Published by youthact on 15 Jul 2009 at 07:30 am
Urban Art Competition 2009 Winners
1st Place: Family Name by Jonathan Silva
Jonathan shared that he painted an ‘S’ to represent the first letter of his last name, “Silva”. He created arrows to declare that his family and heritage will live on forever. He liked the colors he used so hence the choices and the planets around the ‘S’ gives it a mystic feeling as if it’s ‘outer space.’
2nd Place: Name of Art Work: True Friendship by Maya Hayes and Grace Cappucio of Malden
Maya Hayes and Grace Cappucio originally started out to create a volcano. Soon enough, the art work split into two halves and each took a side. Maya likes blue and white so she used those colors. Grace likes brighter and louder colors so she used lots of yellow, red, and oranges. The girls shared that they are best friends but of totally opposite personalities. But together, they balance each other out and make true friendship.
3rd Place: Name of Art Work: Leaving Emerald City by Nguyen Le (right) of Everett
Most Likely to Be Famous: Name of Art Work: Top of the World by Mai Le Nguyen (left) of Everett, MA
Nguyen shared that a lot of people go to the city to find their dreams and build goals around it. The painting depicts a girl who decided to leave the city of yellow brick road (Wizard of Oz) as she found that the city did not bring her what she has hoped for.
Mai painted an illuminated Earth with the city landscape in the background highlighting the urbanization of humanity. On top of the world is the Sun Goddess who is looking down on earth giving it light. Both the lights from the urban community and the Sun Goddess make earth bright, healthy, and happy.
Most Creative: Name of Art Work: No name by Jonathan Knox of Malden
Basically, Jonathan painted Jason from Friday the 13th with a hat. Nothing in particular inspired his work except that he thought it would be interesting to depict Jason with a hat, as a different twist to how Jason is usually portrayed.
Most Inspiring: Name of Art Work: The Splattered by Jesse Bouley of Malden
Jesse started out painting and he soon found that his method was not bringing him satisfaction for his creative process. Spontaneity motivated him to just throw paint onto his work so he started to splatter the paint and kept at it until he felt his self expression process completed. It was a liberating and enjoyable process for Jesse.
People’s Choice: Name of Art Work: Sunset by Jessica Ma of Malden
Jessica likes nature and places that brings her a sense of peace. She felt inspired to paint the bright orange sunset to express a sense of serenity and inner peace.