Baldwin County Middle and High School students created their own art piece using a canvas provided by the Fairhope Arts and Craft Festival. The artwork needed to be inspired by the 2026 Festival theme "Classic Fairhope: A Study in Black and White".
We received more than 50 submissions from young artists in our community. A testimony to the talent and enthusiasm for the arts here at the Eastern Shore. The Fairhope Arts and Crafts volunteers juried the 50 art pieces.
The 30 submissions with the highest scores, are displayed Friday night during the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Artist Awards Dinner where they are judged by the artists participating in the Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival, selecting the top 10.
The top 3 will receive a cash prize.
2026 Student Art Contest Display
The top ten submissions of the the student art contest are displayed at Fairhope Chocolate (403 Fairhope Avenue) until the 2027 festival.
2026 Student Art Winners
Final 10 will be selected and during the Artist Award Dinner on Friday, March 20, 2026 and published here on Saturday, March 21, 2026
First place:
Beauty of the build (Acrylic)
Anabelle Steiniger
Fairhope High School, 11th grade
2nd Place:
Pelican in Fragments (magazine collage)
Elliot Determann
Fairhope High School, 9th grade
Third Place:
The Fairhope French Quarter (acrylic paint)
Penny Snell
Bayside Academy, 11th grade
Fourth Place:
Festive Fairhope (acrylic paint)
Caroline Clark
Spanish Fort High School, 11th grade
Fifth Place:
Fairhope Pier (oil paint)
Mason Evans
Daphne High School, 12th grade
Sixth Place:
A Town Told In Film (mixed media)
Addison Baggett
Fairhope High School, 10th grade
Seventh Place:
Fairhope Jubilee (mixed media)
Logan Baggett
Fairhope Middle School, 8th grade
Eight Place:
The Memory Tree (watercolors, pen, white pencil)
Miriam Stumbo
Fairhope High School
Ninth Place:
Under the Living Oak (graphite)
Jean Pearson
Fairhope High School, 11th grade
Tenth Place:
Fairhope, Buttoned in Time (buttons and hot glue)
Emma Stuart
Fairhope High School, 9th grade
