2022 Youth Art Month
Watch the virtual 2022 YAM Awards Reception HERE.
The 2022 PAEA YAM Exhibit is now on view!
2022 Theme: “Art Connects Us"
2022 Theme: “Art Connects Us"
This year, PAEA is proud to partner with
Sargent Art for Youth Art Month.
Sargent generously provided prize packages for our Division Awards. We are thankful for their continued contribution to celebrating Pennsylvania's Youth Artists.
Meet the Jurors
Jenn Biggs
Jenn Biggs is a painter and designer working in Philadelphia. She graduated from Kutztown University for Fiber Arts and Philadelphia University for Print Design. Jenn currently designs home products for Anthropologie and is always painting for her own personal fun.
Janna Gregonis
Janna Gregonis has twenty years of experience as a jeweler and educator. She is a studio artist and has taught at the 92nd Street Y (NYC), Peters Valley (NJ), Kutztown University (PA), St. John’s University (NYC), Penland School of Craft (NC). She currently teaches fulltime at Kutztown University. Exhibitions include: Schmuck ( Munich, Germany) Museum Centre del Carme ( Valencia, Spain) , NYC Jewelry Week, Milton J. Weil Gallery (NYC), Velvet da Vinci (San Francisco) and she is in the collections of: Museum of the Brazilian Object (Brazil) and Fleur Bresler (US). Janna has also spent many years working in the design world at moss and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. She holds a BFA in Crafts from Kutztown University and a MFA from East Carolina University. She currently serves on the NYC Jewelry Week Advisory Board.
Ekaterina popova
Ekaterina Popova is an award-winning international artist, founder of Create! Magazine, coach, and co-author. She is passionate about empowering creators to bring their dreams to reality and guides her coaching clients to step into their best life.
Born in Russia, she is known for her original oil paintings of interiors. Ekaterina received a Bachelor's in Fine Art from Kutztown University in 2011 and since then has been exhibiting her work both locally and internationally. She is interested in expressive work exploring mood and emotion. She is influenced by post-impressionism, fauvism, magical realism, which has enabled her to examine the subject of home, place, belonging, and identity over the past decade.
Her work has been exhibited nationally, including The Painting Center in New York, Cohle Gallery in Paris, James Oliver Gallery, Decorazon Gallery, Affordable Art Fair, Art Miami Fairs, The Trenton City Museum, Paradigm Gallery, Delaware Contemporary, The Boxheart Gallery, AIR Gallery, and more.