48th Annual Student Art Festival The Kaua‘i Museum recently hosted its 48th Annual Student Art Festival featuring the art of Kaua‘i’s talented children. Scenes of bright flowers blossom across the Mezzanine Gallery’s wall, while colorful sea creatures swim, polka dot
48th Annual Student
Art Festival
The Kaua‘i Museum recently hosted its 48th Annual Student Art Festival featuring the art of Kaua‘i’s talented children. Scenes of bright flowers blossom across the Mezzanine Gallery’s wall, while colorful sea creatures swim, polka dot dogs bark, and popsicle rafts float. We invite you to see these beautiful works of art by Kaua‘i’s keiki. Visitors to the exhibit have commented on how the children seem guided and inspired by the land and sea. The impact is both stunning and vibrant.
Public, private and charter school students entered three divisions.
Kindergarten to eighth grade two-dimensional work: First place went to sixth-grader Chad Andrade of Island School; second place to eighth grader Sean Russell of Island School; third place, third-grader Fritz Aldrey Custodio of Kapa‘a Elementary School.
Three-dimensional work: First place went to eighth grader Min Jeong Kim or Kula School; second place to first grader Elliana Ramirez of Island School and third place to kindergartner Madeline Hoesel of Kapa‘a Elementary School.
Photography: First place went to seventh grader Gabrielle Harrington of Kula School.
Ninth to twelfth grade students two-dimensional work: First place went to ninth-grader Melissa Seymour of Island School; second place, twelfth-grader Michelle Kato of Kaua‘i High School; third place to tenth-grader Angelei Star of Kula School.
Three-dimensional work first place to eleventh-grader Kenji Rutter of Island School; second place, eleventh-grader Taylor Reid of Kula School; third place to senior Nicole Morris of Kaua‘i High School.
Photography first place to eleventh grader Kayla Brun of Kaua‘i High School; second place, twelfth-grader of Hannah Scoyni of Kula School, third place to twelfth-grader Blaise LaMadrid of Island School.
The exhibit will be on display through April 24 with an awards ceremony taking place 11 a.m. April 12. The Kaua‘i Museum greatly appreciates the participation of the teachers and students, and the tremendous support of donors and volunteers.
Recycling program concludes
The “Your Island Pages” phone book recycling program was a success. During the last month over 6,800 island keiki from 17 schools around the island collected over 36,000 pounds of phone books for recycling. Over 300 trees were saved along with 432,000 gallons of water, 66,000 pounds of lumber and 21,000 gallons of oil.
All 17 schools will receive a tree planted in their name at the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Sports Fields at Lydgate Park. The trees will be planted on National Make A Difference Day, Oct. 25. In the last five years, Kaua‘i keiki have collected over 186,000 pounds of phone books for recycling.
This year the program was adjusted for student body size so that there was more of an opportunity for any of the schools to win. St. Catherine School, with one of the smallest student body counts among the participants, took first place. St. Catherine School had an average of 29 pounds of phone books collected per student. Second place was won by Wilcox Elementary School. The students at Wilcox Elementary collected over 17,000 pounds of phone books alone. Third place was awarded to Ele’ele Elementary School. Ele’ele Elementary was one of the first schools to partner with a business, in this case PS&D to facilitate transportation of the collected books to the collection site at Garden Isle Disposal in Lihu’e. An honorable mention was awarded to Kekeha Elementary School for being the first school to make a donation to the recycling program despite being one of the schools that was farthest away from Lihu’e.
