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2011'S YOUNG
ARTIST WINNER |
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CONGRATULATIONS
to our SCI Showcase of Young Authors
Grand Prize Winner
Ashley Loe of SCHS !!!!
for her Poem "Keeper of the Compost". Ashley was
awarded $1,000 and will be attending the SCI Youth Leadership Conference this
September in Riverside, CA with a delegation of SCAYC and SCA members!
Showcase of Young Artists 2012
"Youth as the Catalyst for Change"
What does that mean to you? The world today is more connected than ever. With
the help of social media and innovative new methods of communication and
mobilization of groups, change can occur at a faster pace than ever before.
Throughout the world, this new generation of youth is harnessing this power to
create change and promote progress. The 2012 theme is an opportunity for you to
use literature and artwork to express how communication, technology, and
individual initiative can lead to dramatic social change. Submissions can
highlight your experience with social media, how you are creating change in your
community, or how global communication and exchange has had an impact on your
life.
DEADLINE DATE: February
17, 2012
Prizes
All contestants receive a $25.00 gift certificate from
University Art. The local winner will receive $100 cash award, plus entry in the
Sister Cities International competition with artists from around the world.
Winners of the International Art contest win cash awards of $1,000 and $400
towards travel to the SCI Youth Leadership Conference in Riverside, CA where the
showcase will be exhibited.
Much thanks to
University Art
for all of their support!
Applications can be
downloaded here or picked up at Central Park Library, the Santa Clara Teen
Center, Wilcox High School, Santa Clara High School,
Triton Museum of Art, or downloaded below.
Artwork with completed applications can be dropped off at the Santa Clara Teen
Center, Central Park Library or the Triton Museum of Art.
Please contact Debbie Pavao with any questions @ 408-666-0586 or
dpavao.scsca@gmail.com, Subject line: SCSCA Showcase of Young Artists
DOWNLOADS
Young Artists
High School Submission Guidelines
High School Entry Form
Young Authors
Author Submission Guidelines
Author Entry Form
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By Ashley Loe
“Keeper of the Compost”
A small hill of dirt sits against the fence,
Egg shells, orange peels, bok choy stems,
Throw glimpses of color onto the rotting, days-old decay:
My mother’s pride and joy,
the secret to her enchanting garden.
I tell her that, in addition to her green thumb,
She sports a shriveled, blackened pinkie.
Her response: Girlish laughter and glowing pride,
Head thrown back, shovel forgotten.
She revives the earth,
And breathes life back into death,
Turning scraps into wonders of breathtaking beauty,
And reawakening the earth to live again.
My mother smells of freshly mowed lawn,
Of fragrant, heady roses,
Of damp potting soil, and occasionally, a whiff of manure
All heaped into a mound of new beginnings.
She is a mother of nature,
A keeper of compost.
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