The 10th Annual All-American Chinese School Brush Painting and Calligraphy Competition (April, 2001)
(Sponsored and organized by the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts)

Winners’ List

Competition Rules:  Click here for details


The following 57 winners were chosen from a total of 439 entries (Brush Painting: 318, Calligraphy: 121) submitted by 40 different Chinese Schools from IL, GA, MD, NJ, NY, MA, TX, PA, and CA.  This project is funded in part by: “The Tan Family Culture Fund,” “Hai Hua Culture Series”, and the “Chinese American Fine Art Society”.  The names of the judges are listed at the end of this release.

 I: Brush Painting Group A (age 9 and under, total 110 pieces)

              Gold Medal

                        1.Jessica Chen, age 9, Berkeley Chinese School, CA
                          (Her second piece of painting was also chosen as Gold Medal, but will not be awarded in duplicate)
                        2.Jessica Louie, age 8, Monmouth Chinese School, NJ
                          (Her second piece of painting was also chosen as Silver Medal, but will not be awarded in dulplicate)
                        3.Jacon Chang, age 8, Berkeley Chinese School, CA

              Silver Medal

                        4.Kevin Zhao, age 8, Hua Xia Edison Chinese School, NJ
                        5.Cecilia Shen, age 6, Hua Xia Edison Chinese School, NJ
                        6.Helena Wu, age 8, Gaithersburg Chinese School, MD

            Bronze Medal

                        7.Jonathan Shao, age 8, Gaithersburg Chinese School, MD
                        8.Sophia Wu, age 8, Chinese Art Studio, PA
                        9.Bianca Siu, age 8, Monmouth Chinese School, NJ

II. Brush Painting Group B (age 10 to 13, total 148 pieces)

            Gold Medal

                        10.Eric Ma, age 13, Potomac Chinese School, MD
                        11.Lisa Chen, age 12, West-Chase-East Learning Center, NJ
                        12.Eddy Shen, age 12, Purple Lotus Buddhist School, CA
                        13.Stephen Fung, age 12, Monmouth Chinese School, NJ

                            (His second piece of painting was also chosen as Honor, but will be awarded in duplicate)

              Silver Medal

                        14.Charlene Hou, age 13, West-Chase-East Learning Center, NJ
                        15.Eric Chiang, age 11, Monmouth Chinese School, NJ
                        16.Jamie Lu, age 13, Prospect Chinese School, CA

              Bronze Medal

                        17.Harrison Chen, age 11, Fidelity Chinese School, NJ
                             (His second piece was also chosen as Honor, but will not be awarded in duplicate)
                        18.Julianna Yang, age 13, Purple Lotus Buddhist School, CA

              Honor

                        19.Amanda Lee, age 12, Kwong-Kow Chinese School, MA
                        20.Florence Lui, age 10, Kwong-Kow Chinese School, MA
                        21.Jonathan Tai, age 11, Jersey Shore Chinese School, NJ

 III. Brush Painting Group C (age 14 and above, exclude adult class, total 60 pieces)

            Gold Medal

                        22.Jonathan Lin, age 17, Berkeley Chinese School, CA
                        23.Naomi Chang, age 16, San Jose Chinese School, CA

            Silver Medal

                        24.Jessica Tai, age 15, Jersey Shore Chinese School, NJ
                           (Her second piece was also chosen as Bronze Medal, but will not be awarded in duplicate)
                        25.Mian Ye, age 16, Gaithersburg Chinese School, MD
                        26.Kevin Kenny, age 16, Monmouth Chinese School, NJ

              Bronze Medal

                        27.Alice Huang, age 17, San Jose Chinese School, CA
                        28.Bryce Chiang, age 15, Monmouth Chinese School, NJ
                        29.Beatrice Guo, age 14, Chinese Language School, CA
                        30.Shan-Wen Lin, age 18, Berryessa Chinese School, CA

 IV: Calligraphy Group A (age 9 and under, total 22 pieces)

            Gold Medal

                        31.Jessica Chen, age 9, Berkeley Chinese School, CA
                           (Her second calligraphy piece was also chosen as Bronze Medal, but will not be awarded in duplicate.)
                        32.Hudson Kou, age 8, Atlanta Chinese Cultural School, GA
                        33.Derrick Liang, age 8, Purple Lotus Buddhist School, CA

              Silver Medal

                        34.Alice Chou, age 9, Berkeley Chinese School, CA
                        35.Jacquline Yu, age 9, Berkeley Chinese School, CA
                        36.Melissa Yu, age 8, Li-Ming Chinese Academy, MD

              Bronze Medal

                        37.Eugenia Lee, age 9, Berkeley Chinese School, CA
                        38.Catherine Chung, age 8, New York Ming Yuan Chinese School, NY
                        39.Derek Shen, age 6, Berkeley Chinese School, CA

 V: Calligraphy Group B (age 10 to 13, total 63 pieces)

              Gold Medal

                        40.Julianna Yang, age 13, Purple Lotus Buddhist School, CA
                        41.Xiao-Fei Fang, age 11, Chinese American Fine Arts Society Calligraphy Class, MA
                            (Her second calligraphy piece was also chosen as Gold Medal, but will not be awarded in dulplicate)

                        42.Jasper Yu, age 12, Berkeley Chinese School, CA

              Silver Medal

                        43.Junia Chou, age 13, Purple Lotus Buddhist School, CA
                        44.Eddy Shen, age 12, Purple Lotus Buddhist School, CA

                             (His second calligraphy piece was also chosen as Bronze Medal, but will not be awarded in dulplicate)
                        45.Johnson Chou, age 13, Chinese American Fine Arts Society Calligraphy Class, MA

              Bronze Medal

                        46.Kevin Liu, age 12, Berkeley Chinese School, CA
                        47.Sheila Shao, age 13, Gui Gu Hua Xia Chinese School, CA
                        48.Boris Yuan, age 11, Rockville Chinese School, MD

 VI:  Calligraphy Group C (age 14 and above, exclude adult class, total 36 pieces)

              Gold Medal

                        49.Lydia Yu, age 15, Monmouth Chinese School, NJ
                            (Her second calligraphy piece was also chosen as Bronze Medal, but will not be awarded in dulplicate)
                        50.Shan-Wen Lin, age 18, Berryessa Chinese School, CA

              Silver Medal

                        51.Jane Trieu, age 17, Chinese Art Studio, PA
                        52.Tiffany Lee, age 15, Berryessa Chinese School, CA
                        53.Joy Su, age 15, Berryessa Chinese School, CA
                        54.Charles Ko, age 15, Fidelity Chinese School, NJ

              Bronze Medal

                        55.Beatrice Guo, age 14, Chinese Language School, CA
                        56.Jonathan Lin, age 17, Berkelely Chinese School, CA
                        57.Kevin Fang, age 15, Rockville Chinese School, MD

Panel of Judges:

Mr. Tung Wu: Director of Asiatic Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
                      Calligrapher, art critic, and juror of professional art competitions.

Dr. Doris Chu: President of Chinese Culture Institute.
                      Art critics and juror of professional art competitions.

Prof. I-Jen Tai: Chairman, Chinese Cultural Program at MIT.
                        Calligrapher and art critic.

Prof. H.F. Lu: Former professor of Chinese Art at Harvard.
                      Poet, writer, and art collector.

Mrs. Hui-Liang Lee Chang: Professional Chinese brush painter and calligrapher.

Prof. Wen Tang: Professional Chinese brush painter and calligrapher.

Mr.Yi-Fong Guo: Professional Chinese brush painter and calligrapher.