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.
Grand Prize |
Mr. G's Art ClassEduardo Perez & Jessica Swackhammer |
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Best of the Best |
Tree of CreativityMelanie Hernandez, Camila Leonor, |
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Award of Merit |
The Rumba FrogsKarla Chavez, Jennifer Garcia & |
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Honorable Mention |
The FishAlex Aguirre |
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Honorable Mention |
UntitledSana Khan |
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Honorable Mention |
Rainbow Park Elementary
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Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Grand Prize |
Ocean Bank, #1 Painting TeamKarla 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 |
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25 Freshly BoxedAntoinette 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 |
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Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Award of Merit |
Picture This: Ocean Bank and Miami, Growing Together for 25 YearsStanley Crespin, Samuel Gonzalez, Alejandro Lemus-Gomez, Jonathan Martin, Andrea Mecias, Sebina Mendinilla, Jazlyn Merida, Ashley Pena, Mara Tablada, Stephen Vega & Yinam Zhang |
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Moroccan PalaceElsa 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 |
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Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Honorable Mention |
The 25 Years of Ocean BankNazlim Bilgi |
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Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Honorable Mention |
Ocean Bank, 25 Years Delivering
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Grand Prize |
Breaking ThroughRay Jui |
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Best of the Best |
The Balancing ActErika Reboucas |
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Award of Merit |
Mad RockerRay Jui |
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Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Grand Prize |
OB25Ray Jui |
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Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Best of the Best |
21 in 25Peter DeMercado |
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Ocean Bank's 25th Anniversary Award of Merit |
Ocean Bank's 25Laura Campbell |
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