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Aki Kurose Middle School

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Fatima Dial, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, 3D
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Harmony Reyna, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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Karmela Yohannes, 6th Grade, “Dragon Eye”, Drawing
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Eren Tucker, 7th Grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media
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Nyuma Sirrah, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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Moony Chuong, 6th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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Layna Weatherby, 6th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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Kei’Ani Johnson, 7th Grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media
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Roger McClain, 8th Grade, “Black Sabbath”, Drawing
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Tai Williams, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing

The Cascade Parent Partnership

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Elissa Holman, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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Hudson Crosby, 8th Grade, “Ozzies”, Drawing

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Untitled by Innis McAlpin. I am drenched with water as I sit on the edge of the curb. I try to count the seemingly endless flow of cars as they rush past, mere inches from my face. I turn and see bright colors on the wall, pushing away the darkness. A weight that I didn't realize was there lifts from my shoulders. I am free.
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Innis McAlpin, 6th Grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media

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The octopus is located on a fence separating the ocean from the city. The octopus represents how the two worlds (land and sea) are fusing together due to pollution and how our world is slowly taking over theirs. It would be made of some type of non-rusting mettle, made to look smooth and gentle.

Liivika Mihkels, 8th Grade, “The Octopus”, 3D, Click images to enlarge.

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I chose to create my artwork around the poem Dreams by Langston Hughes because I’ve been studying for an ELA project so I feel connected to it. I chose butterflies because I when I think of dreams, I picture butterflies. I always think of butterflies as standing for hope and dreams. My butterflies are made from onionskin paper and vellum. The background is blue watercolor on watercolor paper. I hope you enjoy my art, Mia Thomas Jones
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Mia Thomas Jones, 8th Grade, “Dreams”, Mixed Media

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Neko Robison, 6th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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These paper dolls were exciting and interesting things to work on, including 17 individual pieces it was quite a process to go through. Each piece I hand drew, inked, and cut, I then fit them all together. I decided to do face plates instead of drawing directly on the base because I wanted to express the variety of emotions the character expresses throughout the book. I also made multiple arm versions and clothe pieces for each arm. I loved working on them, and I am very proud of how they turned out.
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Frog Da’as, “Untitled”, Drawing

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Cascade 6-8th grade collaboration, “Bill,” Painting

Catharine Blaine K-8

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Noelle Shin, 6th Grade, “Sunset Portrait”, Painting
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This piece is one I was very proud of because I believe it really showcased me and my family. I am a lover of poetry and when I found out that I had access to old papers, I sifted through the options and found a hidden gem; old poetic quotes. My family component is of course the snow globe of Seattle. This snow globe also has a hidden talent, it plays music! This song always reminded me of home and I remember going to get it on a rainy weekend and just feeling at peace. I tried to combine the two in a challenging yet familiar way. I love to use chalk when coloring anything and so I picked my very favorite choice quotes and pasted them on the paper coloring in between them and blending giving the background the charred ancient feel. To challenge myself I sketched the globe and outlined (I have never been very good at drawing)! Altogether I feel like it turned out very cohesive and I am so happy to be given this opportunity!
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Bria Meurn, 8th Grade, “Anonymous”, Mixed Media

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Cora Brauner, 7th grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media
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Logan Edwards, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media
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Olivia Tello, 7th Grade, “Untitled”, Printmaking

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Lincoln Young, 7th Grade, “Untitled”, Photography

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Beatrice Allen, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Printmaking

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My embroidery portrait was pretty difficult to make, because I had never sewn prior to this. It was a new thing for me, so I am proud of how it came out. I like the colors I chose because they pop, and because they're mismatched.
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Sally Solvang, 8th Grade, “Bold Shadow”, Mixed Media

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My piece was inspired by my personality. I used markers and different patterns to depict all the different parts of who I am. I learned that coming up with new and interesting patterns can be challenging. I chose this medium because markers are my favorite.
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Diego Bell, 8th Grade, “Eclectic Me”, Drawing

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I was inspired by the idea that I could combine two aspects of my life that are both really important to me. I used colored and regular pencil to make it. I chose this design because I thought it worked well to blend my heritage and my gymnastics career. The pong lily in the corner represents the colors of my gymnastics academy, and the koi fish in the shape of the Ying Yang represents my Chinese culture. What was challenging was coming to this final design, I had many ideas of what I wanted to do, but in the end I chose this. I hope this inspires people of any age to embrace their culture and show it to the world!
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Zoe Mei Wong, 8th Grade, “Ying Yang Koi Pond”, Drawing

Denny International Middle School

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Making this print made me feel happy because I’ve never tried this before. Trying something new really made me feel good about myself. I learned how to slow down so that I could be precise about where the Gelli Pad and paper were. I’ve never been in an art show before and I’m proud that I was included.
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Xavius Chu-Eneliko, 8th Grade, “Gelli Pad Print #3”, Printmaking

