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NEWS RELEASE April 13, 2006
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Case announces five Oahu
semifinalists in his congressional arts contest
They’ll now compete with district-wide finalists for a
roundtrip to Washington, D.C.
Honolulu, Hawaii –
Congressman Ed Case last night announced that the
artwork of five Oahu high school students will advance
to the district-wide finals of his congressional art
contest and the chance to compete for the grand prize of
a roundtrip for two to Washington, D.C.
Case’s contest, “Kaha Kii: An Artistic Discovery,” is
part of a nationwide search for the best student art
from congressional districts across the country that
will be unveiled by the Congressional Arts Caucus in
Washington, D.C. on June 28, 2006 in the U.S. Capitol.
“The Congressional Arts Caucus created the contest in
1982 to promote the arts across the country, and this
competition has certainly accomplished that goal by
attracting outstanding and imaginative artwork from our
high school students using media ranging from oil
paintings to computer-generated illustrations,” said
Case who announced the Oahu winners during a ceremony
last night at Windward Mall where the student art has
been on display. “And it’s always exciting to see each
year’s overall winning piece on display in the U.S.
Capitol—a honor that goes with the grand prize of a trip
for the winning student and his or her art teacher to
Washington, D.C.”
The Oahu semifinalists’ names, their schools and class,
and title of their winning artwork follow:
• 1st place: Kimberlyn Beppu, Leilehua High School
(Junior), “Waimea Daze”
• 2nd place: Cameron Pitt, Kahuku High School (Senior),
“Island in the Sun”
• 3rd place: Echo Imai, Castle High School, (Sophomore),
“Echo”
• 4th place: Holden Mandrial-Santos, Castle High School
(Junior), “Hula, the Soul of Hawaii”
• 5th place: Emi Nakamura, Castle High School, (Junior),
“Honu Okekai”
The competition is made possible, in part, by donations
from The Estate of James Campbell, Aloha Airlines,
Hawaiian Airlines, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Windward
Mall, Cinnabon, Cookie Corner, and M&N Restaurant.
The artwork of the five Oahu students will now be
entered into the final phase of Kaha Kii on May 6, 2006
at the Queen Kaahumanu Shopping Center on Maui. The
first-place winner of next month’s finals will have his
or her artwork displayed for one year in the U.S.
Capitol, alongside other winning pieces from similar
contests in each of the nation’s congressional
districts.
The winner of the Second Congressional District finals
and his or her art teacher also will receive a free
roundtrip to Washington, D.C. to participate in a June
28, 2006 ceremony at the U.S. Capitol that will unveil
the winning artwork from each congressional district.
Additionally, the statewide runner-up will have his or
her artwork displayed for one year in Case’s Washington,
D.C. office. The third-place winner’s work will be
displayed in Case’s Honolulu office for one year.
Judges in the Oahu phase of the competition were Dick
Adair, Editorial Cartoonist, The Honolulu Advertiser;
Honi Morales, Owner, Gallery Haiku (Windward Mall); and
Ethel Ward, retired educator.
Contact:
Esther Kia‘aina 202-225-4906
(Washington, D.C.)
Randy Obata, 808-541-1986
(Honolulu)
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