Yamileth Becerra Barbosa is from Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated from high school in 2023. Yamileth is a Chicana artist interested in exploring feminine identity, culture, and labor as a 2nd generation Mexican in the United States. She works with personal and found objects to push their functional conditions in a sculptural and spatial realm. Yamileth is currently working towards her BFA (in what?) at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. At SAIC, she was a participant in the First-Year Scholars Program.

Xavier Hall is an interdisciplinary artist based in Memphis, Tennessee. He graduated from high school in 2024. His work spans a variety of mediums including: sculpture, pen on wood, and stone. His work is rooted in self introspection of his experience as a Black Man in America. Xavier was a recipient of a national gold key award from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. He was an inaugural participant in the Summer Intensive Program at Contemporary Arts Memphis located in Memphis, Tennessee. Most recently, Xavier exhibited his work as a part of a pop exhibition at the Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Libby Deacon is a multidisciplinary artist based in Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated from Crosstown High School in 2024. Through her work, she explores themes based in death, fear, anxiety, displacement, and awareness. She communicates this through a variety of materials including: illustration on paper, textiles, fire, acrylic paint, and gold leaf. Libby has participated in group exhibitions at the Brooks Museum of Art and the Dixon Gallery. She was an inaugural participant in the Summer Intensive Program at Contemporary Arts Memphis located in Memphis, Tennessee. Most recently, Libby exhibited her work as a part of a pop exhibition at the Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Caroline Chandler is an interdisciplinary artist based in Memphis, Tennessee. She is a rising senior at St. Mary’s Episcopal School. She actively engages teens from her school and all over Memphis through volunteering for and organizing events that encourage young artists. Caroline has received numerous awards including two gold keys from the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards and a national silver key from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. In addition to her visual art practice, Caroline helps to design and fabricate theater sets for the Memphis University Theater Club, for which she currently serves as co-president of. As for now, Caroline is actively creating and making work at Contemporary Arts Memphis as she prepares for life after high school.

Jisel Patino Perez is a young artist from Memphis, Tennessee. She is a rising senior at Memphis Rise Academy. Jisel’s work focuses on her childhood memories and fears she experiences as a Gen Z. She was a 2024 participant in the Contemporary Arts Memphis Summer Fellowship. Jisel has presented her work at the Benjamin Hooks Library as apart of the Youth Arts Festival. As a part of the fellowship, Jisel was able to be in a group exhibition at the Brooks Museum of Art. Additionally, Jisel has worked with the Teen Council at the Dixon Museum of Art.

Jameelah Rashada is an artist from Memphis, Tennessee. She is a 2025 graduate of Whitehaven High School. Her work encompasses acrylic painting and sculpture. Thematically, Jameelah’s work focuses on themes such as mental health and suppressed feelings. Jameelah is a recipient of a silver key award from the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards. Most recently, Jameelah’s work has been shown at the Memphis International Airport.

Kingston Stringer is a senior at Central High School, explores political, historical and religious themes. Through the use of social commentary, he broadcasts how European perspectives play on black identity; constricting and molding them with its inherent bias. His work illustrates this concept through allusions to biblical stories, seeking to defy false Eurocentric narratives with vivid retellings of biblical passages that are held in a tinted view.