Winners Archive – VAC

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Congratulations to the Past Winners of VAC

2022 Winners

Best of Show

Controlling the Youth
Controlling the Youth
by Kate Lee, Bentley, 12th Grade, Teacher: Kelsey Jones, 2D category

2D Awards

1st Place - Pieces of Identity
by Natalie Mangani, Las Lomas, 10th Grade, Teacher: Jessica Jurgens
2nd Place - Distance
by Kallie Cheung, Las Lomas, 12th Grade, Teacher: Jessica Jurgens
3rd Place – I’m So Blue All the Time
by Ava von Behren, Bentley, 12th Grade, Teacher: Kelsey Jones

Honorable Mentions
Untitled by Andrea Liu, Bentley, 11th Grade, Teacher: Kelsey Jones
Gateshead by Kaitlyn Yasumura, Carondelet, 10th Grade, Teacher: Darla Sur
Daucus by Claudia Cruse, Campolindo, 12th Grade, Teacher: Heidi Cabra

3D Awards

1st Place - Get Yourself Together
by Emma Ngo, Campolindo, 11th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
2nd Place - Owlberry
by Indie Lee, Miramonte, 10th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
3rd Place - Summoning
by Holden Bennett, Bentley, 9th Grade, Teacher: Aram Muksian

Honorable Mentions
Societal Confinement by Emile Starkweather, Bentley, 12th Grade, Teacher: Michelle Cho
Body Image to the Core by Kate Lee, Bentley, 12th Grade, Teacher: Kelsey Jones
Untitled (Hammer) by Walter Yip, Bentley, 11th Grade, Teacher: Aram Muksian

Photography Awards

1st Place - Ambiguity
by Emma Ngo, Campolindo, 11th Grade, Teacher: Collette Sweeney
2nd Place - Ataraxia
by Avery Sims, Bentley, 11th Grade, Teacher: Aram Muksian
3rd Place - Self-Portrait of a Pianist
by Sydney Zhang, Campolindo, 11th Grade, Teacher: Collette Sweeney

Honorable Mentions
Driving in the Rain by Leonardo Siu, Bentley, 11th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
Untitled by Leyla Nabipour, Campolindo, 11th Grade, Teacher: Collette Sweeney

Lamorinda Arts Alliance Digital Art Awards

1st Place - Different Perspective
by Jeanette Lavoie, Campolindo, 12th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
2nd Place - Explosion of Color
by Irene Yoon, College Prep, 11th Grade, Teacher: Yousun Kim
3rd Place - Chronic
by Charles Platt, Miramonte, 11th Grade, Teacher: Stacey Churchill

Honorable Mentions
Bending Dimensions by Benjamin Randall, Bentley, 12th Grade, Teacher: Aram Muksian
Purple by Vivian Tolajian, Campolindo, 9th Grade, Teacher: Collette Sweeney

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2021 Winners

Best of Show

Bad Day
by Andrew Parker, Campolindo, 11th Grade, Artwork Created Independently

2D Awards

1st Place - Division
by Kate Lee, Bentley, 11th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
2nd Place - Fleeting
by Benjamin Wang, Head-Royce, 9th Grade, Teacher: Ann Murphy
3rd Place - Pieces of My Identity
by Rachel Chan, Las Lomas, 10th Grade, Teacher: Jessica Jurgens

Honorable Mentions
Japanese War
by Matthew Koo, Acalanes, 11th Grade, Teacher: Robert Porter
Untitled
by Andrea Liu, Bentley, 10th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
Let Me Fly
by Laura Ni, Head-Royce, 11th Grade, Teacher: Ann Murphy

3D Awards

1st Place - ALIVE
by Leena Hobson, Bentley, 12th Grade, Teacher: Michelle Cho
2nd Place - To Purity
by Alyssa Diggdon, Campolindo, 11th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
3rd Place - Frog Eating Bug
by Ruby Grandy, Bentley, 9th Grade, Teacher: Kelsey Jones

Honorable Mentions
Untitled
by Alexandrina Gutu, Miramonte, 10th Grade, Teacher: Gavin Kermode
Hidden In Plain Sight
by Valentina Varela, Bentley, 9th Grade, Teacher: Michelle Cho
Man
by Hannes Hundt, Bentley, 10th Grade, Teacher: Michelle Cho

