Visual Arts

Entries and artist statements in the Visual Arts category for the 2022 Reflections contest sponsored by Adams Middle School PTSA. The entry that receives the Award of Excellence advances to the next round.

Special Artist Division

Speak up! Speak Out!

by Michael Denson, 7th grade

I created a painting/drawing of my version of "David and Goliath". In my artwork Goliath represents bullies, and David represents the person getting bullied. I drew them against the Adams campus because bullying tends to happen at school, and this art expresses my experience with bullies last year in 6th grade. This year I have learned to use my voice, to stand up for myself. If more students like me stood up for themselves, maybe bullies would understand to leave people alone. Just because we are smaller, doesn't mean that we are weaker!

Award of Excellence

Award of Excellence - Redondo Beach Council PTA

Entry #: SA-VA-04Dimensions - 14 x 18 canvas

friendship

by Shanmukh Yellapragada, 7th grade

I like to go outside with my friends and I like to hang out with them. Makes me happy Friendships make people happy. This picture is me and Javens. Javens makes me happy.

Award of Merit

Entry #: SA-VA-03Dimensions -

Student

by Adrian Guzman, 7th grade

My art is about saving the extinct animals like wolves so they do not go extinct

Honorable Mention

Entry #: SA-VA-02Dimensions -

music bring joy

by Max Murillo, 6th grade

the piece of work i did is that i drew that band is the best elective in the school

Honorable Mention

Entry #: SA-VA-01Dimensions -

Middle School Division

Silenced

by Ayla Dowdell, 7th grade

In this painting, the people have longed for equality or recognition amid the tortuous despair they have endured. Yet they have been silenced. Silenced for speaking the truth of what they have undergone. They shout as loud as the ear can hear to break the forbidden curse of their voices, yet they are not listened to.

Award of Excellence

Award of Excellence - Redondo Beach Council PTA

Award of Recognition - Thirty-Third District PTA

Entry #: MS-VA-31Dimensions - Oil on canvas - 24 x 30

Be kind to others

by Yumie Lee, 7th grade

My friend once told me that she joined a friend group with her best friend. They would say bad things about people behind their backs. I thought about this and in that situation she could have spoken up to them and told them that what they were doing was not nice. I think that being kind can prevent hatred.

Award of Merit

Entry #: MS-VA-04Dimensions - 11x14 inches

For our home

by Hannah Vecchiarelli, 7th grade

"I think ""show your voice"" is to let your thoughts be heard.

This is about a human breaking through the wall of silence to show that a person's most important thought is to save our home...our planet."

Honorable Mention

Entry #: MS-VA-07Dimensions -

Your Voice is More Powerful than the Monsters in Your Head

by Bailey Shekar, 7th grade

"The black monster is inside our heads, and it is many things. It is fear and depression, it wants to control you. It makes you feel bleak and empty, and see a gray perspective. It doesn’t want you to use your voice, it tells you your cries for help will never be heard. You can’t give in, that’s what the monster wants. But you need to use your voice, cry out, ask for help. Show your voice, your struggles, and all. Take away the monster’s power, turn its darkness to colors, and make your voice heard."

Honorable Mention

Entry #: MS-VA-08Dimensions -

Shattered Voices

by Eli Kano, 8th grade

Over time, humanity has been torn apart and shattered. People have faced discrimination and had their voices silenced. This is why it is so important to show your voice. Humanity is slowly being pieced back together and voices are being heard. I have illustrated different people from different cultures, races, religion, etc. and their voices speaking out and being heard.

Honorable Mention

Entry #: MS-VA-24Dimensions -

A voice with no sound.

by Morgan Mayeda, 7th grade

Voices aren't always loud, they can be quite, muted, or sometimes voices don't even have to make a sound and they can still be heard. Making a stance is about having a strong and empowering voice that could impact the world or the world of someone. When I use my voice, I remember that I can’t please other people, I’m making a move to show my voice and make sure it gets heard.

Honorable Mention

Entry #: MS-VA-26Dimensions - Mixed media: alcoholic ink, acrylic ink, gel pen, India ink, collage, and charcoal on paper canvas.

My voice is my creations

by Amelia Lee, 6th grade

Finding my voice is discovering how I can be a creator and can make new things. I started crocheting a few years ago, I started by making bracelets, then I figured out how to make scrunches and then I had the idea of making outfits for my Barbies

Entry #: MS-VA-01Dimensions - This is a 30 inch by 13 inch by 6 inch creation

Just a bedroom

by Madeline Minne, 6th grade

I think my project relates to the theme show your voice. If you look around, you can see LGBT+ flags. I myself, am not gay or bisexual, but I support the LGBT+ community. I think that people should love who they chose to love.This drawing also reflects myself, because if you look at it, not everything in the picture is perfect. Life is not perfect. There will always be flaws. I think that is wy this drawing relates to the theme, Show my Voice.

Entry #: MS-VA-02Dimensions -

Our Voices are unique

by Isabella Franco, 6th grade

My work relates to the theme because it shows different people who showed their voice differently. They expressed themselves with their voice in different form and to me, that’s what the theme means.

Entry #: MS-VA-03Dimensions - 9x12 inches

You and I

by Simon Meyerson, 6th grade

You and I. You have a voice. I have a voice. We all have a voice. Having a voice makes you powerful. Use it wisely.

Entry #: MS-VA-05Dimensions - 18x12 inches

chicano lifestyle

by Joshua Quintero, 7th grade

"My drawing is about my Chicano lifestyle and how people see some of us as gangsters. The image of the Demon represents the force that wants us to be in a gang or want us to be in the type of lifestyle but we know it's wrong. The cross is of Jesus, who we know will always watch upon us and protects us.

