And the winners are...
Students from Tracy, Lodi and San Mateo are the winners in the California Transplant Donor Network’s Holiday Card Art Contest which asked students to create art around the theme “The Art of Giving: Organ and Tissue Donation.”
More than 80 high school students from throughout Northern California and Northern Nevada entered and of those, a student artist from Lodi, CA was selected best for its colorful depiction of the sharing of heart.
Three students in a single art class place in the contest while in San Mateo; a student winner received her award from a mother with a special connection to organ and tissue donation.
In an ongoing effort to educate high school students about the importance of organ and tissue donation, CTDN launched its first-ever Holiday Card Art Contest with the theme, “The Art of Giving.”
“We appealed to these students to come up with a compelling design that celebrates the season of life and giving with a call to action to sign up as potential organ and tissue donors,” said CTDN Community Development Liaison Ayanna Anderson, who chaired the contest.
Submissions spanned a myriad of mediums—from watercolor to graphic design to mixed medium collages. Eighteen semifinalists were named and a panel of judges gathered together to review the submissions. The panel of judges comprised staff members from nearly every department within CTDN. The final selection was made by CTDN Chief Executive Officer Cindy Siljestrom.
First Place - CTDN's 2011 Holiday Card - i Pad Winner
Murad Khan, a 17-year-old from Lodi, CA. Murad is a member of the Advanced Graphic Design class at Lodi High School. Teacher: Carol Marceau received $100 for her class.
"In creating this design, I thought about what organ and tissue donation is. You are giving a gift to another person. You are giving the gift of life."
Second Place - CTDN Notecards - Barnes & Noble Nook eReader
Lucille Dai-He, 15, from Foster City, CA. Lucille is sophomore at San Mateo High School. Teacher: Julie Stock.
"I wanted to promote organ and tissue donation and make it look like they were all united and helping each other.
At first I was thinking about drawing people but I didn’t want to exclude anyone by drawing the actual people. So I decided to include men, women, children, the elderly and people in wheelchairs. I also wanted to include the idea of unity and togetherness by having them hold hands."
Third Place - i Pod Nano
Amy Ly, 17, from Tracy CA. is a senior at West High School in Tracy. Amy is a member of the AP Studio Art class. Teacher: Joy Cornish Bowden.
"The concept works around the act of giving to someone, having someone holding out a heart in front, and having the heart be a collage of different faces, representing that the heart is going to someone they don’t know. The eyes are covered up because you don’t know who is doing the donating. The hair represents that organ and donation is a part of them."
Honorable Mention - gift card
Crystal Kamada, 17, is a senior at West High School in Tracy. Crystal is also from Joy Cornish-Bowden’s art class.
"I wanted to use eye catching colors, and warm colors to convey that organ and tissue donation is a very positive thing. I used bright colors to symbolize hope. The face is blank because we never know who is going to donate in the future or who is going to need an organ or tissue."
Facebook Fave - gift card
Sanam Azizi, 17, from Tracy, CA. who attends West High School in Tracy. Amy is a member of the AP Studio Art Class. Teacher: Joy Cornish Bowden.
“The first thing that came to my mind was the art of giving…I pictured hands…and also what if I used the actual organ…like giving life to someone. It is about passing it on and giving other people a chance.”
Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all who participated. You all did a great job!!!