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Sunflower Art
Competition
It is with great regret
we inform you that the NAMI-Yolo Sunflower Art Show and Tallest
Sunflower in Yolo County has run its course and is ending after a
wonderful ten-year run.
We thank you for all of your incredible enthusiasm, support and of
course the marvelous artwork, all of which helped make our community
more aware of mental health issues.
We wish you continued success and thank you again for believing in
the power of creativity and growth.
Sincerely,
The NAMI-Yolo Sunflower Art Committee
Leslie Carroll, Melissa Lyans, Marilyn Moyle, Millie Braunstein,
Nancy Temple
NAMI-Yolo
a chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness
www.namiyolo.org
friends@namiyolo.org
Art Exhibit
The Sunflower Art
Competition is sponsored by NAMI-Yolo,
a grassroots mental health advocacy organization that offers
education, advocacy and support to people living with mental illness
and their families. The competition is to choose the
design for the
“Seeds of Hope” sunflower seed packets which are sold throughout the
year as part of NAMI-Yolo's Tallest
Sunflower in Yolo County Contest.
Background
NAMI
-Yolo, a chapter of the National
Alliance on Mental Illness, is located in
Yolo County,
a thriving agricultural center in Northern California where
sunflowers are a major seed crop. Inspired both by the
sunflower painting by a young student with bipolar disorder and by
the sunflower paintings of 19th century Dutch artist
Vincent Van
Gogh who suffered from mental illness, NAMI-Yolo chose the
sunflower as a bright and bold symbol of hope for people living with
mental illness.
One
of NAMI-Yolo’s missions is to make the wider community aware of mental health resources and
issues. NAMI-Yolo has been building bridges between communities
since 2002. The Sunflower Art Competition continues to grow.
In 2003, there were 50 art entries. In 2012, there were over 400
individual art entries.
The Sunflower Art Show has proven to be not only a successful
community art event but is also used as an educational program in
local schools where teachers have developed lesson plans that use
the Sunflower Art Competition to teach students about mental health
issues while learning about art.
NAMI-Yolo's hope is that as people become better
educated about mental health,
there will be a
reduction in myths, misconceptions and prejudices that result in the
stigmatization of mental illness and that often delay much-needed
treatment.
2012 Artist Awards
Child (under 8)
First -Joey Kunkel, (Davis) Age 7
Second -
Amara O'Brien, (Davis) Age 6
Third -
Zuria Horning, (Davis) Age 7
Honorable Mention
Olivia Crucillo (Davis) Age 5,
Artem Sergeev (Granite Bay) Age 5
Josh Dwyer (Age 6)
Youth (Ages 8-12)
First
Mariya Grabuska, (Roseville) Age 10
Second (Tie)
Alyone Kuznik (West Sacramento) Age 9
Iriana Agnew, (Davis) Age 12
Third (Tie)
Caroline Korinke (Davis) Age 10
Garrett Beoshan (Davis) Age 12
Honorable Mention
Sophia Nachmanoff (Davis) Age 9
Jaeli Williams, (Davis) Age 9
Patrick Foraker (Davis) Age 12
Teens (Ages 13-17)
Justin Scoonover, First (Woodland) Age 16
Diana Guz, Second (Carmichael) Age 16
Third (Tie)
Diane Kurbatova (Sacramento) Age 17
Yuliana Vasilenko (Antelope) Age 15
Honorable Mention
Wilson Xu (Davis) Age 15
Arnon Erba (Davis) Age 13
Amateur Adult
Aileen Nichols, First (Pittsburg)
A J Slizeski, Second (Davis)
Irwin Segal, Third (Davis)
Kevin Roddy (Davis); Evan Fong (Davis); Honorable Mention
Professional Artists
Jan Walker, First (Davis)
Judy Catambay, Second (Davis)
Jennifer Nachmanoff, Third (Davis)
Bruce Guttin (Davis), Jan Schubert (Winters), Honorable Mention
Schools
First Place
Willett Elementary - 3rd grade
Teacher: Ms. Owings
Second Place
St James Elementary 2nd grade
Teacher: Carrie Ceniseroz
Third Place (Tie)
Dingle Elementary 4th Grade
Teacher:
Ms Prindle
Patwin Elementary 4th Grade
Teacher:
Ms. Britz
Honorable Mention
Cesar Chavez Elementary 3rd Grade
Teacher: Fiorella Mendoza
Willett Elementary 1st Grade
Teacher: Ms. Doty
Groups
Yolo CANVAS Art Class, First
Heidi Bekebrede's Davis Art Center class, Second
"Group of Girls" Miss Mary's Studio, Third
Yolo County Wellness Center, Honorable Mention:
Special Awards
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