AYLUS International Art Contest
The AYLUS International Art Contest hosted by the AYLUS Art Committee is one of the best events to encourage community service among students. It also brings out the creativity and artistic talent of young participants.
Contest Details
- Contest Year: 2019-2020
- Submit your favorite piece!
- Submission Deadline: December 31st, 2019 (12:00 am EDT)
- Grade Category: 4th-6th 7th-9th 10th-12th
- Eligible Ability: All students in the grade categories above. Students from all countries are welcome. Younger students may enter (considered 4th graders).
- Entry Fee: None
Contest Award
- AYLUS selects work for recognition based on three criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of a personal vision or voice.
- First, Second, Third Places and Honorable Mentions in each grade category selected will receive certificates via email by March 2020.
- AYLUS will feature artworks of finalist and use them for future charity events.
Rules and Conditions
- All media (pencils, crayons, pens, markers, paints, etc.) accepted.
- They may use no photography pieces. No digital painting allowed. No three-dimensional entries. Nothing may be glued, taped, stapled or attached to the artwork. Entries cannot be laminated.
- Each student may submit only one entry, and each entry must be the original work of only one student.
- For any inquiries, please contact AYLUS Art Committee (violetwang2003@gmail.com).
Contest Summary
- Within 3 months, in total 196 artwork received from United Kingdom, Canada, China, and 23 states of the USA: AZ, CA, CT, CO, GA, FL, IL, IN, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, UT, VA, and WA.
- The themes of the artworks were broad, which included: Conflict and Adversity, Freedom and Social Change, Heroes and Leaders, Humans and the Environment, Identity, Immigration and Migration, besides Industry, Invention, and Progress.
- In January 2020, the 196 art entries scored individually between 1 and 10. Top 20 winners for each grade category selected and announced. The winners come from United Kingdom, Canada, China, and 17 states of the US: AZ, CA, CT, CO, GA, FL, IL, MA, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NY, TX, UT, VA, and WA.
- In February 2020, after the second round of voting, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Places besides the Honorable Mentions for each category selected and announced with the certificates.
- Besides the certificate, each of the three 1st place winners received $100 award!
Congratulations, 2019-2020 AYLUS International Art Contest Winners!
Grade Category 4th-6th First Place Winner: Darlene Chen, IL, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Second Place Winner: Alexander Dang, NJ, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Second Place Winner: Alice Yi, Reading, United Kingdom
Grade Category 4th-6th Second Place Winner: Jenny Wang, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Third Place Winner: Kimberly Ma, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Third Place Winner: Sophia Gao, NJ, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Third Place Winner: Kaitlyn Altmar, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Third Place Winner: Zoe Fang, VA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Third Place Winner: Jessy Zhang, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Third Place Winner: Olivia Yao, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Iris Gao, NJ, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Suri Li, TX, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Miranda Yu, NJ, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: James Zhang, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Neha Karthikeyan, VA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Helena Zhou, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Henry Hou, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Matthew Ren, CA, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Emma Hadzhieva, TX, USA
Grade Category 4th-6th Honorable Mention: Jerry Tong, TX, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th First Place Winner: Katherine Zhao, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Second Place Winner: Jennifer He, GA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Second Place Winner: Ethan Wei, AZ, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Second Place Winner: Alex Ha, NJ, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Third Place Winner: Ziqin Zeng, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Third Place Winner: Cindy Su, MA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Third Place Winner: Raechel Wu, NC, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Third Place Winner: Yugong Ismay Wang, Beijing, China
Grade Category 7th-9th Third Place Winner: Steven Dong, VA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Third Place Winner: Jessica Fu, TX, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Serena Liu, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Harshita Singh, MA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Daphne Zhu, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Smriti Rangarajan, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Alyson Jiang, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Michelle Li, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Saachi Jain, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Danielle Riss, CO, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Alexander Backues, CA, USA
Grade Category 7th-9th Honorable Mention: Ankita Chatterjee, CA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th First Place Winner: Xingfeiyang Liu, CT, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Second Place Winner: Michelle Liang, NY, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Second Place Winner: Ammy Yuan, MD, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Second Place Winner: Shenhan Qiu, MA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Third Place Winner: FeierYang, Toronto, Canada
Grade Category 10th-12th Third Place Winner: Alicia Zhang, UT, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Third Place Winner: Ronald Wang, WA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Third Place Winner: Yinshu Cai, MA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Third Place Winner: Celina Xiong, MA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Third Place Winner: Emily Chen, CA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: Eileen Zhang, GA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: CiCi Fader, NY, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: Serena Meng, CA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: David Lin, TX, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: Jasmine Zhang, NY, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: Angela Liu, CA, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: Yiran Zhang, MI, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: August Fang, TX, USA
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: Manru Zhang, Shanghai, China
Grade Category 10th-12th Honorable Mention: Natalie Shen, NY, USA