Photography Awards

1st Place - One-Sided Love
by Lillia Hammond, Bentley, 12th Grade, Teacher: Aram Muksian
2nd Place - Forced Out
by Alyla Meir, Bentley, 10th Grade, Teacher: Aram Muksian
3rd Place - Winter Warbler
by Jake Campo, Campolindo, 11th Grade, Teacher: Collette Sweeney

Honorable Mentions
Tea Party
by Robert Wang, Campolindo, 12th Grade, Teacher: Collette Sweeney
Immigrant's Sacrifice
by Jarret Zundel, Miramonte, 9th Grade, Teacher: Stacey Churchill
Vision
by Julia Brandt, Bentley, 12th Grade, Teacher: Aram Muksian

Lamorinda Arts Alliance Digital Art Awards

1st Place - Virtual Jail House
by Yesenia Del Cid, Bentley, 9th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
2nd Place - Eye of the Beholder
by Jayden Thai, Miramonte, 11th Grade, Teacher: Stacey Churchill
3rd Place - Expectations
by Meher Kaur, Bentley, 10th Grade, Artwork Created Independently

Honorable Mentions
Don't Be So Blue
by Jade Peng, Miramonte, 10th Grade, Artwork Created Independently
Ghosts Are Wheel
by Walter Yip, Bentley, 10th Grade, Teacher: Aram Muksian
Nightlights
by Alysse Brown, Bentley, 10th Grade, Artwork Created Independently

To view the 2021 Awards Brochure, click here.

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2020 Winners

Best of Show

Bird Show Case
by Kate Lee, Bentley, 10th Grade

2D Awards

1st Place - Me
by Matthew Koo, Acalanes, 10th Grade
2nd Place - Girl with Braids
by Michelle Goll, Acalanes, 10th Grade
3rd Place - Mother
by Jenny Shen, Miramonte, 12th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Jacob
by Emma Yamamoto, Las Lomas, 10th Grade
Eye for Eye
by Bella Draper, Acalanes, 11th Grade
Family Portrait
by Brightan Ying, Campolindo, 12th Grade

3D Awards

1st Place - Face Pot
by Isabella Salinas, Acalanes, 12th Grade
2nd Place - Elephant
by Carter Hiett, Campolindo, 12th Grade
3rd Place - Sally
by Jenny Shen, Miramonte, 12th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Yearning
by Anika Shandalov, Miramonte, 12th Grade
Octavius
by Sarah Stenovec, Miramonte, 12th Grade
Above
by Emilia Gutman, Acalanes, 11th Grade

Photography Awards

1st Place - Our Generation
by Juliet Jones, Campolindo, 10th Grade
2nd Place - Self Awareness
by Luke Rodriguez, Campolindo, 12th Grade
3rd Place - Untitled
by Luke Manalang, Orinda Academy, 9th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Browning Montana
by Ella McNeil, Bentley, 12th Grade
Grandma's Basement, 2019
by Isabella Premo, Bentley, 12th Grade
Ant with a Behind
by Arine Kim, Campolindo, 12th Grade

Lamorinda Arts Alliance Digital Art Awards -
new category in 2020!

1st Place - There is Reality to Every Dream
by Ella Braff, Bentley, 11th Grade
2nd Place - Astraea
by Kayla Barker, Campolindo, 10th Grade
3rd Place - Honoring Prikle Jones
by Leilah Hodges, Miramonte, 11th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Power Armor
by Adilson Amado, Miramonte, 12th Grade
The 60s
by Jake Campo, Campolindo, 10th Grade
Nature's Soul
by Fox Fleischman, Acalanes, 11th Grade

To view the 2020 Awards Brochure, click here.

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2019 Winners

Best of Show

The Book Jacket by Larkin Stephanos, Campolindo, 9th Grade

2D Awards

1st Place - Avian Anomaly by Hannah Anderson, Head-Royce, 11th Grade
2nd Place - Zebra on Cardboard by Shae Silva, Campolindo, 12th Grade
3rd Place - Heirloom by Chloe Kim, Head-Royce, 11th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Mindless Thought by Brightan Yingm, Campolindo, 11th Grade
Feet by Audrey Call, Campolindo, 12th Grade
Delphina by Jennifer Atkins, Miramonte, 12th Grade
The Dad Tree by Veronica Huish, Miramonte, 12th Grade

