$1,000 Middle School Second Place 2021, Grade 8
- Anya Figert
- The Real Monster, 2021
- Acrylic, watercolor, pencil, ink on paper.
- 30 x 22 in
Teacher: LMC Fellow Jeff Rudkin
School: Batchelor Middle School, Bloomington, IN
Full Media: Acrylic, watercolor, pencil, ink, pastel, Styrofoam and glass on paper
Excerpt from artist’s Impact Statement: “Walter Sommers is in the center of the picture holding a broken 'colored' sign. The broken sign symbolizes how Walter broke the tension between white and black people by inviting a black person into a white restaurant. .”
Read the artist's Impact Statement.
Learn more about Unsung Hero: Walter Sommers
- Collections: Arrived April 2025, Awardees, Walter Sommers