2025 Finalist, Grade 9
- Jordyn Sledge
- Man of the Marsh, 2025
- Ceramic, acrylic paint, wax, collected branches with twine, yarn, polymer clay on wooden base
- 30.5 x 31.5 x 22.5 in
Teacher: Rebecca Wilkinson (2024-25 Ambassador)
School: Ida B. Wells Academic and Performing Arts Complex, Jackson, MS, US
Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: "This medium symbolizes how E.E. Just and I view the world: every individual and organism has their place or purpose but still connects to everything else to make a greater whole."
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Learn more about Unsung Hero: E. E. Just
- Collections: Art Gallery, E.E. Just