2021 STUDENT ART COMPETITION 

WINNERS - DC UPPER GRADE

The Silk Road

Sanne Wu, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, 1st Place

Convergence

Chelsea Hu, BASIS Independent McLean, VA, 2nd Place

Am I East or West?

Chengna Lin, Falls Church High School, VA, 3rd Place

Visual Essay on Identity

Estelle Chen, River Hill High School, MD, 3rd Place

Beyond

Callia Sun, Riverside High School, VA, Honorable Mention

Intertwined

Phoebe Pan, Langley High School, VA, Honorable Mention

Water Dragons

Lingyue Tong, River Bend Middle School, VA, Honorable Mention

Unity

Harrison Li, Oakton High School, VA, Honorable Mention

Who Dares to Fight

Henry Lin, Langley High School, VA, Honorable Mention

Sunflower Among the Blossoms

Hineni Leng, Independence High School, VA, Honorable Mention

Food Fusion

Kristen Han, Cooper Middle School, VA, Honorable Mention

Not Yours, But Mine

Levana Gu, McLean High School, VA, Honorable Mention

Tea: A Drink to Connect Us

Ashley Ding, Chantilly High School, VA, Merit

Gods Feast

Caroline Fu, Kilmer Middle School, VA, Merit

Heroes Without Boarders

Claire Chen, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, Merit

Harmony

Katherine Zhang, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA, Merit

From Railroad to Equality

Joyce Zheng, Trailside Middle School, VA, Merit

Art Galleria

Katherine Jiang, Homeschool, Merit


WINNERS - DC lower GRADE

Dragons

Laura Jin, Candlewood Elementary School, MD, Honorable Mention

Potluck

Lucas Wu, Hoover Middle School, MD, Honorable Mention

The Mystery of East and West

Xinyan Lin, Lees Corner Elementary School, VA, Honorable Mention


2021 Student ArtS Competition

Eligibility

Any Washington Metropolitan DC area students in sixth through twelfth grades may participate. 

Grade Categories

●      Lower grade students born after December 31, 2009

●      Upper grade students born on or before December 31, 2009

Theme

 Arts on Paper—Where East Meets West

Medium and Size

The artwork can be in any art styles on paper. No larger than 20 x 30 inches.

Artist Statement

The artist statement communicates how it relates to the theme. No more than 100 words. Type the statement on the Registration Form.

Dates of the Registration and Submitting Artwork

●      One entry per student

●      Submit the registration and the artwork from Nov. 15 to Nov. 30, 2021 to ArtCompetition@chineseamericanmuseum.org

●      Entries submitted after the deadline November 30, 2021 will not be accepted.

Online Submission

●      Save your artwork image using the following file name and type: [student last name]_[school]_grade.jpg, Example: Sun_RMHS_9.jpg

●      Submit an artwork in jpg file, not exceeding 2 MB to: studentartcompetition@chineseamericanmuseum.org

Judging Criteria

The Judging Committee will review the submissions based on the following criteria:

●      Interpretation of the theme

●      Technical skill

●      Originality, all artwork must be original ideas and created entirely by the students; any artwork that depicts copyrighted images will be rejected. No artwork depicting characters from TV shows, movies, video games or books will be accepted.

Judging and Winners

1.     Each Best-in-Show winner in upper grade will receive a certificate and scholarship award of $1000, 700 and 400; each Best-in-show winner in lower grade will receive a certificate and scholarship award of $800, 500 and 200; each Honorable Mention winner in upper grade will receive a certificate and award of $100; each Honorable Mention winner in lower grade will receive a certificate and award of $50.

2.     Winners’ artwork will be displayed at the Chinese American Museum DC and/or CCACC Art Gallery during the Lunar New Year period in February, 2022.

Notification of Winners and Displaying Requirements

●      Winners will be notified by email on December 20, 2021. 

●      Displaying requirements will be sent to winners.



2020 Student Art Competition 

WINNERS - DC Upper Grade

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Fighting

Andrea Yao 姚禹曈, McLean High School, 1st Place

Faith

Faith

Amberly Wu 伍家萱, Winston Churchill High School, Hope Chinese School, 2nd Place

Blue Hour

Blue Hour

Katelyn Chen 陈姿羽, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, 2nd Place

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Beneath the Mask

Sanne Wu 吴姗霓, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, 3rd Place

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Our Time

Vicky Chen, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, 3rd Place

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Your Reality

Levana Gu, McLean High School, 3rd Place

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The Reality of COVID

Olivia Zhang 张清婷, McLean High School, 3rd Place


WINNERS - DC Lower Grade

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Running Out of Time

Janet Li, Navy Elementary School, American Chinese School, 2nd Place

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Our Melting World

Elianna McCabe 陈妍霏, Taylor Elementary School, Hope Chinese School, 2nd Place

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Dual Responsibilities for A Better Tomorrow

