Rouse High School Art Department

04/27/2026

In a historic weekend, several art students leveled up in both the State Vase competition and the Congressional Art competition bringing home hardware and swag!

Freshman Ryatt West earned top achievement as a Gold Seal medalist at State Vase in San Marcos on Saturday, with his photograph, “Trolley Car in Motion”.
Earning a Gold Seal is an incredible feat when you consider only 7% of the State entries receive this honor! This year, directors announced 32,000 artworks were entered, about 2100 advanced to state and 151 were selected as Gold Seal winners. This is the first time a Rouse Raider earned a Gold Seal.

Seniors Faye Zayed, Xander Zamora, Sophomore Maggie Harrison and Freshman Suah Lee all scored exemplary ratings of a 4 giving them each ownership of another medal!

Meanwhile in Georgetown, at the Congressional Art ceremony, several Rouse students were recognized for their submissions for Texas District 31.

Senior Logan Deville won first place in mixed media.
Junior Maxton Vargas won 1st place in photography.
Junior Sihoon Lee was awarded 2nd place overall! 💫
Madeline Logan, Jaylen Guevara, Alannah Garza, Pooja Chidamabaram, Effie Eljan and Lia Cooper also participated in this event.

Congratulations to all the students who entered into these competitions! Your hard work and talent do not go unnoticed!

Parents, we appreciate all of your support of our students and of our program!
We are extremely proud.

The public is invited to view these and more Raider artworks at the spring student art show, this Thursday.

03/29/2026

What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday in March, Texas’ Youth Art Month! Another LISD district art show in the books and every year the student work shines brighter!!
We would like to thank all the parents, students and families who came out to view all of the amazing artwork by our Raider Creatives!
Here are a few photos from the event.

03/23/2026

This weekend!!

Join us at the Leander ISD Art Show🎨
March 28, 2026
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Hosted at Vista Ridge High School
200 S. Vista Ridge Blvd., Cedar Park, TX 48613

Stop by the LPACC Booth and sign up for our Artist Registry.
Artist Registry categories include:
Authors & Poets
Ceramics
Dance
Drawing
Film
Music
Painting
And More!

Find more information about the show here: https://bit.ly/4bbbrji

To register online, visit: https://www.leandertx.gov/FormCenter/Boards-Commissions-13/Artist-Registry-75

03/03/2026

Congratulations to all the participants in this year’s Visual Arts Scholastic Event! The first 5 artworks are our state qualifiers.

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02/25/2026

Congratulations to the 41 students who participated in the Regional Visual Arts Scholastic Event recently and earned a medal (or 2) for their entries and to the 5 students advancing to State in April!
We will be featuring each student’s artworks in future posts.

📸 by: Neha Allamneni, Senior

02/20/2026

Congratulations! Scholastic Art & Writing recognitions.

02/19/2026

This past December several students entered artwork into the Scholastic Art & Writing competition.
Congratulations to the following students who earned recognition on their entries!

Faye Zayed, Senior,
Photography, Honorable Mention

Nick Hammitt, Junior
Mixed Media, Honorable Mention

Maxton Vargas, Junior
Photography, Silver Key

Logan Deville, Senior
Drawing, Gold Key

Photos of artworks will be shared individually in follow up posts.

02/16/2026

Sorry for the delay in updating, but the visual arts students at Rouse have been actively learning and engaging in competitions!! Some of which garnered awards and recognitions! 💫💫💫
We will be posting all week some of the highlights from this past semester through the busy spring activities.

Up first, huge congratulations to student Srihitha Guduru whose artwork, “Maverick Spirit” was selected to be on exhibit at the Bob Bullock Museum in March for TASB/TAEA’s Youth Art Month!

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11/14/2025

It's BACK! Rouse's National Art Honor Society is taking pre-orders for our popular pet portrait fundraiser, now through December 5th! Order yours today to commemorate your favorite furr-babies!

HOW IT WORKS:
1) First, fill out the order form if you'd like members of Rouse NAHS to create an art rendering of your favorite pet or pets by submitting a clear and quality photo of your pet(s) along with your pet name. Students will render the artwork based on your selected format and the photo(s) you submit. The students will render your portrait based on the image you submit with either a base background color, or include minimal details.
2) After you have filled out an order form for EACH pet you would like as artwork, then go to the myschoolbucks qr code located on the form to pay for your orders. Each artwork is $50. You may include more than 1 pet on an artwork, but keep in mind the artworks are only sized at 11”x14".
3) A confirmation email will be sent to you after the form is received regarding your order and to make sure payment has been made.

After the pre-order date has closed, students will begin working on the artworks.
Due to the length of time students need to create your beautiful artworks, please be aware that creating the portraits may take 8 weeks to complete. This year, we will be hosting a "pick up your artwork day" on February 20th, 2026 in the Art/CTE courtyard in alignment with National Love Your Pet Day. No artworks will be mailed out. Please make plans to pick up your work or have someone collect your artworks on the designated date.

The categories of art formats include:
-- 11"x14" acrylic on canvas painting or
-- A pencil, charcoal or colored pencil drawing on 11x14" paper
-- A Digital rendering of your pet, sized to 11"x14 printed on cardstock.

For more information email NAHS sponsor at: [email protected] or visit the qr code in this image.

05/03/2025

It’s ! Some of our very own students are busy creating character designs at Adventures in Ink on Ronald Reagan today for a few hours. Stop by and support them if you can!