3D Awards

1st Place - Femme en Mouvement by Sarah Stenovec, Miramonte, 11th Grade
2nd Place - Alex by Jessica Shen, Miramonte, 12th Grade
3rd Place - Pool Reflection by Jivana Nagpal, Bentley, 10th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Splash by Taylor Johnson, Miramonte, 12th Grade
Spore-ky Pig by Tawny Fischer, Campolindo, 10th Grade
Untitled by Garrett Louie, Miramonte, 12th Grade
My Blue Pot by Emily Sverak, Acalanes, 12th Grade

Photography & Digital Design Awards

1st Place - Atmosphere by Andrew Parker, Campolindo, 9th Grade
2nd Place - Hands by Jake Turnbull, Bentley, 12th Grade
3rd Place - Erosion by Lillia Hammond, Bentley, 10th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Bridal Veil Falls Creek by Gary Fleischmann, Acalanes, 11th Grade
Deer in the Spotlight by Taylor Floyd, Campolindo, 11th Grade
Cowboy Hat by Ignacio Piqueras, Acalanes, 12th Grade
Alternate Reality by Kailani Thompson, Miramonte, 11th Grade

To view the 2019 Awards Brochure, click here.

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2018 Winners

Best of Show

Ticonderoga by Jenny Shen, Miramonte, 10th Grade

2D Awards

1st Place - The Difference Between Me & My Mother by Zoe Del Rosario, Campolindo, 12th Grade
2nd Place - Looking Down by Caroline Stenzel, Miramonte, 12th Grade
3rd Place - Untitled by Aidan McBride, Miramonte, 12th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Untitled by Juliette Benazra, Acalanes, 11th Grade
Travels to Hidden Places by Andrew Price, Campolindo, 11th Grade
Untitled by Julianne Galanti, Las Lomas, 12th Grade
Hell's Angel by Eldon Brown, Acalanes, 12th Grade

3D Awards

1st Place - Untitled by Brianna Fick, Miramonte, 12th Grade
2nd Place - Eve's Choice by Georgia Carpenter, Acalanes, 10th Grade
3rd Place - Burning Mand by April Linblad, Campolindo, 12th Grade

Honorable Mentions
California Fires by Abby Lapporte, Acalanes, 11th Grade
Untitled by Aidan McBride, Miramonte, 12th Grade
Still Working by Autumn Van Buren, Miramonte, 10th Grade
Untitled by Sofia Dreessen, Miramonte, 10th Grade

Photography & Digital Design Awards

1st Place - Game Day by Tate Pieper, Bentley, 12th Grade
2nd Place - A Gloomy Day by Lauren Hlavac, Campolindo, 11th Grade
3rd Place - Bounded by Kuvin Hayer, Campolindo, 12th Grade

Honorable Mentions
Alaysia by Randall Gee, Campolindo, 11th Grade
The Mesh by Griffin Lymburn, Bentley, 12th Grade
Untitled by John Reyna, Campolindo, 12th Grade
Untitled by Emili Tiedmann, Campolindo, 11th Grade

To view the 2018 Awards Brochure, click here.

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2017 Winners

Best In Show

Untitled by Abby Lapporte, Acalanes, 10th Grade

2D Awards

1st Place - Cara by Anastasia Leones, Acalanes, 11th Grade

2nd Place - Fractured Hawaiian Sea Turtle by Nicole Edwards, Acalanes, 10th Grade

3rd Place - Untitled by Jadey Sadoff, Acalanes, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention - girl. by Elle Hoarau, Acalanes, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention - Homeless by Ana Bernardo, Campolindo, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention - Cupcakes by Grace Schmidt, Campolindo, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention - Will to Power by Aidan McBride, Miramonte, 11th Grade

3D Awards

1st Place - Fish by Aidan McBride, Miramonte, 11th Grade

2nd Place - Full Metal Alchemist, Nathan Shin, Las Lomas, 11th Grade

3rd Place - Humans by Zoë Venable, Miramonte, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention - Light as a Feather by April Lindblad, Campolindo, 9th Grade

Honorable Mention - A Cardboard Fist by Justin Li, Las Lomas, 9th Grade

Honorable Mention - Coil Vessel by Charlotte Ensley, Acalanes, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention - Midnight by Dana Chan, Miramonte, 12th Grade

Photography Awards

1st Place - Untitled by Maya Jenn, Campolindo, 11th Grade

2nd Place - Untitled by Isabel Owens, Campolindo, 12th Grade

3rd Place - Solitary by Isobel Whitehead, Acalanes, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention - Untitled by Emilie Naughten, Campolindo, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention - Untitled by Vincent Ho, Campolindo, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention - Poking the Bubble by Henry Braff, Bentley Upper School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention - Dancing Through Life by Nell Kessenich, Acalanes, 10th Grade

