Four Killeen ISD student artists will represent the district on a statewide stage this month after their artwork was selected for the 2026 txEDCON Exhibition presented by the Texas Art Education Association.
Students from Killeen, Ellison, Chaparral and Harker Heights high schools were selected for the exhibition, which will showcase student artwork from across Texas Oct. 8-11 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.
The Killeen ISD students selected are:
Kamara Cruse, Killeen High School — Halcyon
Art Teacher: Stephanie Miller
Emilia Jimenez Marrero, C.E. Ellison High School — La Princesa
Art Teacher: Felecia Maxwell
Myrnaliz Resto Cintron, Chaparral High School — El Coqui
Art Teacher: Jessica Trevino
Lylah Rodriguez, Robert M. Shoemaker — Glowing Mouth Skull
Art Teacher: Gwendolyn Barnard
“Opportunities like this are important because they allow our students to see that the work they are creating in our classrooms has a place beyond the classroom,” said Morganne Davies, executive director for Fine Arts. “Having students from four of our high schools selected speaks to both their individual talent and the teachers who challenge, encourage and help them grow as artists. We want our students to have opportunities to develop their talents and see where those talents can take them.”
The exhibition is part of txEDCON, the annual conference of the Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School Boards. The event brings together superintendents, school board members and other education leaders from across the state, giving the four KISD artists an opportunity to have their work seen by a statewide audience.
Presented through the Texas Art Education Association’s Youth Art Month program, the exhibition features selected artwork from Pre-K through 12th-grade students and highlights the creativity, skill and artistic development taking place in Texas schools.
The txEDCON exhibition is open to registered conference attendees and is not open to the general public. Selected artwork can also be viewed online through the Texas Art Education Association’s Student Gallery.