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Accessible Arts Division (All Grades)
| Zarrar Zubair Title: A Fragmented Life Grade: 10 Costa Mesa Middle and High School PTSA (Fourth District PTA) “Accepting Imperfection means to love everyone, to accept everyone regardless of their disability. Acceptance is love. Everyone is imperfectly perfect. Everyone. The fragments in this mosaic filtered selfie image are glued together by the love of my Dad and my sister Zeanna. The love of my father and family helps me overcome my autism. Through my pictures, I like to show the world how I see things, how I feel. “ |
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Primary Division (Pre-K-Grade 2)
| Lily Giaudrone Title: The Beaded Spiderweb Grade: 1 Tulita Elementary PTA (Thirty-Third District) “It was a foggy morning and I found this spider web on the fence. I had never seen a web look so unique before! Even though it’s not a perfect spider web, it reminded me of a beautiful bead necklace. “ |
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Intermediate Division (Grades (3-5)
| Anvika Nipane Title: Reflection Grade: 4 Audubon Elementary PTA (Seventeenth District) “Accept and Embrace. The word ‘Imperfect’ actually spells ‘I’m perfect’ because everyone is perfect in their own imperfect ways People can lower stress and anxiety and improve their mental health by letting go of the need to be perfect. By relieving the pressure to perform and enabling them to concentrate on self-care and self-compassion, accepting that they are imperfect can bring about a sense of relief and liberation.“ |
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Middle School Division (Grades 6-8)
| Presley Godi Title: Imperfections? Grade: 8 Sierra Middle PTSA (Eighth District PTA) “I took this self portrait to show my scars, because people see them as an imperfection. I was bitten by a dog 3 years ago on my face. Last month I broke my elbow and needed surgery after a gymnastic injury. But are they really imperfections or show you won the battle, and they are really what makes you perfect. I might never be “perfect” again, but these imperfections make me who I am today.“ |
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High School Division (Grades 9-12)
Katelyn Gooneratne The light filtering through the window symbolizes hope; its fragmented beams highlight the imperfections of the space between. This piece reflects how imperfections, like light in a room, add meaning to life, enhancing who we truly are.” |
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