2023 Submissions

CYA Awardees

Presidential Award

Creative Artist Award

Exceptional Award

Categories

Creative Writing

Music Composition

Music Performance

Performance Art

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Betrayal

Words do hurt more than actions.

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A Reminder to Bloom

I really like the quote "Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace”, because I think it is important to persevere until we can thrive under any adversity.

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El Craneo

I worked with pencil and gel pens to create an illustration of a Día De Los Muertos skull surrounded by white roses and leaves.

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Motherhood

This piece was originally prompted by my teacher, Ms. Gray.

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An Unattended Growth

This drawing is meant to embody my landlord’s ignorance towards the living conditions of his apartments.

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A Nostalgic Dream

This art piece represents my reminiscence for my childhood.

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Untitled

Exploring helps show me some things I did not know about myself and expressing my creativity will help show others things about me that they should know.

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Post Rain Glow

When I was on the highway I saw a similar scenery and I liked the contrast of the yellow sunlight against the dark blue clouds.

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lucky scars

My piece, titled "lucky scars," is an effort to chronicle both my parents' and my experience as Vietnamese-Americans.

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Unowned Time

When I suddenly realized that my time no longer belongs to me but transformed into the company’s profit Under the attraction of infinite-generated post apps, I felt deceived:

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Winter's Rose

This illustration was inspired by some of the experiences in my own life, but was mostly based off of the circumstance a relative of mine was going through.

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Betta Fish

The betta fish is a wonder that is both breathtakingly beautiful and fiercely territorial.

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Eye Candy

My favorite language is Spanish, I grew up with it.

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My Hero

The art I'm submitting is a portrait I did of my mom.

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Unseen Messenger

This surrealist scene depicts a bustling crowd roaming through a town based off multiple locations throughout France.

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A Clouded Reminiscence

This art piece refers to something related to the past and the present, and also something to do with the beginning of time.

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Holding Up the Sky

Inspired by the pages of my childhood, this artwork hopes to express the selfless love of my mother that I have come to recognize more and more with each passing day.

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Dairy

Cows are, at their core, docile creatures.

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Birds Eye View

For this artwork, I travelled around the bay area to capture a double-exposure.

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Alternate Perspective

My artwork is about a girl's perspective and how she can only see the negative things that is in front of her and not the good memories that is captured through her eye.