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The Education Fund's Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials 14th Annual Art Exhibit, held in May at Ocean Bank's headquarters, featured 132 striking pieces submitted by students from 24 Miami-Dade County Public Schools and an additional 28 pieces submitted by their art teachers.

The stakes were higher than ever in this year's competition, as Ocean Bank doubled the artists' incentive and challenge, initiating a new category for creations reflecting the number "25" to commemorate the bank's 25th year of service to the community. As a result the number of prize winners and amount of prize money were doubled.

All of the pieces were created from materials recycled by the Ocean Bank Center, a program of The Education Fund. Students used their imaginations to create stunning pieces from rulers, cost hangers, multi-colored telephone wire, scrap metal, cardboard tubes, metallic paper, Styrofoam, plastic boxes, music CDs and many other objects that were donated to the Ocean Bank Center.

Scroll down to view photographs of 2007's winning entries:
Photography by Carmelo Cunsolo, FX Photo-Graphics, Inc.

Students

Grand Prize

Mr. G's Art Class

Eduardo Perez & Jessica Swackhammer
8th Grade
Centennial Middle School
Art Teacher: Frederic Gabriel



Best of the Best

Tree of Creativity

Melanie Hernandez, Camila Leonor,
Maria Sol Polenzoni
& Leonel Santos
5th Grade
Doral Academy Charter Elementary School
Art Teacher: Erika Reboucas



Award of Merit

The Rumba Frogs

Karla Chavez, Jennifer Garcia &
Camila Hernandez
4th Grade
Hialeah Elementary School
Art Teacher: Ray Jui




Honorable Mention

The Fish

Alex Aguirre
2nd Grade
Renaissance Charter Elementary School
Art Teacher: Sara Alfaro




Honorable Mention

Untitled

Sana Khan
5th Grade
Banyan Elementary School
Art Teacher: Peter DeMercado




Honorable Mention

Rainbow Park Elementary
Checkers Game

Leslie Alvarez, Ivis Gonzalez, Robin McFarlane, Emeling Navas, Eva Saens & Myesha Smith
5th Grade
Rainbow Park Elementary School
Art Teacher: Elena V. Rodriguez




Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Grand Prize

Ocean Bank, #1 Painting Team

Karla Chavez, Sabrina Darias, Iman del Rosario, Jose del Rosario, Alain Diaz, Jennifer Garcia, Johnjon Gonzalez, Camila Hernandez, Lucero Hurtado, Andy Luis, Kassandra Medina, Michelle Oliva, Naomi Olmo, Eliecer Palenzuela, Noelia Rivera, Florencia Rodriguez, Pedro Rodriguez & Michael Santos
3rd, 4th & 5th Grade
Hialeah Elementary School
Art Teacher: Ray Jui




Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary
Best of the Best

25 Freshly Boxed

Antoinette Avila, Jennifer Bahamonde, Manuel Corotiza, Jazlene Cruz, Patrick Fals, Krystal Farinas, Leonel Garcia, Nikulus Garcia, Yerly Jorge, Aileen Martinez, James Meneses, Anthony Monroy, Daniel Ochoa, Amanda Perez, Nicholas Rosales & Feliz Toral
4th & 5th Grade
Banyan Elementary School
Art Teacher: Peter DeMercado




Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Award of Merit

Picture This: Ocean Bank and Miami, Growing Together for 25 Years

Stanley Crespin, Samuel Gonzalez, Alejandro Lemus-Gomez, Jonathan Martin, Andrea Mecias, Sebina Mendinilla, Jazlyn Merida, Ashley Pena, Mara Tablada, Stephen Vega & Yinam Zhang
4th Grade
Rockway Elementary School
Art Teacher: Kathy Hull




Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary
Award of Merit

Moroccan Palace

Elsa Aguilar, Cristina Alfonso, Stephanie Arguez, Sam Capote, Simon Capote, Jonathan Fennel, Cristina Fernandez, Gabriel Fleites, Adrian Garcia, Adrien Gilley, Emerick Ligonde, Anthony Osorio, Ligia Pinto, Dana Pittman, Kenny Postigo, Lupita Salgado, Nick Rodriguez, Danielle Rodriguez, Jonathan Rubio & Mateo Vergara
5th Grade
Jack D. Gordon Elementary School
Art Teachers: Michael Flaum, Maite Vallejo & Marcy Werner




Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Honorable Mention

The 25 Years of Ocean Bank

Nazlim Bilgi
3rd Grade
Ojus Elementary School
Art Teacher: Ana Karilshtadt




Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Honorable Mention

Ocean Bank, 25 Years Delivering
Creativity

Melvin Saens
5th Grade
Rainbow Park Elementary School
Art Teacher: Elena V. Rodriguez



Teachers

Grand Prize

Breaking Through

Ray Jui
Hialeah Elementary School




Best of the Best

The Balancing Act

Erika Reboucas
Doral Academy Charter Elementary




Award of Merit

Mad Rocker

Ray Jui
Hialeah Elementary School




Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Grand Prize

OB25

Ray Jui
Hialeah Elementary School



Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Best of the Best

21 in 25

Peter DeMercado
Banyan Elementary School




Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Award of Merit

Ocean Bank's 25

Laura Campbell
Miami Springs Senior High School