Ciara Looney, Ann Sobrato High School, Grade 12
Emma Shim, Archbishop Mitty , Grade 11
Yubin Choi, Branham High School, Grade 10
Annie Liang, Branham High School, Grade 10
Zac Vaughn, Cupertino High School, Grade 10
Becky Yang, Cupertino High School, Grade 9
Zena Mc Connon, Evergreen Valley High School, Grade 12
Ben Kreiman, Freestyle Academy, Grade 11
Emma Lee, Harker Upper School, Grade 11
Topaz Lee, Harker Upper School, Grade 12
Ellie Chang, Henry M. Gunn High School, Grade 11
Emerson Chang, Henry M. Gunn High School, Grade 12
Kai Knutson, Henry M. Gunn High School, Grade 10
Priyanka Rodrigues, Henry M. Gunn High School, Grade 12
Amelia Hoffman, Home-School, Grade 11
Grace Zhu, Home-School, Grade 11
Aly Lopez, Independence High School, Grade 11
Kale Suba, Independence High School, Grade 12
Chelsea Tang, Independence High School, Grade 10
Kevin Vo, James Lick High School, Grade 12
Cheng Liu, Leigh High School, Grade 12
Hyunji Park, Leigh High School, Grade 12
Amy Dong, Leland High School, Grade 11
Nishka Gurnani, Leland High School, Grade 12
Annika Hegde, Leland High School, Grade 11
Angelica Liljenstam, Leland High School, Grade 11
Remy Steinert, Leland High School, Grade 12
Sneha Thayaparan, Leland High School, Grade 12
Cindy Wang, Leland High School, Grade 11
Ashley Avidan, Los Altos High School, Grade 11
Tilly Burgart, Los Altos High School, Grade 10
Natalie Cheung, Los Altos High School, Grade 10
Anna Davidson, Los Altos High School, Grade 10
Kennedy Hautop, Los Altos High School, Grade 12
Eli Hill, Los Altos High School, Grade 11
Mihika Kamat, Los Altos High School, Grade 11
Aundy Pekelsma, Los Altos High School, Grade 11
Mia Scott, Los Altos High School, Grade 11
Raghav Sharma, Los Altos High School, Grade 10
Niki Tan, Los Altos High School, Grade 12
Adelaide Davis, Los Gatos High School, Grade 11
Merril Kost, Los Gatos High School, Grade 12
Estelle Paduano, Los Gatos High School, Grade 12
Alex Cotterel, Lynbrook High School, Grade 12
Ashley Hein, Lynbrook High School, Grade 11
Bingchen Hu, Lynbrook High School, Grade 9
Olivia Hu, Lynbrook High School, Grade 12
Mia Liu, Lynbrook High School, Grade 12
Carrie Song, Lynbrook High School, Grade 11
Amy Yuan, Lynbrook High School, Grade 10
Sophia Zhang, Lynbrook High School, Grade 12
Cindy Xu, Milpitas High School, Grade 9
Billy Liu, Monta Vista High School, Grade 12
Kai Liu, Monta Vista High School, Grade 10
Makayla Horton, Mountain View High School, Grade 9
Lucas Nam, Mountain View High School, Grade 10
Emerson Su, Mountain View High School, Grade 11
Angel Nava, New Valley High School, Grade 10
Kara Fan, Notre Dame High School, Grade 12
Prisha Gupta, Notre Dame High School, Grade 9
Keane Wong, Oakwood School, Grade 12
Karen Artola, Palo Alto High School, Grade 12
Angela Fang, Palo Alto High School, Grade 11
Adam Fong, Palo Alto High School, Grade 12
Ava Lin, Palo Alto High School, Grade 11
Sophia Lin, Palo Alto High School, Grade 9
Charlotte Liu, Palo Alto High School, Grade 11
Hudson Press, Palo Alto High School, Grade 11
Hailey Seto, Palo Alto High School, Grade 11
River Wu, Palo Alto High School, Grade 12
Amy Zhao, Palo Alto High School, Grade 12
Ender Kerr, Pioneer High School, Grade 12
Jhostin Rojas, Pioneer High School, Grade 11
Camille Young, Pioneer High School, Grade 10
Amelia Chen, Proof School, Grade 12
Allison Mu, Sacred Heart Preparatory, Grade 11
Kai Chappins, Saint Francis High School, Grade 12
Sonia Ecklund, Saint Francis High School, Grade 12
Vianna Dong, Saratoga High School, Grade 10
Michelle Lew, Saratoga High School, Grade 9
Zela Maysmith, Stratford Preparatory, Grade 10
Audrey Wang, The King's Academy, Grade 11
Iris Zheng, The King's Academy, Grade 11
Tatyana Borovick, Valley Christian High School, Grade 9
Eunice Cho, Valley Christian High School, Grade 10
Mia Kagita, Valley Christian High School, Grade 11
Sonia Lee, Valley Christian High School, Grade 12
Yuna Lee, Valley Christian High School, Grade 10
Annika Schwarte, Valley Christian High School, Grade 11
Eileen Wang, Valley Christian High School, Grade 10
Katelyn Wang, Valley Christian High School, Grade 12
Isabella Yu, Valley Christian High School, Grade 10
Hanxi Zha, Valley Christian High School, Grade 9
Rosalía Bacon-Flores, Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Grade 11
Kaylee Garcia, Westmont High School, Grade 12
Lucia Vilchez, Westmont High School, Grade 12
Valeria Lopez, Willow Glen High School, Grade 12

