Cmr. Bush announces winners for Adopt-A-Beach 2019 art contest

Contact: Karina Erickson Press Secretary Texas General Land Office
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PRESS RELEASE — Apr 05, 2019

BIG SPRING — Today, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush announced the 23rd Annual Adopt-A-Beach "Treasures of the Texas Coast" Children's Art Contest winners. This year, over 3,900 students entered their artwork. The grand prize winner, selected from the 40 overall winners, was Grace Wimberley, a 5th grader at Saint Mary School in Orange, TX.

“Adopt-A-Beach is more than simply volunteering to clean up the Texas coast. The Adopt-A-Beach program teaches young Texans the importance and impact of their actions and how they too can help care for Texas and its environment,” said Commissioner Bush. “Through the ‘Treasures of the Texas’ Coast’ Children’s Art Contest, kids from across the state have been able to learn more about our Texas coast while enjoying the chance to showcase their talent. I am always impressed by the outstanding ability of young Texans!”



Grace Wimberley’s artwork, along with 39 runners-up, will appear on the cover of the 2020 Adopt-A-Beach calendar, which will be distributed statewide. The artwork of all winners will be on public display in the South-Central Gallery of the Texas Capitol May 21st - 28th for all visitors to view and appreciate. The exhibit will be sponsored by Texas State Senator Larry Taylor (R – District 11).

Grand prize winner Grace Wimberley will receive two round-trip coach-class tickets from United Airlines to any United destination in the 48 contiguous United States, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, and Central America, one 7-night Caribbean cruise from Royal Caribbean International departing out of Galveston, Miami, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, Port Canaveral or Puerto Rico, and a class party at Schlitterbahn Waterpark in New Braunfels.

Her teacher, Cindy Claybar will also receive two round-trip coach-class tickets from United Airlines, and one 7-night Caribbean cruise courtesy of Royal Caribbean International.

All 40 winners will receive a ticket to the USS Lexington in Corpus Christi, a ticket to the Texas State Aquarium, two tickets to the Houston Zoo, two all day passes to Schlitterbahn Waterpark in New Braunfels, prizes and a certificate of recognition from the Texas General Land Office and a calendar displaying the winning artwork.

Runners up include:

Finalist Name School Name City
K-2nd Grade
KATE TYE HOMESCHOOLED BOERNE
AVNI PUNALEKAR KNIPPA ISD KNIPPA
APRIL CAO FOREVER CREATIONS - ART STUDIO SUGAR LAND
SOMMER SPENCER BEYOND LIMITS ACADEMY SINTON
APRIL HYUN DALLAS ARTS STUDIO DALLAS
BRANSON PARNELL HOMESCHOOLED LEANDER
YUNA KIM DALLAS ARTS STUDIO DALLAS
ATHENA MAGALLANES SARGENT BRANCH LIBRARY BAY CITY
AARAV PUNALEKAR KNIPPA ISD KNIPPA
KYLIE YU RUMMEL CREEK EL HOUSTON
     
3rd - 4 th GRADES
VICTORIA ZHOU JAMES RANDOLPH EL FULSHEAR
KATHERINE TJOKROSOESILO FOREVER CREATIONS - ART STUDIO SUGAR LAND
RICHARD WANG PRIVATE ART STUDIO CEDAR PARK
KEVIN PEREZ VELASQUEZ EL RICHMOND
NATHARIE LOKUWADUGE ARTCASTLE SCHOOL HURST
HYUNJEONG ROH DALLAS ARTS STUDIO DALLAS
GLORIA HARRIS FLOUR BLUFF EL CORPUS CHRISTI
ARDEN SMALLWOOD CASIS EL AUSTIN
JACOB YU RUMMEL CREEK EL HOUSTON
MAIYA SHIMOSAKO JO ELLA EXLEY EL KATY
     
5th GRADE
ANNIE LI ROOSEVELT ALEXANDER EL KATY
GRACE WIMBERLEY SAINT MARY SCHOOL ORANGE
YIXIN ZHANG MICHAEL L. GRIFFIN EL KATY
ABBY BARNES BARBER MIDDLE SCHOOL DICKINSON
AMY WANG AUSTIN PARKWAY EL KATY
SAVANNAH GOODE MOHAWK EL RICHARDSON
EMILY GARRETT PURPLE TURTLE ART STUDIO BRYAN
TAMARA NIY CREECH EL KATY
ANNA ROLLERT ST. LAURENCE CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUGAR LAND
TARITA JAGANATHAN SEM EL FRISCO
     
6th GRADE
LEAH COLBERT GEORGE WAGNER MIDDLE SCHOOL GEORGETOWN
DALTON HOGAN SAINT MARY SCHOOL ORANGE
GRACYN CAMPBELL CALDWELL ARTS ACADEMY TYLER
ADELYN PARKS HOMESCHOOLED RIVIERA
ANDREEA TURCANU WOODGATE INTERMEDIATE WACO
APRIL MASSIE FOREVER CREATIONS - ART STUDIO SUGAR LAND
ABBY LESCOE HOMESCHOOLED KINGSLAND
ASHLEE SMITH SPILLANE MIDDLE SCHOOL CYPRESS
HELINA ZHANG HANJIE ARTS CENTER KATY
AVA HEBERT HOMESCHOOLED HUMBLE

Click here to visit our Adopt-A-Beach website to view gallery of all 40 winner's artwork.

To learn more about the Adopt-A-Beach program, visit TexasAdoptABeach.org. Like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/TexasAdoptABeach or follow us on Twitter @TXAdoptABeach.



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