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What I like about this project is the repetitiveness. It was calming to me to do the same thing over and over, knowing the result was going to be awesome. What I like about art is that you can do almost anything you want to do.
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Ezra Lee, 7th Grade, “Swan”, 3D

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Drawing and making art helps me to feel calm when I’m stressed out. I chose to illustrate the process of a flower growing from a seed because I find nature and flowers really beautiful.
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Stout Heck, 8th Grade, “Growing From a Seed”, Mixed Media

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Something that inspired my art was Spring. When the warm colors start to bloom, and the sun nicely shines down on each petal of a flower. I made this piece by starting with a subtle base color which set the mood to feel like Spring.
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Natalie Hampton, 6th Grade, “Spring Petals”, Printmaking

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What do I enjoy about drawing? I like drawing because it just calms me down. I have fun when I draw, and feel accomplished when finishing. I just feel relieved, I guess. Art makes me feel good about myself.
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Bryant Vu, 7th Grade, “Mask”, Drawing

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I enjoyed drawing this because it was fun to look at all the small details of my morning and put them on paper, like the colors, the objects and my thoughts.
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Lina Vargas, 7th Grade, “Details of My Morning”, Mixed Media

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It felt great working on this project because it helped me to visualize my memories and the fun experiences I had on my trip to Asia.
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Matthew Nguyen, 8th Grade, “Visualizing My Memories”, Mixed Media

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Graffiti art inspires me because it allows artists to add anything from their imagination. With graffiti, you can make realistic, cartoon, activist causes, representing your culture and discovering your identity. This is a large part of my identity because when I was growing up, I would always see graffiti everywhere and I was mesmerized by these artists' works. I wanted to be just like them. My most recent project has meant a lot to me because I feel like I'm slowly making my way up. And that's all I can truly ask for.
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Kayla Artiaga-Cruiz, 7th Grade, “Peace, Love, Hope”, Mixed Media

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To be honest, I never would have thought that my art would be in an art show. Seeing how my art teacher saw my art, it had me surprised, shocked even. This art piece is just simply, Me. The inspiration behind this piece is from the streets of White Center. Seeing the bright graphics on the walls of small restaurants made me want to put it in my artwork. The most challenging part about making this piece was placing the shapes on to the paper where the bright colors would still shine through. With my artwork, I want to tell young artist that "Mistakes" are one of the best things in an art piece.
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Jazlene Matautia, 6th Grade, “Me”, Printmaking

Eckstein Middle School

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our teacher showed us an artist named Okuda San Miguel who makes giant geometric colorful murals on the sides of buildings to try to make the world more colorful. What inspired me for my Design of my piece was my brother (9) was obsessed with Pokemon and made me watch the anime with him and there is one Pokemon who is a deer and everywhere she steps flowers bloom and that's what mainly inspired my piece, I remembered in the episode that one Pokemon of darkness destroyed everything and then the deer brought the life back, and I try'd to show that with the "empty" woods and the pop of color with the deer.
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Olivia Roberts, 7th Grade, “Branching Loneliness”, Painting

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Mary McClelland, 7th Grade, “Hawk Collage”, Mixed Media
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Charlotte Kunkel, 8th Grade, “A Curious Soul”, Mixed Media
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I made "Georgie" to help people see sharks in a different light and not as scary monsters. Sharks aren’t evil, they’re just apex predators. My 3D Papier-mâché project consists of a 2-liter bottle, foil, airdry clay, and hot glue.
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Amelia Coyle, 7th Grade, “Georgie, the Pineapple Shark”, 3D

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The background looks amazing, but I learned that you cannot put watercolor over acrylic paint (I tried to do that for the wings). Wings of fire was, and still is, one of my favorite books. I've always loved dragons. That’s what inspired this piece.
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Lily Stamper, 6th Grade, “Galaxsea”, Mixed Media

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I choose to collage a beautiful bird that inspires myself to show my inner beauty. The peacock. Instead of hiding their beautiful feathers and tucking them away, they let them out and allow their wide array of colors shine. This is something that I find really inspiring, to share yourself and let your inner beauty out is something we all should do and should not be afraid of. This is something that the peacock is not afraid to do so in my piece I wanted to portray my peacock as strong and fierce as he let all his feathers out and wants to show the world the beauty that was hiding inside of him.
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Chiara Wilcox, 8th Grade, “Show Your Inner Beauty”, Mixed Media

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I was inspired by my peer’s artwork because it wasn’t representing bigger bodies. The buildings represent how one different person makes a whole group colorful. I was inspired by Okuda San Miguel; his work incorporates colorful geometric designs. I painted this using only primary colors.
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Neve Tuttle, 7th Grade, “Concrete Horizons”, Painting

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I was inspired by koi fish when I went to a garden store, and they were swimming around in a pond outside. To me they are stunning. This piece showed me how to persevere and work, even if I didn’t want to. it showed me how to push myself harder than I ever though I could.
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Abby Fox, 8th Grade, “koi on parade”, Mixed Media

