Arts News & Calendar

The third quarter winner of the Mary Campbell Easel Award is Keaton Mitchell '23.

The second quarter winners of the Junior Mary Campbell Easel Award and the Mary Campbell Easel Award are Tibbie Cleveland '28 and Grayson Douglas '23.

Three works, created by two BGA art students, earned awards in this year's regional 2023 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition. 

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.

Ten works, created by seven BGA art students, earned awards in this year's regional 2023 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition. 

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.

Battle Ground Academy’s Upper School Drama Department will be presenting “The Mouse that Roared,”adapted for the stage in 1963 by Christopher Sergel, at the school’s Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore Jr. ‘52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship.

Performances are set for Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.

Join us in congratulating junior Gillian Baisden on being selected to receive the third quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award for 2021-22! Gillian discovered her love for art at an early age and has worked diligently through the years improving a variety of her artistic skills. Specifically, Gillian has been adamant in figuring out how to master colored pencil and has come very close to doing this as evidenced by this rendering. Gillian is currently in Honors Studio Art working toward her AP Art and Design portfolio for next year.

Twelve works, created by ten BGA art students, earned awards in this year's regional 2022 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition. The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.

Congratulations to junior Alice Wang on being named the Mary Campbell Easel Award winner for the second quarter of 2021-22! Alice has been at BGA for four years and has taken art classes each year, working diligently on her drawing and painting skills. Alice's oil painting skills have reached a new level while working on her self-portrait "The Blossom of Youth." We are excited to see her growth as she develops her sustained investigation for her AP portfolio next year.

Artwork by Jimin Lee 27, Isabella Northam '23, Dalia Diab '22, and Chloe Drugeot '22 has been selected to be displayed at the 14th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Art Exhibition 2022 to be displayed at the John C. Hutcheson Art Gallery at Lipscomb University in Nashville, January 14, 2022 - February 19, 2022.

BGA is pleased to honor senior Dalia Diab for winning the 2021 first quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award! "The Black Sheep" is a 18 x 24 oil painting on a wood panel and is part of Dalia's AP portfolio. Dalia has been a dedicated visual art student throughout her tenure at BGA and has recently come into her own sense of artistic style, finding a new interest in water-soluble oil paints. Her impressive skills, artistic curiosity, and dedicated work ethic will open doors to many successes ahead on her artistic journey at BGA and beyond.

Battle Ground Academy’s Upper School Theatre Department will be presenting The Government Inspector by Nikoli Goglo at the new Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore Jr. ’52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship. 

Performances are set for Thursday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. COVID-19 safety precautions will be in place, and tickets will be limited to allow for social distancing and must be purchased by going here. 

Congratulations to recent BGA alumna Emma Creecy '21, whose Butterfly Vase sculpture was named "Best of the Best" in ceramics by the Tennessee Arts Academy and is included in the TAA's Best of the Best 2021 Student Art Exhibition.

Elizabeth Small '21 has been chosen to receive BGA's fourth quarter Mary Campbell Easel Award. Elizabeth is a risk taker when it comes to working with a variety of materials and has a vibrant, eclectic perspective which earned her the "Most Imaginative Artist" award this year.

BGA junior and member of The Artist Project dance company, Sophie Ketchum, was awarded a VIP Senior Dance Scholarship at Break the Floor Productions’ National Jump Dance Convention in Atlanta, Ga.

BGA fourth graders recently made their way to the Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore, Jr. '52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship for a songwriting workshop as part of the Country Music Hall of Fame Words and Music Program. 

Last night's opening of The Tempest marked the inaugural performance in the new Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore, Jr. '52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship.  

Battle Ground Academy’s entrepreneurship and performing arts students are beginning to move into their new home, as the school is placing the final touches on the Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore Jr. ’52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship.

Artwork by Julia Evans ‘27, Sam Wright ‘26, Charlotte Slater, ‘26, Emma Creecy ‘21, and Mary Katherine Walt ‘21 won awards at this year’s Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition.

BGA is pleased to honor junior Dalia Diab with the Mary Campbell Easel Award for the third quarter. Dalia has been a dedicated visual art student throughout her tenure at BGA and has recently come into her own sense of artistic style, finding a new interest in water-soluble oil paints. She is currently an Honors Art student and building the foundation of her AP Studio Art Portfolio for her senior year. Dalia’s impressive skills, artistic curiosity, and dedicated work ethic will open doors to many successes ahead on her artistic journey at BGA and beyond.

Join us in congratulating the following students whose artwork has been chosen for the upcoming Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition at Lipscomb University, March 22 - April 9.

Construction of BGA's new Sondra Morris & Robert N. Moore Jr. '52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship building is nearing completion with an anticipated move-in date of late March 2021.

Nine BGA students have won awards in the 30th Annual Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition. An exhibit of their works will be displayed at Cheekwood February 6-21. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s longest running and most prestigious art scholarship and recognition program for creative teens, and the largest source of scholarships for young artists.