Clinton MSA students receive art competition honors

Special to The Clinton Courier

Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) visual arts students recently received eighty-seven awards in the prestigious 2025 Regional Scholastic Art Competition hosted by Atmos Energy and The Mississippi Museum of Art.

Visual arts students from Clinton receiving awards included junior Aireyal Barrett, who won an honorable mention for Dead Lake in the Painting category, as well as junior Jayden Carroll, who won an honorable mention for Distorted Star in the Drawing and Illustration category.

Senior Rowan Milone-Booker received a Gold Key in the Painting category for The Final Stretch, two Silver Keys in the Drawing and Illustration category for Maternal Instincts and Tackling Tyrannosaurs, four honorable mentions in the Drawing and Illustration category for Blue Zeus; Portrait of the God of Death, Rebirth and the Sun; Silly Self Portrait; The Leopard with the Jade Eye and an honorable mention in the Printmaking Category for Twin Hyenas.

American Visions and Gold Key award winners will be on display at the Mississippi Museum of Art through May 10 and will advance to the national competition.

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative youth. Teens in grades seven through twelve are invited to enter their art or writing for the chance to win recognition, publication, exhibition and up to $10,000 in scholarships.

MSA is an eleventh- and twelfth grade visual and performing arts residential, public high school located in Brookhaven.  Students not only meet and exceed the traditional Mississippi high school curriculum, they receive special instruction in visual arts, vocal music, dance, writing/literary arts, filmmaking/media arts and theatre.