On behalf of Through the Flower – and the generosity of author Faye Kellerman, Leah Krueger, Jessica Provow, and Anne Baker from Virginia Beach Middle School are presented with The Judy Chicago Art Education Award in 2017 for their exemplary nine-week classroom implementation of Creating Tribute: The Judy Chicago Project. 

The teachers facilitated discussions with the students asking why the predominance of White men on their list and so few women and people of color represented. The discussion motivated students to research fields of study that they are interested with a quest to learn about the women who have advanced knowledge and contributed significantly to society with their work. From their research, the students created sculptural dinner place settings with each work of art symbolic of a women and the context of her life. The students presented their art to each other and discussed the symbolism and the importance to honor through art the people who have made the world a better place. NASA scientist Kate Rubins, actress Lupita Nyong’o, Olympic gold medalist Misty May Treanor, theoretical physicist Lisa Randall, Queen Elizabeth II, and artist Sandy Skoglund are some of the women honored by the students through their art creations.