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I was inspired by the artist Okuda San Miguel. In this painting I wanted to show how unique the countryside was. I took my time painting tiny triangles to create the overall composition. I really tried emphasizing the horse with color and value.
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Luke Andre, 7th Grade, “The Dream Within”, Painting

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Kendall Rogers, 8th Grade, “Aura”, Mixed Media

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Liam Bishop, 6th Grade, “Iron Spider”, Drawing
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Tadhg Byrne, 6th Grade, “Abstract Expressionism Sculpture”, 3D
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Jay Goldberg-Hoss, 7th Grade, “<3”, Digital
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Klara Johnson, 6th Grade, “Emma Watson Micrography”, Drawing
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Liz Herzog, 6th grade, “Cat in a Scarf”, Drawing
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Hattie Calloway, 8th Grade, “Two Oruguitas”, Drawing
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Hattie Calloway, 8th Grade, “Gray Area”, Drawing
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Olive Schwyhart, 8th Grade, “Tea Party”, Drawing
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R. Matsumoto, 7th Grade, “Coulrophobia”, Mixed Media
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Kea Pflum, 7th Grade, “Melanie Martinez”, Drawing
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Chloe Miller, 7th Grade, “V”, Drawing
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Zhen Zhen Southard, 8th Grade, “Hollow”, Drawing
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Zhen Zhen Southard, 8th Grade, “Hollow”, Drawing
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Zhen Zhen Southard, 8th Grade, “Hollow”, Drawing
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Zhen Zhen Southard, 8th Grade, “Hollow”, Drawing
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Zhen Zhen Southard, 8th Grade, “Hollow”, Drawing

Madison Middle School

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Alister Lippet, 7th Grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media
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Miya McGlamery, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Painting
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Isaac Fedofsky, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media
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Based on the don't say gay bill in Florida.
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Hannah Schuh, 8th Grade, “Say Gay”, Mixed Media

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The goal of the colors was to show the world what restored coral and underwater habitats should look like. Bright and healthy.
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Bree O’Connor, 8th Grade, “Save Our Oceans”, Painting

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I got inspired by my Grandparent's cabin in Canada.
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Thea Harnish, 8th Grade, “Grandparent’s Cabin”, Painting

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The Jaws movie poster inspired me to make it.
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Kolt Fiser, 8th Grade, “Jaws”, Painting

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Inspired by news about Ukraine
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Delilah Juha, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media

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Lydia Atchison, 7th Grade, “Deforestation”, Mixed Media
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Often, it is very easy to separate yourself from your surroundings, becoming near indifferent to the abrupt and scattered way of the world. I tried creating some semblance of that idea through this watercolor painting.
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Iris Margell, 7th Grade, “Two Birds”, Mixed Media

Meany Middle School

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Alex Safarik, 7th Grade, “Turtle Surprise”, Printmaking
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Love is Love. Life is Life. But Shrek is forever.
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Walter Eric Hecht, 6th Grade, “Blue Skyes”, Printmaking

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Claudia Ginderbrock, 6th Grade, “Fish”, Painting
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Kieven Balata, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Mixed Media

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Eleanor Adams, 8th Grade, Printmaking
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This is a resin paint palette I made with resin, dried flowers, and gold leaf.
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Grace Rakunas, 6th Grade, “Rainbow Paint Palette”, Mixed Media

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Eliza Phillips, 6th Grade, “Something”, Mixed Media
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Emmanuel Holder II, 7th Grade, Mixed Media
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Ewan (Oculos) Terhune, 8th Grade, “Ascension”, Digital
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Lucy McKagan, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Painting
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Remy Rose Caragdang Bogert, 6th Grade, “Identity Self Portrait”, Mixed Media

Mercer Middle School

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Camille Ng, 6th Grade, “Untitled”, Painting
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Loren Olsen, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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Alan Palma, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Painting
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Solomon Hougland-Ramirez, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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Emma Shroeder, 7th Grade, “Untitled”, Painting
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Rachel Wen, 7th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing
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Sharon Wu, 7th Grade, “Untitled”, Painting
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Devin Helton, 8th Grade, “Untitled”, Drawing

Pathfinder K-8

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Harriet Colby-Oosterwyk, 7th Grade, “Blue Bird”, Painting
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Naomi Suzanne Kindem, 8th Grade, “Bear”, Drawing
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Theo Desmarais, 8th Grade, “Flame”, Painting
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Chloe Asher Khambatta, 7th Grade, “Haring Dance”, Mixed Media
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Sam Firis, 8th Grade, “dragon”, Mixed Media
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Beatrice Hodapp, 7th Grade, “Meat Machine”, Drawing
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Jewell Tian Li, 7th Grade, “Demands”, Digital
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Shai Bassok, 8th Grade, “Clinched”, Mixed Media
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Emma Campbell, 8th Grade, “spirit”, Mixed Media