Columbia Festival of the Arts Announces 2010 Poster Contest Winner
Howard County 3rd Grade Student Receives Top Honors
For the seventh year the Columbia Festival of the Arts has chosen an original piece of artwork created by a
Howard County K-12 student as the representative design image for its 2010 season. This artwork will be
reproduced on the 2010 Festival posters, brochure and program magazine covers and was purchased from the
student for a $500 cash prize.
Jamie Tsao, an 8 year-old 3rd grader at Waterloo Elementary School, received the $500 cash prize during a reception held on March 28. Coincidentally and unknowingly, this year’s contest winner, selected by artist Rhona Schonwald, is the younger sister of last year’s Purchase Prize winner, Winnie Tsao. Other entries that were selected by this year’s judge to be exhibited during the Festival are:
Director’s Choice – Sophia Pagan, age 12, Burleigh Manor Middle School
Juror’s Choice – Erin Vance, age 12, Tridelphia Ridge Elementary School
Honorable Mention – Alexander Liu, age 9, Manor Woods Elementary School
Kindergarten Best of Grade – Sunry Winn, age 5, Thunder Hill Elementary School
First Best of Grade – Naomi Chao, age 7, Centennial Lane Elementary School
Second Best of Grade – Sandra Yen, age 8, Thunder Hill Elementary School
Third Best of Grade –Joyce Zhang, age 8, Veterans Elementary School
Fourth Best of Grade – Ashley Chu, age 9, Bellows Springs Elementary School
Fifth Best of Grade – Rachel Yu, age 11, Manor Woods Elementary School
Sixth Best of Grade – Jeffrey Zu, age 12, Hammond Middle School
Seventh Best of Grade – Amy Zhang, age 12, Burleigh Manor Middle School
Eighth Best of Grade – Tiffany Kan, age 13, Lime Kiln Elementary School
Ninth Best of Grade – Nick Green, age 14, Glenelg High School
Tenth Best of Grade – Patrick Chin, age 15, Centennial High School
Eleventh Best of Grade – Michelle Chang, age 16, Centennial High School