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2016 Winners

Best of Show

Nesting Dolls, Nora Guergah, Miramonte High School, 12th Grade

2D AWARDS

1st Place, Untitled, Sophia Lindgren, Acalanes High School, 9th Grade

2nd Place, Untitled, Madeleine Taylor, Campolindo High School, 12th Grade

3rd Place, Elegant, Siena Kuan, Acalanes High School, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention, Untitled, Jadey Sadoff, Acalanes High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention, Untitled, Adia Tajima, Campolindo High School, 12th Grade

3D AWARDS

1st Place, Nesting Dolls, Nora Guergah, Miramonte High School, 12th Grade

2nd Place, Lost Love, Zoe Venable, Miramonte High School, 10th Grade

3rd Place, Out to Lunch, Samuel Turoff-Ortmeyer, Bentley Upper School, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention, Octopi in Boxes, Siena Kuan, Acalanes High School, 12th Grade

Photography

1st Place, Untitled, Jaime Brown, Campolindo High School, 11th Grade

2nd Place, A Change in World, Gabrielle Thompson, Campolindo High School, 12th Grade

3rd Place, The Chair, Allyson Ikeya, Campolindo High School, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention, Green Tree Phython, Neelu Namboodiri, Bentley Upper School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention, Untitled, Alicia Long, Campolindo High School, 11th Grade

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2015 Winners

BEST OF SHOW

DD09    Chinatown Bicycle, Zack Watson, Campolindo, 12th Grade

2D AWARDS

1st Place    2D47    untitled, Jadey Sadoff, Acalanes, 10th Grade

2nd Place    2D26    Colorful Melancholy, Bella Gutman, Miramonte 12th Grade

3rd Place    2D66    Lost, Bojana Rankovic, Las Lomas, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention    2D12    Untitled, Izzy Tankka, Acalanes, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention    2D19    Untitled, Madeleine Taylor, Campolindo, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention    2D69    Untitled, Laura Ramirez, Las Lomas, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention    2D71    How To Grow Up!, Klifford Ganancial, Las Lomas, 12th Grade

3D AWARDS

1st Place    3D52    The Lichen Ladies, Nora Guergah, Miramonte, 11th Grade

2nd Place    3D26    Untitled, Brigid Berndt, Miramonte, 10th Grade

3rd Place    3D20    Kirin, Ara Walls, Campolindo, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention    3D04    Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand, Will Gittings, Miramonte, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention    3D06    Untitled, Kathryn McCarty, Acalanes, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention    3D18    Pencil Box, Grace Schmidt, Campolindo, 9th Grade

Honorable Mention    3D29    Labyrinth, Lydia Lapporte, Acalanes, 12th Grade

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

1st Place    P48    Untitled, Taylor Odom, Holden High School, 12th Grade

2nd Place    P50    Smoke Bomb, Bojana Rankovic, Las Lomas, 12th Grade

3rd Place – Tie    P20    Gabrielle, Alannah Buyce, Campolindo, 12th Grade

3rd Place – Tie    P44    Love Has No Gender, Kristen Kawaguchi, Miramonte, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention    P05    Smile, Julia Bowers, Miramonte, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention    P17    Untitled, Ana Glosson, Campolindo, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention    P41    Duet, Kai Mills, Acalanes, 10th Grade

DIGITAL DESIGN AWARDS

1st Place    DD02    The Fire Burning In All of Us, Zachary Sandberg, Bentley, 11th Grade

2nd Place    DD01    Leap Posters, Sophia Spitulnik, Miramonte, 12th Grade

3rd Place    DD06    On Cloud Nine, Michelle Pang, Campolindo, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention    DD11    Natsu, Klifford Ganancial, Las Lomas, 12th Grade

Honorable Mention    DD12    1914/2014, Bojana Rankovic, Las Lomas, 12th Grade

Note: 2D, 3D, P, DD + number is student’s artwork entry number.

