Twenty-two students from public high schools across Miami-Dade County were honored on Sunday for their artistic talent during the 2025 Young Artists’ Gallery show and sale at the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove.
Organizers of the annual event awarded more than $39,000 in college scholarship money and prizes to the winning students, whose work was among 152 pieces of original art on display at the juried show.
Adriana Castillo, a senior at Pinecrest Glades Academy, won “best in show” and a $5,000 scholarship for her oil painting titled “Marileidy Paulino.” The award was given in memory of Woman’s Club member Sandy Riley.
Prizes were awarded in five categories – painting, printmaking, photography, drawing and 3D. Gabriela Cabrera-Flores, a senior at A.P. Mays Conservatory of the Arts, won first place in painting and a $3,000 scholarship for her acrylic painting “Still Holding On.”
The Young Artists’ Gallery (YAG) program is a collaboration between the Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove and Miami-Dade Public Schools.
The competition provides opportunities for high school art students to display and sell their work in an art gallery setting. The Woman’s Club of Coconut Grove has hosted the event since 2001.
Lisa Remeny, Illine Davila and Lara Gallardo coordinated this year’s show.
Congratulations, young artists!
Many thanks go to Lisa Remeny who is so consistent in her support and leadership of this wonderful event.