2021 Student Art Competition:
Arts on Paper—Where East Meets West

Elgibility
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

Medium & 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.

    • 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.

    • 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

  • 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

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

Tea: A Drink to Connect Us

Ashley Ding
Chantilly High School, VA
Merit

Food Fusion

Kristen Han
Cooper Middle School, VA Honorable Mention

Not Yours, But Mine

Levana Gu
McLean High School, VA
Honorable Mention

Gods Feast

Caroline Fu
Kilmer Middle School, VA
Merit

Heroes Without Borders

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

Lower Grader Winners

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