Elaine Zhang 张翕如, Haycock Elementary School, Hope Chinese School, 3rd Place

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Together

Sophia Wang 王语菲, BASIS Independent McLean, 3rd Place

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Our Time

Abigail McHugh 李凯玲, Potomac Elementary School, 3rd Place


winners - other states upper grade

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沙钓

Sand Fishing

Zihao Qiu 裘梓豪, Xiaoyan School of Art, 1st Place

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鱼和玻璃墙后的世界

Fish and the World Behind Glass Wall

Yufan Li 李雨璠, Xiaoyan School of Art, 2nd Place

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迷宫 Maze

Yiqi Cao 曹亦奇, Xiaoyan School of Art, 2nd Place

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原点

Origin

Qingyuan Dai 戴青媛, Xiaoyan School of Art, 2nd Place

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连接 · 美好生活

Connection · Good Life

Teresa Xue 薛子湉, Xiaoyan School of Art, 3rd Place

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Matthew’s Town

Yuanyuan Tang 汤媛媛, Xiaoyan School of Art, 3rd Place

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Innovation to Sarcasm

Kejia Zhang 张可嘉, Xiaoyan School of Art, 3rd Place


Winners - other states lower grade

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生活之美

Beauty of Life

Ella Xing 邢依然, Xiaoyan School of Art, 1st Place

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杯子里的世界

The World in the Cup

Zihan Guan 管梓涵, Xiaoyan School of Art, 2nd Place

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Cyber City

Jintian Lan 蓝锦田, Xiaoyan School of Art, 2nd Place

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两个世界

Two Worlds

Yi Zhou 周易, Xiaoyan School of Art, 3rd Place

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乐园

Paradise

Xiaoke Xu 徐小可, Xiaoyan School of Art, 3rd Place

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Our Time

Jeffrey Yu 于庄泽锐, Samantha Smith Elementary School, Sammamish, WA, 3rd Place


DC Upper Grade Honorable Mention

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A Moment

Alison Wan 万家其 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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My Neighborhood in Quarantine

Joyce Zheng 郑畅 Trailside Middle School, Hope Chinese School

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Conversation

Angela Yang 唐青杨 McLean High School, Hope Chinese School

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Heroes of Our Time

Katherine Zhang 张睿瑶 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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Waiting

Linyue Tong 童琳月 River Bend Middle School

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We Will Fix Our World

Abigail Zhang 张馨文 Winston Churchill High School

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Lost in Now

Andrew NH Wang 王凝晖 Langley High School

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History in Our Palms

Sophia Yao 姚华薇 Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology

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AI and Nature

Grace Yang 沈悠扬 Longfellow Middle School, Hope Chinese School


DC Lower Grade Honorable Mention

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Playing in the Meadow

Malinda Zhu 朱静淇 Cold Spring Elementary School, American Chinese School

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Thoughts

Audrey Liu 刘美晴 Travilah Elementary School, Hope Chinese School

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Tomorrow

Claire Aiye Zhu 朱爱烨 Lemon Road Elementary School, Hope Chinese School

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Isolation

Mina Liu 刘清乐 Chesterbrook Elementary School

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My 2020: Me Wearing a Mask

Elizabeth Ji 纪文怡 Colvin Run Elementary School

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Virus Infection

Ivan Li Navy Elementary School, American Chinese School

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Seeing Earth

Ryan He 何之源 Kent Gardens Elementary School

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Happy Life

Selena Zhang 张芮源 Lucy V. Barnsley Elementary School, CCACC After School

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Fighting COVID for Earth

Jonathan Li 李瀚洋 Forestville Elementary School

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Our Time

Erya Chai 柴尔雅 Haycock Elementary School

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One World

Aspen N. Xing 邢诺亚 Colvin Run Elementary School


Other States upper grade honorable mention

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梦想之城

Dream City

Aileen Huang 黄应心, Xiaoyan School of Art

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幸福魔镜

Mirror of Happiness

Jinyi Li 李靖壹, Xiaoyan School of Art

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Market Place

Juntao Bing 邴君陶, Xiaoyan School of Art


other states lower grade honorable mention

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机器人

Robot

Zijun Huang 黄梓峻, Xiaoyan School of Art

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Sunbird in Dream

Boya Zhang 张博雅, Xiaoyan School of Art


2020 Student Art Competition    

Sponsored by Chinese American Museum DC and CCACC Art Gallery


This competition and awards is now closed. We hope that you participate in next year’s competition. Please check back for details later in 2021.

2020 Competition Eligibility

Chinese American K-12 students in the Washington Metropolitan DC area are eligible to enter the DC area competition.  K-12 students from other states or countries can enter the open competition. Rules for the DC area competition and the open competition are the same. One entry per student.

 

Grade Categories

·       Lower grade students born after December 31, 2008.

·       Upper grade students born on or before December 31, 2008.

 

Theme

The theme is Our Time. We want to see what this topic inspires in our students. Artwork can be realistic or abstract.

 

Media Requirement

Watercolor on paper, no larger than 20”x30”.

 

Registration and Deadline for Entries

Entries were due 5 pm on Friday, November 20, 2020
Entries submitted after the deadline were not accepted.

 

Online Submission

Save your artwork using the following file name and type: [student last name]_[school]_grade.jpg; Example: Sun_RMHS_9.jpg

Submit an artwork in jpg file less than 20 MB along with contact information:

·       for students enrolled in a participating Chinese school, to the Chinese school.

·       for all other students, directly to ArtCompetition@chineseamericanmuseum.org.

 

Judging Criteria

A final Judging Committee will review the submissions based on the following criteria:

·       Interpretation of the theme

·       Technical skill

·       Originality (all artwork must be original ideas and created entirely by the students; no artwork depicting characters from TV shows, movies, video games or books will be accepted)

 

Judging and Winners

·       Sixty finalists will be selected from both lower grade and upper grade groups.

·       All finalists will receive a certificate of recognition.

·       Finalists’ artwork will be displayed at the Chinese American Museum DC and/or CCACC Art Gallery during the Lunar New Year period in February 2021.

·       Best-in-Show winners will be selected from each finalist group.

·       Best-in-Show lower grade winners will receive a scholarship award of $200 (2), $600 (2), and $1,000 (1).

·       Best-in-Show upper grade winners will receive a scholarship award of $300 (3), $1,000 (2-3), and $2,000 (0-1).

 

Notification of Finalists and Displaying Requirements

Finalists will be notified on January 8, 2021.  

Displaying painting needs to be matted and framed.

For further information, please contact: artgallery@ccacc-dc.org.