$5,000 Grand Prize Void Ioana Manolache SR: Spring HS Spring ISD Teacher: Susan Sheets	$2,500 2nd Place Purple Onion Emily Shoemaker JR: Memorial HS Spring Branch ISD Teacher: Cathleen May	$1,500 3rd Place Language of Music Xiaohui Wang JR: Cinco Ranch HS Katy ISD Teacher: Xin Sheng Wang	$1,000 4th Place Refraction Joshua Loughridge SR: Kempner HS Fort Bend ISD Teacher: Ronda Peterson	$500 5th Place The Birth of Iris Michelle Lin SR: Cy-Creek HS Cy-Fair ISD Teacher: Sharon Day
$250 6th Place Pondering Stare Huong Pham SR: Klein Forest HS Klein ISD Teacher: Susan McEwen	$250 7th Place Inner Torment Bless Yee SR: Friendswood HS Friendswood ISD Teacher: Jan Nemitz	$250 8th Place Igoist Juyoung Lee SR: Memorial HS Spring Branch ISD Teacher: Cathleen May	$250 9th Place Evolution Yoko Kristiansen JR: Cinco Ranch HS Katy ISD Teacher: Ronda Landers	$250 10th Place The Glass Table Hannah Hinds SR: Klein Oak HS Klein ISD Teacher: Lesia Streckfuss
Honorable Mention...
Ray of Hope Tina Cai SR: Cinco Ranch HS Katy ISD Teacher: Xin Sheng Wang	Ignorant Destruction Raul Martinez JR: Kipp Houston HS Kipp Inc. Teacher: Rebekah Tee	Miss Claire Claire Sims JR: Memorial HS Spring Branch ISD Teacher: Marilyn Guerinot	Searching for Tunes Joean Yang F: Bellaire HS Houston ISD Teacher: Xin Sheng Wang

About the Jurors...

Sarah Beth Baca is a painter and mother of two. She has a degree in art and marketing from Houston Baptist University. She has painted for 10 years, specializing in abstract and expressionistic oil and acrylic pieces. She has taught art lessons and completed many commission pieces.

James Clarke is the Executive Director of the Texas Coalition for Quality Arts Education (TCQAE). He was the editor and designer of What Every Parent, Administrator and School Board Member Should Know: Why the Arts are Important! He also is the author, editor, and designer of the new PowerPoint presentation, Educating the Whole Child Through the Arts! Clarke is the Executive Producer of Teach Us! by Anita Kruse and of a new album by Knudson & Clarke. Most recently Clarke was named National Director of Arts Education and Tours Manager for Mark Kistler's Imagination Station. He is the National Art Consultant for Warner Brothers Publications, Music Expressions, Jazz Expressions, Orchestra Expressions, Band Expressions, Guitar Expressions, and Choir Expressions. Most recently, Clarke was a co-author, editor and consultant for the new Scott-Foresman Art textbook series.

Joseph Culotta has been a local artist and art educator in the Houston Area for over thirty five years. He is art consultant for Sax Arts & Crafts, a national art company from Wisconsin. He conducts workshops for art educators and artists in the southeast Texas area. He has served on the Advisory Council of the Texas Art Educators Association, and has served as Past President of the Houston Art Educators Association. He currently serves on the board of City Art Works a non-profit after school art program for children in elementary school in the greater Houston area. The settings for his exhibitions have ranged from local restaurants to the law offices of Jaworski and Associates. His art work has also been displayed at the Archway Gallery, Pilie’ Showroom in the Decorative Center, and currently at the Market Gallery in Galveston, Texas.