1st Place Digital Art: Emma Shim
2nd Place Digital Art: Mia Liu
Judges' Recognition Digital Art: Billy Liu

1st Place Drawing: Kaylee Garcia
2nd Place Drawing: Natalie Cheung
Judges' Recognition Drawing: Cindy Wang

1st Place Mixed Media: Amelia Chen
2nd Place Mixed Media: Estelle Paduano
Judges' Recognition Mixed Media: Karen Artola

1st Place Painting: Olivia Hu
2nd Place Painting: Lucas Nam
Judges' Recognition Painting: Kennedy Hautop

1st Place Photography: Ben Kreiman
2nd Place Photography: Anna Davidson

1st Place Printmaking: Carrie Song
2nd Place Printmaking: Isabella Yu
Judges' Recognition Printmaking: Tatyana Borovick

1st Place Sculpture: Emerson Su
2nd Place Sculpture: Eli Hill

1st Place Video/Animation: Cheng Liu
2nd Place Video/Animation: Keane Wong
Judges' Recognition Video/Animation: Merril Kost

Building a Better Future: Kevin Vo

Staff Choice: River Wu

People's Choice: Aundy Pekelsma

Best in Show: Hyunji Park

• Students may submit one work of art.
• Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered.
• A fully completed submission form and an artist statement of no more than 100 words must accompany the artwork.
• Submissions accepted online only.
• Must be a Santa Clara County High School student. Public, private, and homeschoolers are all welcome to apply.
• Create an original work of art in response to this year’s theme, and write an accompanying artist’s statement.
• Artwork must be an original work of art, free of plagiarism, that is not copied or based off work by another artist
• Artwork is accepted in the following categories: Drawing, Digital Art, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, & Video/Animation.

DRAWING
Any two dimensional piece created on a flat surface using dry media

DIGITAL ART
Any composition that is rendered using computer software

MIXED MEDIA
Any composition that incorporates multiple mediums on one surface wet and/or dry.

PAINTING
Any two dimensional piece that uses watercolor, acrylic, or oil on a flat surface.

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photo process that utilizes either a digital or analog camera.

PRINTMAKING
Works created using relief, intaglio, planographic, or stencil printmaking process.

SCULPTURE
Any three dimensional piece that is created using clay, bronze, wood, glass, paper, etc.

VIDEO/ANIMATION
Any artwork that requires a digital screen to view.

