Students’ artwork chosen for regional showcase

Eight Fox Chapel Area High School students had pieces accepted to the 2025 FUSION Youth Metal Arts Showcase. The students are seniors Adele Grady, Raina Guzman, Riley Hemingray, Emma Kuhns, and Mary Lynch; junior Olivia Arca; sophomore Troy White, and freshman Elijah Turner. Additionally, Olivia won the top award, the Juror’s Grand Prize, for her piece, “Picnic for One,” and Adele won the prize for Best Use of Color for her piece, “Deep Sea Jewel.” The students are under the instruction of Fox Chapel Area High School art teacher Sarah Stewart Vasquez.

The showcase is open to students in kindergarten through grade 12 from throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, and all work must feature metal as a material or in the process of creating the art. The show features small works in aluminum, pewter, copper, brass and silver. The showcase is being hosted by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh MuseumLab as part of FUSION Fest and runs November 23, 2025, through January 3, 2026.