Expressing Feelings Through Art
2010 EFTA Exhibition and Reception
EFTA: Expressing Feelings Through Art EFTA is an exhibition and scholarship program held throughout Los Angeles County high schools. EFTA honors artistic and literary excellence in the art of self-expression and offers matching awards to students and their teachers. EFTA is produced by the Light Bringer Project and Mental Health America of Los Angeles, and is funded in part by the W. M. Keck Foundation. EXHIBITION & RECEPTION WHAT: Dozens of artworks created by Los Angeles County high school students. Light refreshments will be served. |
First Place: “Color Me Joy.” Dominique Labat, 10th Grade. Teacher, Kathy Charvat. Millikan High School. |
WHEN: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. The awards ceremony will be at 3:00 p.m. WHERE: Art Center College of Design (South Campus), 950 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105 (Click here for an interactive map). Free parking in lot and on street. 1/3 mile south of Gold Line’s Fillmore Station. |
For more information, please contact Patricia Hurley, Managing Director, Light Bringer Project, at 626-590-1134. |
2010 EFTA HONOREES First Place “Color Me Joy” Dominique Labat, 10th Grade Teacher, Kathy Charvat Millikan High School Second Place “Diana” Israel Juarez, 11th Grade Teacher, Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) Third Place “The Tragedy of Unfolding Beauty” Alake Shilling, 11th Grade Teacher, Carol Kawaoka Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) Fourth Place “Outside the Box” Kendall Coyer, 10th Grade Teacher, E. Dominick Black San Dimas High School Saturday High Scholarship from The Art Center College of Design “Bottled Up” Jason Nguyen, 11th Grade Teacher, Charlotte Nelson Sierra Vista High School Honorable Mentions “Unlike” |
MORE ABOUT EFTA Founded by the Department of Mental Health over 25 years ago, this prevention program is delivered by Light Bringer Project in partnership with Mental Health America of Los Angeles. EFTA serves senior high school students across L.A. County who are challenged to develop visual and written forms of personal expression that address their key concerns and life ambitions. The program culminates in an annual public exhibition and scholarship awards ceremony honoring outstanding student achievements. LIGHT BRINGER PROJECT Light Bringer Project is a nonprofit, Pasadena-based arts organization founded in 1990 by residents who were exploring the historic contributions that artists, architects, and craftsmen made to the local environment. Inspired by these achievements, its founders imagined ways to bring more of today’s artists and their creative resources into the mainstream of community life. In keeping with its mission “to build community through the power of the arts,” Light Bringer Project has delivered a range of unique cultural arts programs and special events that utilize high-degrees of collaboration, volunteerism, and communitywide support. For its arts and learning efforts, the organization has received the California League of Cities’ Helen Putnam Award of Excellence in Public-Private Partnership. As an arts community participant, the organization was given the Gold Crown Award from the Pasadena Arts Council and has received an award of Outstanding Service from the City of Pasadena Arts Commission.
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2010 EXHIBITING ARTISTS in alphabetical order … |
“Warmth” Yoo-jiu An, 12th Grade Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) “Dream” Sonny James Arceo, 11th Grade Teacher, Karena Massengill Cabrillo High School “Bianca” Manuella Arias, 12th Grade Teacher, Marty Wolin Sierra Vista High School “Uncertainty” Lara Elaine Balajadia, 12th Grade Teacher, Christine Godfrey Cabrillo High School “Gilded Emotions” Jeannette Cardona, 11th Grade Teacher, Carol Kawaoka Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) “The Calm” Miranda Casarez, 12th Grade Teacher, E. Dominick Black San Dimas High School “Life is Crazy” Lindzee Castro, 10th Grade Teacher, Kathy Charvat Millikan High School “Untitled” Walter Chacon, 12th Grade Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) “Unlike” Nola Christie, 12th Grade Teacher, Dorothy Lee John Marshal High School “Don’t Let Go” Karin Chuang, 11th Grade Teacher, Diane Chang Ho Temple City High School “Phobia” Michele Coryell, 12th Grade Teacher, Chris Lovett Millikan High School “Outside the Box” Kendall Coyer, 10th Grade Teacher, Dominick Black San Dimas High School “Exile” Rosamaria Diaz, 12th Grade Teacher, Sadie Phillips Pomona High School “There’s Someone Out There” Tiffany Diep, 9th Grade Teacher, Rouzanna Berberian South Pasadena High School “Imagine Art” Jackeline Dixon, 9th Grade Teacher, Alice Bolstad Cabrillo High School “Stubborn” Nicole Ellis, 11th Grade Teacher, E. Dominick Black San Dimas High School “Too Soon” Lizbeth Farrera, 12th Grade Teacher, Marvin Inouye Oka Schurr High School “The Wild Things” Shine Fu, 12th Grade Teacher, Diane Chang Ho Temple City High School “Depression” Isaac Gower, 12th Grade Teacher, Aimee Levie South Pasadena High School “Behind the Masks” Garfield Hang, 10th Grade Teacher, Diane Chang Ho Temple City High School “Untitled” Connie Ho, 10th Grade Teacher, Jeff Levie Alhambra High School “Michael’s Smile” Wendy Huerta, 12th Grade Teacher, Marty Wolin Sierra Vista High School “Enchnalab” Celene Jimenez, 12th Grade Teacher, Mark Gilstrap Pomona High School “Sacrifice” Yi Jin, 11th Grade Teacher, Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) “Reflection of Me” Juliet Johnson, 11th Grade Teacher, Roberta Patterson Millikan High School “Diana” Israel Juarez, 11th Grade Teacher, Elizabeth Kim Fairfax High School (Comprehensive) “A Thousands Winds” Richard Kam, 12th Grade Teacher, Dorothy Lee John Marshall High School “Self-Portrait in Charcoal” Amira Ket, 12th Grade Teacher, Roberta Patterson Millikan High School “Mortal Apathy” Gene Kumagai, 11th Grade Teacher, Ami Nishiyama California Academy of Mathematics & Science “Color Me Joy” Dominique Labat, 10th Grade Teacher, Kathy Charvat Millikan High School Untitled Ashley Langarica, 12th Grade Teacher, Marvin Inouye Oka Schurr High School “The Light Within a Family” Helen Lee, 10th Grade Teacher, Aimee Levie South Pasadena High School |
“Expressions” |