GRAND RAPIDS, MI - City High Middle School’s Elliot Williamson has won ArtPrize’s 2025 SMART Art Competition, officials announced on Friday, Sept. 19.

The annual international art competition kicked off Thursday and will run for more than two weeks , ending Saturday, Oct. 4. The SmartArt competition, sponsored by Consumers Energy, has been a longtimer partnership between the company, ArtPrize and Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS).

Williamson’s winning entry was titled “Renewable Energy Will Make The World Bright.” SMART Art, stands for Students Making Art with a Renewable Theme.

The contest invites GRPS students in ninth through 11th grades to express their ideas about energy, the environment and the world they hope to create through art.

GRPS Fine Arts Director Dan Van Til describe

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