Congrats! Winners of National Wind Art!

Congrats! Winners of National Wind Art!

The National Wind Energy Art Contest is open to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. Submissions are due by March 22, 2024. Winners will receive $200 and a chance to showcase their work at the annual CLEANPOWER 2024 conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota May 5–8, 2024.

I encouraged my students to participate in this competition. More than anything, I hope that students will love and protect nature through art and realize the secrets of its beautiful nature. And this is also why I truly pursue art and paint. In this sense, I am proud that three of my students were selected for this year's National Wind Art Contest.​

Iris Yang, 8, 1st place

Oscar Bao, 7 , Honorable Mention

Elbert Wei, 11, Honorable Mention

​I am deeply grateful to Iris, Elbert, and Oscar for reminding us of the beautiful wind in this competition. As they prepare for this competition, I am well aware of the beautiful stories they have told me as they express their invisible desires. It was truly an amazing experience.

I would also like to express my deepest gratitude to the students who prepared together even though they did not receive the award. As we take on challenges together through art contest, I discover that this opportunities are not a place of competition, but a place of chance to upgrade one's skills and discover the ability to live together with the community and people around us.

​And before I know it, I find that my students are enjoying the challenges themselves rather than focusing on winning or losing through numerous challenges. This is also a very valuable experience.

And our challenges will continue in the future. I hope that students will be given many opportunities and competitions to take on these challenges. Through these competitions, my students and I are able to get out of the narrow studio room and turn our gaze to the wider world, broaden our horizons, and focus our attention on creating a world where we can live happily together.

​In particular, competitions focus on environmental issues, nature conservation, It is very beneficial to students educationally and artistically because it deals with various issues such as social problems, race and culture. Above all, I am deeply grateful to the people and institutions that gave us and my students this opportunity.