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2024 Visual Art Luminaries & Poet Laureates
"I Belong" The Book
"I Belong" The Book
The "I Belong" book features the winning work of poet laureates and the visual art luminaries from each college. Created and published with support from Virginia Humanities, the book also included the poetry from second- and third-place winners, if selected at the college.
A similar book will be created from the "I Dream" entries.
The book was designed by Megan Brassart, a Tidewater Community College alum. Brassart will lend her creative expertise to the "I Dream" competitions.
Harper Ballance's piece, "The City is Where I Belong,” won the People’s Choice award during the 2024 Poet Laureate event. For the first time, an overall winner will be chosen as the Visual Art Luminary of Virginia's Community Colleges.
The names of Visual Art Luminaries appear first, followed by Poet Laureates.
Blue Ridge: Sera Seely, Rein Martin-Baker
Camp: Diana Shifflett, Roshanda Hoskie
Central Virginia: Victoria Olin, Ana Leng
Danville: Jordan Dillard, Lydia Davis
Eastern Shore: Jade Saldana, Ryshekia Allen
Germanna: Olivia Gooch, Knoelle Pipes
Laurel Ridge: Karolina Banks, Daniel Carlton
Mountain Gateway: Sabrina Burks, Hayli Givens
New River: Jordan Perfater, Alexandria Ruth Johnson
Northern Virginia (NOVA): Abigail Warren, Katy Morejon Portillo
Patrick & Henry: Madison Collins, Kaylee Brooks
Piedmont Virginia: Grace von Elten, Taylor Goodwin
Rappahannock: Minajhadore Redd, Audrey Horn
Reynolds: Paige Johnson, Emily Smith
Southside Virginia: Harper Ballance, Rayna Aranzamendez
Southwest Virginia: Val Johnson, Nikki Looney
Tidewater: Rin Royal, Morgan Dunston
Virginia Highlands: Krysta Mimbs, Shannon Price
Virginia Western: Sam Evans, Chanlee Luu
Wytheville: Makaela Umberger, Stevie J. Studebaker-Freeman
The work of these winners appears in a book, " I Belong," as well as second- and third-place poetry winners, if named, from the colleges.
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