Arts News & Calendar

The first-quarter winner of the Junior Mary Campbell Easel Award is Emma Angola '31. Angola has been a student at BGA for seven years, and her winning piece is an untitled contour line study inspired by the work of Jim Dine.

The first-quarter winner of the Mary Campbell Easel Award is Albi Barnes '25. Barnes has been a student at BGA for six years, and his winning piece is a painting entitled, "Tuning Out.

Battle Ground Academy’s Upper School Drama Department will be presenting The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on Oct. 24 and 26 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. at the Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore Jr. ‘52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship.

No matter what grade you teach, you get a certain reaction when you tell students, "You are drawing faces today"–and typically, it's not cheers of joy and excitement. Creating art is a vulnerable act, never more so than when you are asked to draw a self-portrait.

The fourth-quarter winner of the Mary Campbell Easel Award is Reece Vardaman '26.

Battle Ground Academy freshman Jimin Lee recently received first place in the 2024 Congressional Art Competition. Lee was honored for her work on “Outlook,” a colored pencil drawing.

The third-quarter winner of the Junior Mary Campbell Easel Award is Adelaide Greene '29.

The third-quarter winner of the Mary Campbell Easel Award is Jimin Lee '27.

Battle Ground Academy recently inducted 37 students into the school’s Artist Guild, which is the Upper School Honor Society for the Arts.

Thirteen works, created by nine BGA art students, earned awards in the 2024 Middle Tennessee Scholastic Art Competition.

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

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.