Submissions are accepted based on the following criteria:

• Significant and thoughtful investigation of the theme. 
• Imaginative communication of ideas.  
• Meaningful use of materials.
• Demonstrates technical skill and artistic merit.
• Artist statement is well articulated.

Each year NUMU awards $10,000 in scholarships and prizes to exhibiting artists. A panel of guest judges, who are accomplished in their own right as artists, educators and art historians, distribute the awards as a team. Students have the opportunity to win the following awards:

• In each artistic category:
• 1st Place
• 2nd Place
• Judge’s Recognition
• A People’s Choice Award, determined by votes from the public throughout the exhibition.
• A Staff Choice award, as decided by the museum’s team.
• An overall Best in Show award which includes a $5,000 educational scholarship.

• Judges will use this image to judge your artwork. Ensure that it is rotated and sized according to the way you want the judges to view your piece.
• If your artwork is accepted we will use this image in our exhibition catalog. Please ensure that your image is high quality:
• no glare
• well lit
• cropped to include your full artwork
• All files must be labeled as follows "Artist Last Name_ Artist First Name_Artwork Title" (Doe_Jane_TreeOfLife.jpg, for example)
• Images must be in .jpg format.
• Images should be sized at a minimum of 1250 pixels on the shortest side with an image quality of at least 300 dpi.
• Final .jpg file must be less than 5mb.
• Video/Animation submissions must be 2 minutes or shorter, and exported as .mp4. Short .gif files must be looped and exported to follow Video/Animation requirements.
• An individual artwork with multiple components (diptych, triptych, series) will be considered as one submission and must be submitted as a composite (single) file.

How many pieces can I submit?
Each student may only submit one artwork.

Can I make a change or correction to my submission?
Unfortunately, no. Once the form has been submitted, there will be no opportunity to edit. Please make sure all files and information are correct before submitting.

Can I submit an artwork created with multiple people as a group?
No, artwork must be made by a singular artist.

Can I use AI in my artwork?
NUMU acknowledges that AI (artificial intelligence) is now a part of media and may be used as an artistic tool. AI-generated submissions without major artistic manipulation will not be accepted. AI may be applied meaningfully as part of an artist’s process to express an original concept conceived by the artist. If AI is included, students should acknowledge that in their artist statement.

AI should not be used to write your artist’s statement, however, proofreading tools like Grammarly may be used to refine the artist’s own words. Please reach out if you have any specific questions.

Can I add to my piece after I have been accepted as an exhibiting artist?
Making changes to the piece may jeopardize artwork, as it was judged in the original state it was submitted. Slight modifications such as varnishing a painting or fixing something that has broken are acceptable and encouraged. More major changes, such as adding, changing, or removing an element will not be accepted. If you are unsure, please email artnow@numulosgatos.org before making any updates.

When will I know if my work was accepted into the exhibition?
Refer to the exhibition page for specific date accepted artists will be listed on the website. All students who submitted will receive an email notification shortly after the website announcement.

If my artwork was selected for the exhibition, how do I prepare it to be displayed?
Detailed instructions are sent out to all exhibiting artists via email on how to prepare your artwork for display for each medium category.

How will my digital illustration be displayed?
It must be printed to the size you specify in your submission form, and be ready to hang for installation.

When will I need to drop off my artwork to NUMU?
Students whose artwork is juried into the exhibition will need to drop-off their artwork during designated dates. Refer to the exhibition page for specific dates. All artworks need to be received ready-to-be-installed and properly wrapped. Exhibiting artists will be emailed detailed information on the drop-off process and artwork preparation requirements.

I am not able to drop-off/pick-up my artwork during the designated dates, what do I do?
Email artnow@numulosgatos.org and we will coordinate a time with you.

How long will my artwork be on display?
Artworks will be displayed for the entire duration of the exhibition, from opening day to closing day, and cannot be removed early. For specific dates, refer to the exhibition page. Please note that works will remain at NUMU from the time of drop-off to the scheduled pick-up dates. Accepted students will receive detailed instructions on all dates and requirements.