Art Contest – Phoenix Chinese Week

2020 PCW Student Art Contest Winners

9-12th 1st Place Nicole Ivan Age 15 Gubei Water Town Village Ink pen and Digital medium
9th-12th 2nd Place Jolin Zhu Age 14 Water Lilies
9th-12th 2nd Place Jingsheng Jiang Age 15 Autumn Breath
9th-12th 3rd Place Erin Levy Age 14 Elegant Beauty
9th-12th Judges Award Philip Riley Age18 Character of Rat
6th-8th 1st Place Leona Wang Age11 Love, China
6th-8th 2nd Place Kaitlynn Ng Age12 Year of Rat
6th-8th 2nd Place Natalie Zhu Age11 Chinese New Year Celebration
6th-8th 2nd Place Richard Lin Age11 Drum Dance
6th-8th 3rd Place Heather Li Age11 Leisure Time
6th-8th 3rd Place Jingru Huang Age12 Chinese traditional music
6th-8th 3rd Place Nicole Zhu Age11 Chinese Princess
6th-8th 3rd Place Zhen Tao Age12 The Canal towns in My Dream
3rd-5th 1st Place Claire Su Age11 Blessings at the door
3rd-5th 1st Place Emily Ng Age9 2020 Year of Rat
3rd-5th 1st Place Fengming Cao Age10 Dragon Soaring during the Flourishment Age
3rd-5th 2nd Place Elaine Lin Age8 Canal Towns in Southern China
3rd-5th 2nd Place Iris Li Age11 Chinese Pavilion
3rd-5th 2nd Place Karen Levy Age8 Jiangnan Village
3rd-5th 2nd Place Nia Zhu Age9 Great Wall
3rd-5th 2nd Place Si Ham Zhang Age8 Recall Jiangnan Tongli Ancient Town
3rd-5th 3rd Place Samantha Orrell Age9 Shui Xiang
3rd-5th 3rd Place Sophie Chen Age10 Impressions by Lotus Pond
3rd-5th 3rd Place Tristan Jia Age8 Dragon Dance
3rd-5th 3rd Place Zoe Anderson Age9 XiShuangBanNa Dai Girl
3rd-5th 3rd Place Camy Richards Age9 Mongolian Dancer
3rd-5th 3rd Place FayFay He Age9 Three Dancing Girls
3rd-5th 3rd Place Grace Wang Age11 Hometown in My Dream
3rd-5th 3rd Place Joanna Wang Age8 Fall by the Riverside
3rd-5th 3rd Place Uriel Zavala Calderon Age 11 Fire Dragon
K-2nd 1st Place Jessie Wang Age7 Enchanting Koi Fish Pond
K-2nd 1st Place Chelsea Liu Age6 Lantern Festival
K-2nd 1st Place Emily Oswald Age6 Bedtime Story
K-2nd 2nd Place Alan Liu Age6 Kids in Lantern Festival
K-2nd 2nd Place Amelia Lu Age6 Amelia the Panda
K-2nd 2nd Place Charles Yue Age7 Southern China in Memory
K-2nd 2nd Place Elina Wu Age6 May You Have Prosperity
K-2nd 2nd Place Louis He Age5 Hometown’s Boat
K-2nd 3rd Place Brian Wang Age7 Happy New Year
K-2nd 3rd Place Ivy Tao Age7 Year of the Rat
K-2nd 3rd Place Lexi Tang Age 7 Festive
K-2nd 3rd Place Patrick Zhang Age7 The Quick Little Dragon
K-2nd 3rd Place Phoebe Hu Age7 Moon Festival
K-2nd 3rd Place William Orrell Age7 dragon boat racing
K-2nd 3rd Place Lawrence Tai Age5 Eye of the Tiger
K-2nd 3rd Place Renata Albano Age7 Panda
K-2nd Judges Award Olivia Li Age6 Spring Celebration

BACKGROUND

Each year Phoenix Chinese Week sponsors an Art Contest to give students the opportunity to express their knowledge of 5,000 years of Chinese culture through art.

2019 CONTEST THEME

Contestants may choose any aspect of Chinese history or culture as their subject, such as: history, architecture, music, martial arts, cuisine, visual arts, festivals, religion, the zodiac, landscape, people, etc. All submissions must be related to Chinese arts & culture.

ELIGIBILITY

Arizona Kindergarten through 12th grade students.

Grade Level Categories: K-2nd grade, 3-5th grade, 6-8th grade, 9th-12th grade

ACCEPTED SIZE & MEDIA

Artwork must be no smaller than 11”X14”. Accepted Media: pencil, crayons, markers, acrylic paint, oil paint, water color, colored pencils, pastels, digital art, ink or paper cutting.

RULES & REGULATIONS

1) One entry per student. 2) Entries must be original and completed by the participant without assistance. 3) All entries become the property of Phoenix Chinese Week and may be used for displays and in Phoenix Chinese Week publications.

JUDGING CRITERIA

Judged equally on originality, artistic creativity and theme. The judges’ decisions are final.

ENTRY DEADLINE

Digital entry must be received by email Nov. 30, 2019 at 12am. No extensions.

ARTWORK SUBMISSION

Artwork should be submitted online. Please email your high resolution (300DPI) art image to phoenixchineseweekart@gmail.com and include all the following information:

Name
Age
Grade
Title of the artwork
Medium used
Cell phone number
2^nd Email

PRIZES

Awards will be presented to the 1st-3rd place winners in each category.

AWARDS PRESENTATION

Winners will be notified by email prior to the Awards Ceremony and are strongly encouraged to be present to receive their awards at 12 noon on Sunday, February 9, 2020 at the Phoenix Chinese Week Festival at the Margaret T Hance Park East main stage (1202 N. 3rd Street, Phoenix, 85004). Winning (1^st~3^rd Place) artwork images will be displayed in the Art & Photo Gallery at the Phoenix Chinese Week event, and on the 2020 souvenir book.

CONTACT

Questions? Contact phoenixchineseweekart@gmail.com

Congratulations to 2020 Year of the Rat Chinese Zodiac Design Art Contest winners!

Emily Ng, Age 9