2025 Conference ART Gallery Winners Press Release (September 2025).pdf
October 02, 2025
CACJ Announces the 2025 A.R.T. (Achieving Recovery in Treatment) Gallery Winners
The Council of Accountability Court Judges Announces the A.R.T. (Achieving Recovery in Treatment) Gallery Winners at Annual Training Conference
Athens, GA --- The Council of Accountability Court Judges (CACJ) announced the winners of the A.R.T. (Achieving Recovery in Treatment) Gallery at the annual training conference’s closing session on September 17, 2025.
The A.R.T. contest is a special galleria of accountability court participants and alumni art where more than 1,400 accountability court professionals and guests could view the art submissions. Programs were encouraged to submit artwork to display at the annual training conference. This year’s art theme was “Self-Mastery”, and 55 individuals submitted their masterpieces. Conference attendees were encouraged to visit the A.R.T. gallery and vote on their favorite works. The CACJ staff tallied the votes and announced the following winners:
First Place – “A Spiritual Journey to Recovery” by Dewayne S., Barrow County Drug Court
Second Place – “Sacrifice” by Anthony H., Fulton County Accountability Court
Third Place – “America and PTSD Awareness” by Anonymous, Fulton County Veterans Court
There are 189 certified accountability court programs in Georgia, and the mission of the CACJ is to provide a unified framework that promotes and improves the quality, accessibility, and administration of accountability courts with a vision to make accountability courts work for all Georgians. Established in 2015, the CACJ fulfills this mission through certification, standards, peer review, data collection, training, treatment fidelity monitoring, and grants. This year’s annual training conference was the largest to date and celebrated 10 years of the Council of Accountability Court Judges.
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