anuka Battulga
Teacher: Anthony Bialek
"Bednarcik Junior High School, Aurora"
Media: "Graphite on Paper"
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Esmeralda Montoya
Teacher: Elizabeth Farnesi
Wilkins Junior High, Justice
Media: Colored Pencil
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Natalia Galindo & Kloe Pfeiffer
Teacher: Linda Williams
"Prairie Grove Junior High, Crystal Lake"
Media: Plastic Utensils
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Serenity Vaden
Teacher: Theresa McGee
Hinsdale Middle School, Hinsdale Pencil & Mixed
Media: Media
Read more9th Grade
Mariella Cowles
Teacher: Aaron Cummins
"Prairie Ridge High School, Crystal Lake"
Media: "Digital Illustration"
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Avery Berndt
Teacher: Kerry Parrish
"Crystal Lake South High School, Crystal Lake"
Media: Mixed Media
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Colette Butwell
Teacher: "Laura Steele Fritsch"
"Oswego East High School, Oswego"
Media: Markers
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Nathan Wilke
Teacher: Margaret Kuchan
"Washington Community High School, Washington"
Media: Intaglio Print
Read more10th Grade
Mya Olson
Teacher: Daniel Whipple
Oswego High School, Oswego
Media: Oswego High School, Oswego
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Madison Ponx
Teacher: Heather Stanich
"Oswego East High School, Oswego"
Media: Colored Pencil
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Reese Wehri
Teacher: Nick Vogt
"Pontiac Township High School, Pontiac"
Media: Acrylic Paint
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11th Grade
Olive Schilling
Teacher: Jayme Banzhoff
Washington Community High School, Washington
Media: Photography
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Joslyn Cnota
Teacher: Jilian Reints
Belvidere High School, Belvidere
Media: "Joint Compound on Canvas"
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Jazmin Coleman
Teacher: Rebecca Healy
"Homewood-Flossmoor HS, Flossmoor"
Media: "Digital Photography"
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12th Grade
Jackson Mancuso
Teacher: Lisa Cook
"Oswego East High School, Oswego"
Media: "Digital Painting, Photoshop"
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Jovana Rivera
Teacher: Michael Jansma
"Round Lake High School, Round Lake"
Media: Mixed Media
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Megan Mazur
Teacher: Ryan Stanich
"Romeoville High School, Romeoville"
Media: "Yarn, Paint & Fabric"
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2025-2026 IAEA TRAVELING STUDENT ART SHOW HOST SITES
October 2025 – IAEA Conference, Renaissance Conference Center, Schaumburg & IAEA
November 2025 – The IASB•IASA•IASBO Joint Annual Conference is the must-attend training and networking event for
Illinois school board members, superintendents, and business officials, Chicago & IAEA (Nov. 21-23)
December 2025 – Justice Public Library, Justice & Heidi O’Hanley & Elizabeth Farnesi
January 2026 – Washington High School, Washington & Jayme Banzoff
February 2026 – Sugar Grove Public Library, Sugar Grove & Colleen Grigg & Laurel Scigouski
March 2026 – Belvidere High School, Belvidere & Jilian Reints
April 2026 – TBD
May 2026 – DuPage Regional Office of Education & IAEA
June 2026 – Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale & Theresa McGee and Hillary Andrlik
July 2026 – Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock & Aaron Cummins, Kerry Parrish and Susan Tiemstra
August 2026 – Galena Center for the Arts, Galena & Dorothy Ramey
2024 Student Film & Animation Winners Showcase!
Isaiah Peggar, 3rd Grade,
Teacher: Theresa Fontana River Trail Elementary School
Azlynn Wilson, Ellyana Blades & Valeigh Brooks, 4th Grade
Teacher: Jennifer Fitzpatrick, Benton Grade School, Benton
Colin Geishecker 4th Grade
Teacher: Laura Allan, North School, Villa Park
Madeline Burr 6th Grade
Teacher: Liese Hearth Eisenhower Jr. High School, Darien
Sophia Lardino & Adriana Thibeault 7th Grade
Teacher: Margaret Seymour Deer Path Middle School, Lake Forest
Jake Tatroe 8th Grade
Teacher: Linda Williams Prairie Grove Jr. High School, Crystal Lake
Jovith Subramanian 8th Grade
Teacher: Theresa McGee Hinsdale Middle School, Hinsdale
Leah Martinez, Avery Williams & Soleil Brehm 9th grade
Teacher: Margaret Kuchan Washington Community High School, Washington
Cara Glass,10th grade, Amber Akes, Marion High School, Screen Recording
Teacher: Amber Akes, Marion High School
Rebekah Neussl, 12th Grade
Teacher: Jayme Banzhoff Washington Community High School, Washington
Mason Kai Marquez 12th Grade
Teacher: Jerry Oswalt lll Bartlett High School, Bartlett
Denae Mason 12th Grade
Teacher: Lisa Cook Oswego East High School, Oswego
Thank you to our student show sponsors who provided art gifts for winning students and teachers!