Lowrider cars allow us to express our art and creativity through vehicles.

Felix the cat represents seeing something in different way, because he is a cat, but not a typical cat. "

Entry #: MS-VA-06Dimensions -

Save the earth

by Luke Murata, 7th grade

It has the meaning that we will continue to protect the earth by ourselves.

Entry #: MS-VA-09Dimensions -

2050

by Havana Cardenas, 6th grade

The world is dying and if we don't help pickup trash the earth can die. So i drew a picture of the earth slowly dying.

Entry #: MS-VA-10Dimensions -

Blue Orca

by Minjoo Park, 6th grade

The meaning of this drawing is to protect animals at the ocean and not abuse them. Also, don't make them have a bad feeling while they are at the aquarium .

Entry #: MS-VA-11Dimensions -

keep the earth

by Aira Kuwano, 7th grade

Humans work together to keep the earth, and the earth makes food and life. And the food and so on make humans. This picture shows that connection.

Entry #: MS-VA-12Dimensions -

factory on the mountain

by Yi Han, 6th grade

There are three factories on a mountain, which often discharge sewage into the creek, which results in only one male, one female and two deer in the entire mountain. The owner of these three factories came on this day. He wanted to take a look at the newly built staff dormitory. I saw a lot of staff in the suggestion box saying that the dormitory is too small

Entry #: MS-VA-13Dimensions -

health

by Nicen Guirguis, 7th grade

My work is about what is not important for health and what should we do to our health to be better.

Entry #: MS-VA-14Dimensions -

great nature

by Haruto Kuroda, 6th grade

I drew this is picture from the thought that trees are necessary for people to live, and that we must protect trees and cherish plants in order to survive.What I want to convey is "cherish nature"

Entry #: MS-VA-15Dimensions -

If Human didn't destroy Earth

by Rei Hikuma t8h grade

This art was my imagination, that if humans didn't destroy the earth's environment and nature.

Entry #: MS-VA-16Dimensions -

Plastic Sea

by Rinka Sugiyama , 6th grade

I drew this picture of a turtle because a lot of ocean animals are dying by pollution and the trash we throw away on the ocean. So ocean animals think the plastic is a fish and eats plastic and dies. don't throw away trash in the ocean so animals don't die.

Entry #: MS-VA-17Dimensions -

Save The World

by Davi Gomes, 6th grade

This digital drawing that I did is about the climate change and the bad stuff going not our air making it bad for the environment, for example fires and making the air bad for animals and humans making many die because of the bad oxygen coming out of the fabrics. I wan't to show people what is happening to our world so people will stop throwing trash in the ocean and other places.

Entry #: MS-VA-18Dimensions -

awareness of trash in the ocean

by Gloria Neri, 7th grade

I want to relate it with reality and how life really is and how there are cruel people.

Entry #: MS-VA-19Dimensions -

The right track

by Liam Kahensohayegh, 6th grade

The right track is a inspirational message that says that if you are doing well but not improving you will go nowhere

Entry #: MS-VA-20Dimensions -

Before pollution

by Hasti Satchmei, 6th grade

my work tells everyone the pollution can course bad things and it can cause drug use people getting sick good businesses shuting down

Entry #: MS-VA-21Dimensions -

Family is Love

by Zuri Walls, 6th grade

My picture is about how much family means to me. Family is important to me. Family makes you feel included and good about who you are. This is a drawing of me and my family decorating for the holidays.

Entry #: MS-VA-22Dimensions -

Wild Alaska

by Claira Altenhofen, 6th grade

I can show my voice through my artwork. This piece that I've created is made out of watercolor. It's a picture of Alaska. On the picture, there's a stripe of red-orange. This represents Canada. At the top, there's the northern lights. The artwork has the snowshoe hare, artic fox, polar bear, snowy owl, moose, orca, and whale. There's also a glacier, field of fireweed, and cabin. It relates to the theme because Alaska is isolated from the rest of the U.S. so I think it needs to show it's voice a little, too.

Entry #: MS-VA-23Dimensions - 12x16 inches

Having respect to each other

by Giselle Perez Lopez, 8th grade

This drawing means that every single person in this world should be respected because we are all different and unique by color, races, etc and that is how God created us. How we can show our voice is that we can be an example to others by treating others respectfully. One person or more that respect others can change maybe not the whole entire world but it can change their life and other peoples mindsets and their lives!

Entry #: MS-VA-25Dimensions -

Health Drawing Poster

by Gabriella Scott, 8th grade

my work shows a few bad substances/drugs that are bad for people in this word and some ways that help people stay away from drugs and substances. my work also has some written sentences all around the poster that have some facts about drugs and substances.

Entry #: MS-VA-27Dimensions -

Be Healthy

by Bruno Hernandez, 8th grade

My drawing means to eat healthy, the foods that are represented here have little sugar calories. Another way of being healthy is working out and exercising. These are all images of how to live a healthy life.

Entry #: MS-VA-28Dimensions -

Space Environment

by Saphira Tekeste, 8th grade

my drawing is about helping the world and the space because of the trash.

Entry #: MS-VA-29Dimensions -

Helping the environment

by Natalie Sanchez, 8th grade

My painting shows one side a damaged enviorment with a messed up building and a dead tree. The other side shows a helthy tree with some green grass. The painting is supposted to show thzt we need to take better care of our envierment.

Entry #: MS-VA-30Dimensions -