Jamilet Bautista, a Bell resident and junior at Maywood Academy High School, displays her art work, which won an honorable mention at a reception in the Pico House Plaza in Los Angeles, where art from the 34th Congressional District competition is on exhibit in downtown Los Angeles. From left are Norma Roque, emcee and reporter for Univision; Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Los Angeles; Tracy Kelly, executive director of Art Share Los Angeles; Bautista; Kara Medrano, chair of the 2009 Art Organizing Committee; and Lorraine Michelson, Maywood Academy Art Instructor.
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May 14, 2009 at 3:50 PM PST
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May 14, 2009 at 3:50 PM PST
A Bellflower girl won top honors in this year’s 34th Congressional District Student Art Competition, according to Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Los Angeles.
Additional winners were two students from Downey, two from Bellflower and one from Bell.
The first-place prize went to Johnell Hipol of Bellflower, a senior at Mayfair High School in Lakewood.
Her marker and pen piece titled “Viva La Vida” (Living the Life) will be exhibited at the U.S. Capitol for one year, Roybal-Allard said.
Hipol received a four-day trip for two to Washington for the June 24 national exhibit opening and $500 spending money.
She also won a $1,000 scholarship, a $200 gift certificate for art supplies, and $150 cash.
In addition, a copy of her piece was printed on 2,000 posters representing the competition, Roybal-Allard said.
Her teacher, Dan Madison, also received a trip to Washington and a $600 gift certificate for art supplies that will benefit Mayfair High School art students.
“Art as self-expression lets us be spontaneous and think outside of the box,” Hipol said. “In my artwork, I have highlighted the significance of family in my own way.”
Five additional student finalists also were honored. They included:
• Warren High School senior Brittney Dreher of Downey placed second with her painting entitled, “Highlight of My Life.” She won a $750 scholarship, a $175 gift
certificate for art supplies and $100 cash, while Warren High School received a $500 gift certificate for art supplies.
• Raylene Morales of Bellflower, a senior at Mayfair High School, placed third with her piece entitled “Unspoken Words.” She won a $500 scholarship, a $150 gift certificate for art supplies, and $100 cash. Her school received a $400 gift certificate for art supplies.
• Julian Whitfield of Downey, a senior at Columbus Continuation High School, won an honorable mention award for his acrylic painting entitled “Technicolor Vocal Vomit.”
• Victoria Parks of Bellflower, a freshman at Bellflower High School, received an honorable mention award for her painting entitled “Peace and Life.”
• Jamilet Bautista of Bell, a junior at Maywood Academy High School in Maywood, also received an honorable mention for her pencil drawing entitled “United Immigrants We Are.”
Each of the honorable mention recipients won a $250 scholarship, a $125 gift certificate for art supplies, and $100 cash, Royball Allard said.
A $300 gift certificate for art supplies was also awarded to each of the students’ schools that received honorable mention.
All of the finalists’ artwork will be displayed in Roybal-Allard’s District Office in Los Angeles for one year.
In addition to the finalists’ prizes, each school that submitted five or more entries will receive a $100 gift certificate for art supplies.
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