2003 Idea Contest Collages

My collage focused on one main theme. That theme is that if you project a positive image and personality you will influence others to do the same and that you surround yourself with positive things you will soon become the positive thing for others to surround...

What would it be like if we could teach our children like the water teaches theirs? This painting is about extending our culture back to the roots from which we have grown. The whale represents the native tribes and the traditions held within them. Also the idea of...

What is it about comic books that frighten people, the fear of not growing up? All my childhood I didn't read books, I didn't like them much. I felt that the pictures in graphic novels awoke my senses. They give passion behind the words, and allow a whole new world to...

Contest Introduction Hey, my name is Dana Baker. I am a 10th grade student and I go to Ashland High School. Before that, I live in Wasilla, Alaska. I am born in China, and I was adopted when I was 12 years old. I am only live in United States for about 3 and half...

The question of whether or not a God exists is a widely debated topic. However, for me personally, there is no doubt that Jesus lives. That is why I incorporated a cross as the foundation for my collage. The cross; however, not only represents my faith, but my family...

“How would you like to see the world working and what part would you play in creating that outcome?” I started this collage by compiling images of all the negatives I see in the world. This ended up turning into a theme of violence, with guns as the chosen symbol. The...

Just sit for a single day at your average high school and you will undoubtedly hear DOZENS (if not more) of teenagers who are unhappy with their looks, grades, lives, or any number of other things. This is true not only for the indecisive teenagers; this is true for...

When I began this project I thought about my different possibilities. My passion. But what is my passion? I love choir, but am I really passionate about it? I decided that since I’m so interested in people, my passion must be just that. Then I realized that I don’t...

My collage expresses world peace. The world has been going through a rough time. A time of violence, hate, ignorance, and tragedy. A time of war. This is a time when we need peace and tolerance the most. This collage represents how the world needs to change; to treat...

In this collage I wanted to celebrate the idea of craftsmanship, and in doing so show its various aspects. There is something amazing in the skill of an artisan and the manifestation of that skill. This includes the creativity that is undoubtedly present during this...

HE JESTS AT SCARS THAT NEVER FELT A WOUND by Pippa Callanan The lines from Romeo and Juliet “He jests at scars that never felt a wound” describes the essence of my collage. These lines perfectly capture the unfathomable pain that some countries, like Africa, have...

—How would you like to see the world working— In the world today there are so many problems: disease, war, pestilence, hunger… So many people around the world are dying – starving. And although our country is blessed with food of plenty, there are many places that...

Violence represents a disproportionate part of our lives. When we learn about history in school we are taught primarily about conflicts. The media feeds us deaths and murder everyday. Even our politicians preach a war against terror. With such violent ideas and images...

My collage represents how the world works because the rainbow joins all of the pictures together. My collage is representing all cities, countries, and all other open space. The rainbow going over the top represents the world being united. In my collage I am trying to...

Just dare to imagine a world revolving in peace. It would be the most phenomenal ecstasy of life on earth. To perceive a concept so great, where all human beings live in a system of equality, is near surreal. It can become our goal, our wish, our dream. With willing...

This collage was designed to represent what has been happening in the world with in the recent century. This is a subject of extreme importance to me, because I feel that a lot of good and bad things have happened recently and we simply overlook them. If it’s not a...

Laughter is stronger than A river of rain Happiness runs along The lines of wrinkled skin Tickles the windows and the Door so that a soul may pass Through Does not Discriminate Is neither Young nor Old

What I learned “the hard way” is that communication is difficult. I often find myself losing momentum while trying to communicate an idea and in turn I’m often misunderstood. This frustrating experience served as the inspiration for this collage. In the same way that...

My collage is about color and the ways in which it’s used. I wanted to show the feelings and the atmospheres that are generally associated with the colors. The distinction between the calm but fresh and vibrant green and the bold, excited orange, etc. As well as...

I created this collage from my head but I couldn’t really relate my collage fully to one prompt. My collage is a simple message engage yourself let down your guard. Everyone is individual. I chose the title Finding my mother because its like finding yourself letting...

When I was asked to answer the question, what is something that I’m interested in? The first thing that came to mind was life. My collage is about life and the different things in life. The concept of life includes everything that everyone has ever wondered about and...

My collage represents what I want in life. It shows my passions and my aspirations. It is based on my desire to become a successful fashion designer. I know that I will have to overcome many obstacles in order to achieve my goals in life, and so I included in my...

We pray that someday people will learn to fly with the courage to live a simple life. In some situations, money is put before the things that matter most to us in the world, like spending quality time with people who are important. People are worried and stressed out...

We don’t live in a perfect world. Instead, all of humanity inhabits a place permeated by terror, violence, hostility, enmity, malignancy, and more. Everyone acknowledges the fact that there are fundamental problems with life on the Earth, but no one is trying to fix...

Dreams are the foundation of great projects. The world is made of dreams, Dreams that create beautiful visions. Live your dreams and enjoy your life. Dream love and give joy. Your dreams will make you free, no one can tell you what to dream no one can take away the...

My collage addresses what I feel is one of the biggest personal problems of today; low self esteem caused by the idealistic views of body image. I chose this topic because I have seen and have felt the pain that these ideals have inflicted. Today there is most...

I am passionate about children and youth for many reasons. One of which is their pure truth. Most of the children I have known have only had the judgementalness of a mirror and nothing more. When I am with the youth of the world, I know I have the chance to shape our...

Writing. Probably the most important accomplishment that humans have ever achieved. From great poets like Robert Frost, to amazing novel writers such as Margaret Mitchell or John Steinbeck, no group of people has affected the sculpture of our planet the way that...

The vast array of colors in the natural world catch hold of my heart and make it dance. The shapes, the way light hits a leaf or a dune, and the glittering reflection of water on ocean animal’s bodies demand a stillness, an awe, an amazement at the remarkable beauty...

What is a passion that I long to express, why am I passionate about it? My passion is snowboarding. I live to ride. Snowboarding is my anti-depressant, my anti-drug, and the mountains are like my sanctuary. When I am snowboarding, on a beautiful day, that is the...

How would I like to see the world working and how would I affect it. This is what I chose to do because I believe that is the most important issue of all in the choices that were given to us. My poster shows the way the world is on the left and as you get to the right...

How would we like to see the world working and what part would we play in creating that outcome? We would like to see the world working in peace with friendships that are ever lasting. We, activists of the student body, have participated with many others that share...

This collage is based on my dream. I dream of becoming a professional Anime or Manga Artist. My collage has comments by my expressing my interest to become well known in the Manga or Anime business. I used the cut and paste method, taking pictures from the internet...

This collage was very inspiring for me. I began by searching through magazines and cutting out pictures that had enough to mold my emotions. I was able to find a theme by comparing all of my pictures and discovering their similarities. Through this I found my topic...

I immediately started work on “The Journal and the Mind” after I had completed one of my favorite books I had ever read. Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” is a utopian novel that takes place in the year 632 a.f. (After Ford). Brave new world is a very insightful novel...

The message I’m expressing through my collage, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, is one of creativity and happiness. It shows dream-like images in a make believe world that delights the eye. The mellow colors and out of place pictures blend nicely are used to make you...

If speech is like the dying breath, then Art is like air. Art is poetry, in vision. So in this collage I have created I have spoken, the pieces of magazine and images torn together, my images are words creating a poem. I represents my life, my spirit, experience, and...

Ever since I was a child I have had a fascination with art. Shortly after my childhood days of finger painting my passion for painting expanded to encompass all of the arts, where the rhythm, color, and movement of dance caught my eye. Years later I am still...