Juried Art Exhibition
For 50 years, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry has hosted the nation’s premier exhibition of African American art. The Juried Art Exhibition is a pillar of the Museum’s Black Creativity program, which showcases African American achievement in a variety of scientific, artistic, and technological fields. Each year, the Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition presents more than 100 works of art from professional and emerging Black artists from throughout the U.S.
2025 Awarded Works
| General Category | Teen Category |
|---|---|
| Best in Show — James Pate, Ayo's Chair | Best in Show — Javiyah Isreal, Unbothered |
| Second Place — Jamaal Barber, One of Many | Second Place — Amber Scott, A Birthday Reminder |
| Third Place — Kristen William, Joseph Caldwell Sr. | Third Place — Malachi Surratt, Banco |
| Honorable Mention DonCee Coulter, Indiscernible Faces Charles Eady, Looking Back PrincessHana, Black Love Meditation Raymond Thomas, SHE is joy Kevin West, When Sunday Comes | Honorable Mention Alaina Greene, Untitled [Colored pencil] Jasmine McGhee, Yellow haze Devioune Thompson, Black Power |
| Black Creativity Council Award Zen Diva Noire, Zuri, Kioni, Asha & Zahara |
The 2025 Black Creativity Program is sponsored by The Allstate Insurance Company and Ardmore Roderick.
About the featured artwork
Rosemary Summers, Date Night at Home (detail), 2023, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy Rosemary Summers.
