2020 Student Art Competition:
Our Time

Elgibility
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

Medium & Size
Watercolor on paper, no larger than 20”x30”.

    • Entries were due 5 pm on Friday, November 20, 2020.

    • Entries submitted after the deadline were not accepted.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Upper Grader Winners - DC

Fighting

Andrea Yao 姚禹曈
McLean High School
1st Place

Faith

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

Blue Hour

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

Beneath the Mask

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

Our Time

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

Your Reality

Levana Gu
McLean High School,
3rd Place

The Reality of COVID

Olivia Zhang 张清婷
McLean High School, 3rd Place

Lower Grader Winners - DC

Running Out of Time

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

Our Melting World

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

Our Time

Abigail McHugh 李凯玲
Potomac Elementary School
3rd Place

Dual Responsibilities for A Better Tomorrow

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

Together

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

Upper Grader Winners - Out of State

沙钓 Sand Fishing

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

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

迷宫 Maze

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

原点 Origin

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

连接 · 美好生活 Connection · Good Life

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

Matthew’s Town

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

Innovation to Sarcasm

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

Lower Grader Winners - Out of State

生活之美 Beauty of Life

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

杯子里的世界 The World in the Cup

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

Cyber City

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

两个世界 Two Worlds

Yi Zhou 周易
Xiaoyan School of Art, 3rd Place

乐园 Paradise

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

Our Time

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

Honorable Mentions:

Alison Wan 万家其, Joyce Zheng 郑畅, Angela Yang 唐青杨, Katherine Zhang 张睿瑶, Linyue Tong 童琳月, Abigail Zhang 张馨文, Andrew NH Wang, Sophia Yao 姚华薇, Grace Yang 沈悠扬, Malinda Zhu 朱静淇, Audrey Liu 刘美晴, Claire Aiye Zhu 朱爱烨, Mina Liu 刘清乐, Elizabeth Ji 纪文怡, Ivan Li, Ryan He 何之源, Selena Zhang 张芮源, Jonathan Li 李瀚洋, Erya Chai 柴尔雅, Aspen N. Xing 邢诺亚, Aileen Huang 黄应心, Jinyi Li 李靖壹, Juntao Bing 邴君陶, Zijun Huang 黄梓峻, Boya Zhang 张博雅