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2014 Winners

Best in Show Viewers’ Choice Award

“Untitled”  Emily LaRoche 11th Grade, Bentley Upper School

2D AWARDS

1st Place – “Meat Shop”  Courtney Daum 12th Grade, Campolindo High School

2nd Place – “Cinco De Mayo”   Jane Fessenden 12th Grade, Miramonte High School

3rd Place – “Untitled”  Arianna Ninh 11th Grade, Acalanes High School

Honorable Mention – “Untitled”  Haley Marx 12th Grade, Miramonte High School

Honorable Mention – “False African Violet”  Margot Mai 12th Grade,  Miramonte High School

Honorable Mention – “thoughts”  Lauren Fitterer 12th Grade, Las Lomas High School

3D WINNERS

1st Place – “Brown Boots”  Katrina Salinas 12th Grade,  Acalanes High School

Tie 2nd Place – “Untitled”  Gavin Rock 11th Grade, Campolindo High School

Tie 2nd Place  – “Horse and Rider Jumping in Phases”  Devyn  Hinkle, 12th Grade Bentley Upper School

3rd Place  – “Memento moire”  Daniell McCann 12th Grade,  Acalanes High School

Honorable Mentions – “Slinky Dog”  Mariah Brown 9th Grade, Campolindo High School

Honorable Mentions – “Nature’s Music”  Will Gittings 11th Grade, Miramonte High School

Honorable Mentions – “The Key to the Future”  Misaki Kobayashi 10th Grade, Miramonte High School

PHOTOGRAPHY WINNERS

1st Place – “Self Portrait”  Saarah Slechta 12th Grade, Campolindo High School

2nd Place – “Surface Markings”  Anna Fenske 12th Grade, Campolindo High School

3rd Place – “Melancholic Dreams”  Shahong Lee 11th Grade, Bentley Upper School

Honorable Mentions – “Cogita”  Jonathan  Rowland 12th Grade, Campolindo High School

Honorable Mentions –  “Yellow jacket”  Santi Cabrera 10th Grade, Campolindo High School

Honorable Mentions –  “Freedom In Her Eyes”  Hanna Schoenberger 12th Grade, Campolindo High School

Honorable Mentions –  “Pensive”  Hannah Buck 11th Grade, Campolindo High School

Honorable Mention, Digital Designs

“The Water Cycle”  Sophia Spitulnik 11th Grade, Miramonte High School

To download 2014 Artists & Awards Program, click here.

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2013 Winners

Best in Show Viewer’s Choice Award

After tabulating 224 text votes and weighing in judges’ vote, the Best of Show goes to…

‘Giraffe’, Amy Hollishwandner, 12th Grade, Acalanes

2D Winners

1st Place – ‘Girl on Fire’, Olivia Barnum, 12th Grade, Bentley

2nd Place – ‘Violin with Candles and Sunflowers’, Caitlyn Sit, 12th Grade, Campolindo

3rd Place – ‘Boots, Boots, Boots’, Colette Walker, 12th Grade, Campolindo

2D Honorable Mentions

‘Intriguing’, Bryce Bixler, 10th Grade, Acalanes

‘Untitled’, Sita Lujintanon, 10th Grade, Bentley

‘The Morrighan’, Izzy Parkinson-Morgan, 11th Grade, Acalanes

‘Giraffe’, Amy Hollishwandner, 12th Grade, Acalanes

3D Winners

‘Evolution of Music’, Lauren Gray, 10th Grade, Bentley1st Place – ‘Tangled’, Cari Carter, 11th Grade, Miramonte

2nd Place – ‘Sharkring’, Albert Maio, 12th Grade, Miramonte

3rd Place – ‘Nidhi’, Katrina Salinas, 11th Grade, Acalanes

3D Honorable Mentions

‘Voyage’, Marie-Claire Schillinger, 10th Grade, Miramonte

‘Octelephant’, Maddie Wheeler, 10th Grade, Acalanes

Photography Winners

1st Place – ‘Senseless Emotion’, Gavin Thatcher, 10th Grade, Acalanes

2nd Place – ‘Untitled’, Lindsay Wong, 11th Grade, Campolindo

3rd Place (tie) – ‘Taxi Cab in New York City’, Hanna Schoenberger, 11th Grade, Campolindo

3rd Place (tie) – ‘The Landlord’, Sachi Granich, 10th Grade, Bentley

Photography Honorable Mentions

‘stuck in a daze’, Emily LaRoche, 10th grade, Bentley

‘Self-Portrait’, Magda Herrera , 12th Grade, Bentley

‘Self-Portrait’, Minghan Zhong, 11th Grade, Bentley

To download 2013 Artists & Awards Program, click here.

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To download 2012 Artists & Awards Program, click here.

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To download 2011 Artists & Awards Program, click here