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PCAC Youth Excellence in Arts (YEA) AWARDs OVERVIEW

PCAC will not be hosting the YEA awards this year. Instead, we are encouraging our emerging artists to join us in The Big Draw: A City-Wide Arts Celebration.

There are opportunities for artists to create a street chalk painting, do live demos using another medium, or sell their work. If you are a musician or performing artist, there will be live performances throughout the day. In addition, there will be pianos placed along Main Street in downtown Pleasanton during the week leading up to The Big Draw, as well as the day of, and we would love to set up a time for your own debut concert! For you poets and writers, there will be a time for slam poetry. Towne Center Books will also be hosting an author's row, where you can meet published local authors.

To find out more, go to www.The-Big-Draw.com. If you are a chalk artist, please fill out the application provided. If you are a performing artist, please fill out the volunteer application form.

Former YEA AWARD Recipients

2010 Recipients

Creative Writing: Vivian (Yu-Tung) Tsai /Poetry, first place; Rhiannon Kelly / short story, second place
Visual Arts: Nari Kim / Painting, first place; Caroline Kim / Painting, second place
Music: Connie Chen / Piano, tied for first place; De Eun Kim / Violin, tied for first place

2009 Recipients

Creative Writing: Edris Bemanian, first place; Vivienne Chen, second place
Visual Arts: Natalie Vaughan, first place; Jessica Huanga, second place
Music: Curtis Kim and Justin Mardjuki, both first place
Drama/Dance/Film: Krishnapriya Somasekharan, first place

2008 Recipients

Creative Writing: Ester Shchemelinin, first place; Michaela Johnson Blanchard and Edris Bemanian, second place (a tie)
Visual Arts: Adrian Wong, first place; Young Ji Cha, second place
Music: Stephanie Ng, first place; Curtis Kim, second place
Drama/Dance/Film: Elaine Yu, first place

2007 Recipients

Creative Writing: Alicia Brown, Short Story
Visual Arts: Kendra Knudsen, Drawing
Visual Arts Honorable Mention: Julia Johnson, Ceramic Work
Music: Max Loh, Piano
Music Honorable Mention:John Palowitch, Alto Saxophone
Drama/Dance/Film: Sunny Suneet Tripathy, Film

2006 Recipients

Creative Writing: Elizabeth Tanonis, Poetry
Visual Arts: Chungkyo Chris Lee, Drawing
Music: Seungdo Samuel Lee, Violin
Music Honorable Mention: Brian Szeto, Piano
Drama/Dance/Film: Caitlin O'Leary, Acting

2005 Recipients

Creative Writing: Lauren Johnson, Short Story
Visual Arts: Patrick Boehner, Drawing
Music: Haesu Janice Lee, Piano
Music 2nd place: Kristen Vellinger, Vocal (Because of a donated prize in the music category by an anonymous donor this year, we also awarded a $300 prize for a runner-up in the music category.)
Drama/Dance/Film: Kristen Gomez, Dance

2004 Recipients

Creative Writing: Rachel Onojafe, Poetry
Visual Arts: Weiwei Wen, Watercolor
Music: Pat Carroll, Saxophone
Drama/Dance/Film: Noah Lagin, Film

2003 Recipients

Creative Writing: Joyce Lee, Short Story
Visual Arts: Michael Fusco, Artwork
Music: Nicholas DePinna, Composition and Performance
Drama/Dance/Film: Punal Bhavsar, Traditional South Indian Dance

2002 Recipients

Creative Writing: Elaine Fok, Poetry
Visual Arts: Audra Marie Dewitt, Photography
Music: Meenah Paik, Violin Performance
Drama/Dance/Film: Priya Shankar, Dance