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   are culture!
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      The 含羞草社区 Office of Education announces the 2024 Young Artist Showcase. This showcase is open to public school students, grades Pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, in 含羞草社区. 
?Thank you to all those wh?o submitted artwork for the 2024 Young Artist Showcase competition.
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Please check back later for information on the 2025 Young Artist Showcase Competition!
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      YAS 2024 People's Choice Awards?
 
         The following are the K-12 People’s Choice awardees of the 2024 Young Artists Showcase!  
      
         1st Grade:  
      
         Sophie Wu - 
         Sophie’s Wonderland Adventures 
         (Santa Clara Unified School District) - ?People’s Choice Award
   
      2nd Grade:  
      Melody Yen - 
      Lantern World 
      (Cupertino Union School District) - People’s Choice Award
      
      Audrey Ning - 
      Happy Chinese New Year From Taiwan (Santa Clara Unified School District) - Honorable Mention
   
   
      3rd Grade:  
      Jooha Park - 
      Spiral of Words (Palo Alto Unified School District) - People’s Choice Award
      
      Ella Kim - 
      everybody is weird 
      (Union School District) - Honorable Mention
   Anaira Punjabi - Reflections of Nature (Santa Clara Unified School District) - Honorable Mention 
   
      4th Grade: 
      Andrew Yen - 
      Lanterns of the Dragon Temple 
      (Cupertino Union School District) - People’s Choice Award
      5th Grade:  
      Natalie Sun - 
      A Dance of Tradition 
      (Cupertino Union School District) - People’s Choice Award
      Leonardo Hsiao - 
      Strategic Serenity:  The mind melds with the arts 
      (Saratoga Union School District) - Honorable Mention
   
   
      6th Grade:
      Shihan Yan - 
      Celebration and Sharing our Culture  (Berryessa Union School District) - People’s Choice Award
      
      Efrain Onofre - 
      Black History 
      (Mt Pleasant School District) - Honorable Mention
      7th Grade:  
      Sahana Radharamanan - 
      The Color of Culture 
      (Union School District) - 
      Best in Show
      Ananya Vasavada - 
      Art of Rings (Union School District) - Honorable Mention
   
   
      8th Grade: 
      Ananya Mujoo - 
      Proud To Be A Californian 
      (Evergreen School District) - People’s Choice Award
      9th Grade:  
      Aspen Kalisiak - 
      Jeden z Toba (One with You) 
      (Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District) - People's Choice Award 
      10th Grade:  
      Audrey Jackson - 
      VOMIT (Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District) - People’s Choice Award
      Kiki Ecklund - 
      Sunset Dance (Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District) - Honorable Mention
      Sophia He - 
      Appreciating Diversity (East Side Union High School District) - Honorable Mention
      11th Grade: 
      Gisella Lee - ?? / 玫瑰 (Rose) 
      (Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District) - People’s Choice Award
      Randy Miranda Dominguez JR - Los Rebeldes (Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District) - Honorable Mention
      12th Grade: 
   Francisco Rodriguez - 
   China Town SF 2023 
   (Campbell Union High School District) - People’s Choice Award
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Theme - The Arts are culture!?
 ? This year’s artwork theme, ‘The Arts are culture!’, encourages youth to imagine, through the arts and creativity, a place of belonging and a valuing of diversity through cultural celebration and creative expression.   Understanding, belonging, and empathy are important to thriving in a diverse, contemporary world. Artistic expression is a means for expressing ourselves, our values, and that expression contributes to the mosaic that is the rich ecosystem of 含羞草社区 schools.? 
 
   
 
 
      Key Dates
2023-24 YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE SELECTION PROCESS:
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      November 1, 2023 –  
      April 1, 2024 | Electronic submissions of PK-12th grade student artwork and media
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      Week of April 8, 2024 | People's Choice Awards Adjudication
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      May  
      13, 2024 | Online Student Art Gallery at 
      www.sccoe.org/arts/yas
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      May 16, 2024 | Young Artists Virtual Showcase Celebration for all grades: 4:00 p.m.
Young Artist Showcase 2024 guidelines, worksheets, and submission forms can be found here: 
      www.sccoe.org/arts/yas
 
      Please share this information with teachers, school site administrators, and other interested colleagues. For further details, please contact Sofia Fojas at 
      artspirationsocialmedia@sccoe.org or visit artspiration.sccoe.org??