Student Artists of the Month at Gallery 510

Gallery 510 Art & Framing will be featuring one student from a Central Illinois high school each month along with the professional featured artist at the gallery. Before the gallery artist begins to talk about their work at each First Friday Gallery Walk, we will introduce the “Student of the Month” and show their piece of artwork that will remain on display throughout the month.

Mia is a 16 year old junior at Pana High School and thinks she first started creating artwork around 10 years old. If she has a favorite color, it would be the hue of violet and/or purple. Her favorite medium involving artwork includes working with watercolor painting in particular. Mia describes her art style in creating artwork as: it is loud and colorful. As for her artwork displayed nearby, the artwork is titled, “My City,” created this Fall of 2025. It is a mixed media drawing with a pinch of perspective and blending of colored pencils. Mia says art is important for de-stressing and finding a way to center herself. Her advice to other student artists: “Just try it and if you fail you can always try again!