Artist Statement: "I am hopeful because I bet people will start to take care of our environment. I chose turtles because turtles are my favorite animals, and that the ocean isn't being taken care of very well. On the side with the word "good," the reason I wrote that is because there is no trash, On the side with "bad" written above, the reason I wrote that is because you can see trash piles and sunken trash, and the turtles are eating it and making them really sick."
Category: Visual Arts
Artist Statement: "good teachers make me feel hopeful for the world."
Category: Visual Arts
Artist Statement: "It is a poem that answers the question What is hope?"
Category: Literature
Artist Statement: "I'm hopeful because it's like a comet coming from outer space to earth it's super, duper, hot just like when things get tough and as it gets closer to earth it cools down just like you can do things even when things get tough."
Della Francis Weir
Artist Statement: "There is a lot of bad in the world, but there is also a lot of reason for hope. I created this poem to demonstrate how much hope there is, and to show my role in it.