“Under Your Skin” Art Contest
In conjunction with the Dream Anatomy exhibit, the National Library of Medicine decided to hold an art contest and ask children between the ages of five and thirteen what they thought the body looked like “under the skin.”
The children, whose drawings you see below, took up the challenge.
First Place

Eve Peyser
Age 9 1/2
New York, NY

Taite Alyson Puhala
Age 6
East Granby, CT
Second Place

Jacqueline Kantor
Age 12
Bethesda, MD

Katie McGregor
Age 5
Gainesville, VA

Amber Tornetta
Age 5
Gainesville, VA
Third Place

Porsche Amaya
Age 6
Gainesville, VA

Matthew David Golder
Age 6
Gainesville, VA
Amy Tuttle
Age 10
Silver Spring, MD
Honorable Mentions

Denny Anderson
Age 5
Gainesville, VA

Owse Alaubaidi
Age 6
Gainesville, VA

Kalin Forest Black
Age 5
Gainesville, VA

John Buggy
Age 5
Gainesville, VA

Joshua Conwell
Age 6
Gainesville, VA

Alex Flores
Age 6
Gainesville, VA

Kyle Hickerson
Age 6
Gainesville, VA

Johnny Houston
Age 6
Gainesville, VA

Jenna Kantor
Age 6
Bethesda, MD

Melissa Kantor
Age 9
Bethesda, MD

Medhia Mahmood
Age 5
Gainesville, VA

Katherine Meckus
Age 5
Gainesville, VA

Katherine Porter
Age 10
Silver Spring, MD

Brishen Rogas
Age 5
Gainesville, VA

Edward Shanahan
Age 6
Gainesville, VA

Eric J. Smith
Age 6
Gainesville, VA