Finalists
Congratulations to all our artists and the finalists advancing to State!
Dance Choreography
Ruby James Madden "Chosen Family" Ballard HS
Sylvie Gitenstein "Everyone is Beautiful" Eckstein
Andrew Winter "The Zango 1" Magnolia
Literature
Marina Teeters "Nature's Hope" Eckstein
Greta Peterson "Hope is a Banyan Tree" Eckstein
Eleanor Evans "Hope for a World" Bryant
June Terry " Not a Long Time Ago" Bryant
Special Artist
Joy Connolly "Flower Bridge" Whitman
Alex Gonzalez "Untitled" Adams
Lilia Guessous “Untitled” Adams
Colin Mullen "Untitled" Adams
Sarah Nassen “The Beauty of Nature” Whitman
Rex McFadin "Untitled" Adams
Film Production
Lauren Reber "The Scales of Hope" Eckstein
Vivienne Robertson "Bob and the Awards" Whittier
Music Composition
Max Germann "Better Future from Past Mistakes" Ballard
Ben Jaynes "Over the Horizon" Ballard
Ari Shimada "Forgive" Whitman
Ada Baltacigil "The Love Queen" Magnolia
Photography
Jeremiah Lewis "The Life of Freedom" Garfield
Gwyneth Hawkins "Jumping Barriers" Garfield
Sienna Johnson "Perseverance" Catharine Blaine
Visual Arts
Primary
April Beltran "Dream Lantern" Laurelhurst
Drew Condit "The Time Machine" Bryant
Roslyn Elrod “Friends and Family Rainbow” Hazel Wolf K-8
Faye Gagnon "Sunrise and the New Day Fairy" Bryant
Ellis Kruse "Orca and Salmon" Laurelhurst
Lake VanLaanen "Helping Immigrants" Laurelhurst
Middle School
Enzo Balansay “I am Hopeful because the World is My Oyster” Eckstein
Eliza Bertelsen “Wasteland to Wonderland” Eckstein
Intermediate
Asher Beltran "High Hopes" Laurelhurst
Keegan Kramer "Art Around the World" Alki
Ella Nguyen "Untitled" Sanislo
Tarun Shirwaiker "Clean and Green Planet" Bryant
Eliza Margaret Young "Untitled" Adams
High School
Sofia Angeles "My Room" Garfield
Honorable Mention
Dance Choreography
Cora Samnick, Stay Standing -Middle School
Film Production
William James, What I am Hopeful For- Intermediate Film Production
Louisa Plummer, Hello- Intermediate Film Production
Photography
Sofia Angeles, In Light and Dark- High School Photography
Kieran Daly, A Bright Future- High School Photography
Ricco Graves, Hopeful- High School Photography
Becky Johnston, Street Plague- High School Photography
Jia Jin Liu, Reflection of the Ages- High School Photography
Gordon Michael, Perspective- High School Photography
Lucas Salm, Holding Hands- High School Photography
Zoe Saxer, Promising- High School Photography
Literature
Theo Parker, I Hopeful - Intermediate Literature
Rena Derse, The Impact of Little Birdss - Middle School Literature
Abby Huang, What is the Hope we are Looking For - Middle School Literature
Macy Kelly, Hope is the Thing With Feathers - Middle School Literature
Adeline Johnson, Hope in Destruction - Middle School Literature
Alexa Oh, Nature's Return - Middle School Literature
Music Composition
Josiah Hoy-Tisdale, Untitled - High School Music Composition
Elijah Epperson, Song of Hope - Intermediate Music Composition
Visual Arts
Lake Neill, Untitled- High School
Juniper Stoddard, For You- High School
Henry Dohan, Human Hope- Middle School
Bear Jones, Sunset- Middle School
Olivia Moores, A House Coming out of the Storm- Middle School
Linnea Mason, A Seed of Hope- Middle School
Nico Pflum, Breaking Through- Middle School
Alexander Raboytyag, Grow- Middle School
Maven Bailey, Untitled- Intermediate
Sophia Berkly, The Echanted Wood- Intermediate
Rose Braude, Untitled- Intermediate
Ashton Chan, Protect Earth Diaper Machine- Intermediate
River Pech Cinnamon, Untitled- Intermediate
Meri Condin, My Friends- Intermediate
Harper Davidson, Puppies Make Me Hopeful- Intermediate
Sidney Dolin, Wild Mushrooms- Intermediate
Beatrice Giacani, Snowy Night- Intermediate
Jake Goehle, Untitled- Intermediate
Emma Gunderson, I am Hopeful Because We Care- Intermediate
Alexandra Maltanska, I Believe in the Progress of Science- Intermediate
Robin McConaghy, Hope- Intermediate
Ripley Milles, Friends- Intermediate
Matilda Obleada, I am Hopeful Because I Can Use Different Colors- Intermediate
Pearl Passamore, A Garden for Nature- Intermediate
Niko Robertson, The Little Tree- Intermediate
Ellie Rohrbaugh, Hopeful Nature- Intermediate
James Sergeant, Over the Hills and Under the Earth- Intermediate
Lily Smits, I Believe that The World will Find Peace- Intermediate
Bianca Tachik, Panda- Intermediate
Jazz Marie Touré, Untitled- Intermediate
Eloise Van Winderkens, Forest- Intermediate
Pranav Vijesh, Rays of Hope- Intermediate
Catherine Winter, This is My Hope- Intermediate
Bri Wong, Untitled- Intermediate
Adan Abrdirahman, Firefighter- Primary
Halle Charles, Cheetah in Palm Springs- Primary
Hannah Cummings, Untitled- Primary
Maya Das, Untitled- Primary
Belle Dong, Untitled- Primary
Nayanka Doni Naresh, Hoping for One World- Primary
Gracie Duncan, All the Things that Make Me Hopeful- Primary
Gibson Quinn, The Peaceful Garden- Primary
Kohta Hansell, Becoming a Chemist- Primary
Piers Jonhson, I Love Snakes- Primary
Liam Kim, Feeling Can Change a Lot- Primary
Jonah Knapp, All the Things that Make Me Hopeful- Primary
Naomi Krowkower, Untitled- Primary
Adam Leong, My House- Primary
Laura Martin, I am Hopeful becuase of Nature- Primary
Gemma Nelson, Planet Watching- Primary
Ariel Oren, Untitled- Primary
Cora Jane Park, Untitled- Primary
Hana Park, We are the Magic- Primary
Paolo Rosgen, Untitled- Primary
Claire Tessaro, Signs of Hope- Primary
Ellie Margaret Young, Untitled- Primary
Judges
Many thanks to our volunteer judges for donating their time and talent!
Leah Baltus, Michele Campbell, Jim Coley, Ha-Yang Kim, Jessica Mooney, DK Pan, Kate Parsons, Laura Marie Rivera, Erin Soldezzo and Maritess Zurbano