Poster Contest For Immigrant Youth
New York City - Twelve outstanding pieces of art have been selected as the winners of HIAS’ 12th Annual Poster Contest for Immigrant Youth. HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the nation’s oldest resettlement agency, designed the contest to let first and second generation immigrant children express their thoughts in art about their adopted country. The theme of this years contest was “When I Grow Up.”
The grand prize went to Gabriella Khachiyan, a 7 year-old resident of East Brunswick, NJ. Her painting, done in watercolors, marker and crayon, depicts a veterinarians office where injured animals, an elephant among them, await medical care from a young doctor in medical scrubs. “All the animals feel better because I helped them,” she explains. “I’m happy to fix their problems.”
The young contest winners, whose families recently came to the United States from countries including Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Belarus and Azerbaijan, will have their artwork featured on HIAS’ website. A grand prize of a $1,000 U.S. savings bond was awarded to Gabriella Khachiyan. A runner-up receiving a special cash prize was selected in each age category (children are judged within groups of 4-7, 8-11 and 12-15). All participants received certificates of achievement.
The winners are:
Grand Prize Winner:
Gabriella Khachiyan, 7, East Brunswick, NJ
Category Winners:
Ages 4-7: Elizabeth Maganova, 5, Brooklyn, NY
Ages 8-11: Dianna Levin, 8, Brooklyn, NY
Ages 12-15: Vlad Litvin, 13, Bayside, NY
Finalists:
Max Zlotsky, 6, Brooklyn, NY
Andrew Kushnirov, 6, Brooklyn, NY
Nikole Naloychenko, 6, Brooklyn, NY
Boris Gavrilchik, 10, Brooklyn, NY
Elizabeth Kolesnikov, 12, Indianapolis, IN
Alexandra Martinova, 9, Brooklyn, NY
Olga Bezpaltchikova, 19, Carmel, IN
Eric Levin, 11, Carmel, IN
See older Poster Constest results: 2005
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