Fourteen Irvine High students received recognition at the 2021 regional Scholastic Art and Writing Competition during the virtual award ceremony on Thursday, March 4th. 

Below are the winning pieces from our Vaqueros: 

ART AWARDS:

Sunwoo Eom, Drawing & Illustration — Grade 11

• Honorable Mention: “Marmalade Memories”
• Silver Key: “Habitat Destruction”

Yuna Jang, Mixed Media — Grade 11

• Silver Key: “Another Me Inside Me”
• Silver Key: “Deep Into”
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Angel Jeen, Painting — Grade 11

• Honorable Mention: “I’m Smiling on the Inside”
• Honorable Mention: “He’s Coming Soon”

Jaehee Jeung, Drawing & Illustration/Painting — Grade 10

• Honorable Mention: “Road to Future”
• Honorable Mention: “‘No Justice No Peace’”

Hannah Kim — Grade 12 

• Gold Key: “Nostalgia” (Drawing & Illustration)
• Gold Key: “Synaesthesia” (Mixed Media) 
• Honorable Mention: “What’s the Color of My Face?” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: “Unraveling Labyrinth” (Film & Animation)

Sea Won Kim — Grade 12

• Honorable Mention: “Innovating life of nature” (Art Portfolio)
• Honorable Mention: “Cocoon” (Sculpture)
• Honorable Mention: “Reality” (Painting)
• Silver Key: “The result” (Drawing & Illustration)
• Silver Key: “Camping” (Drawing & Illustration)

Amber Lee, Mixed Media – Grade 11 

• Honorable Mention: “Trapped in Arcade”

Kiho Lee — Grade 12

• Honorable Mention: “Echo Chamber” (Painting) 
• Honorable Mention: “His Past, Present, and Future” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: “The Intricacies of Human Composition” (Mixed Media)
• Honorable Mention: “Who You Are” (Mixed Media)
• Silver Key: “Societal Structures” (Mixed Media)

Zhifan (Amy) Tian, Photography — Grade 12

• Gold Key: “Set to Set Sail”
• Silver Key: “The Dock”

WRITING AWARDS:

Joy Chen — Grade 12

• Gold Key: “lotus feet” (Poetry)
• Gold Key: “Exhibitions: My Origins” (Poetry)
• Honorable Mention: “Timeless” (Flash Fiction)
• Honorable Mention: “raw, craters” (Poetry)
• Silver Key: “Portraits: Lin Siniang & Fu Hao” (Poetry)
• Silver Key: “Love: A Dictionary Poem” (Poetry)
• Silver Key: “hiraeth” (Poetry)
• Silver Key: “You, ____, Him as Choose Your Own Adventure” (Short Story)

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Alexis Celine Kim, Personal Essay & Memoir — Grade 9

• Gold Key: “SOS”

Rachel Ko, Short Story — Grade 10

• Gold Key: “Paper Cranes”

Yifan Wang, Critical Essay — Grade 12

• Honorable Mention: “Individualism vs Collectivism: Sinful vs Sacred”