NTID hosts digital arts, film, writing contests
Deaf and hard-of-hearing high school students nationwide submitted entries
Wings, created by high school student Mai Lee Vang of Gentry, Ark., took first place in the digital imaging category of the RIT/NTID Digital Arts, Film and Animation Competition.
Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf has announced the winners of the annual Digital Arts, Film and Animation Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students, as well as the SpiRIT Writing Contest.
The Digital Arts, Film and Animation Competition for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students, in its 10th year, generated dozens of entries in graphic media, photo imaging, film and 3D animation.
The winners of each category, receiving a $250 prize, are:
- Film: Paola Colon of Chelsea, Mass., a student at Boston Arts Academy, for School Bullies.
- Graphic Media: Reverlin Young of Hemet, Calif., a student at California School for the Deaf-Riverside, for The Story of My Life.
- Photo Imaging: Mai Lee Vang of Gentry, Ark., a student at Arkansas School for the Deaf, for Wings.
- 3D Animation: Austin Marden of Marion, Ind., a student at Indiana School for the Deaf, for Ghost Falcon.
The runners-up were:
- Film: Christopher Kurogi of Orem, Utah, a student at Orem High School, for Rulu Adventure.
- Graphic Media: Nabeela Shollenberger of Boonton, N.J., a student at Governor Livingston High School, for Cartoon Self-Portrait/Photoshop.
- Photo Imaging: Guillermo “Alex” Castaneda of Little Rock, Ark., a student at Arkansas School for the Deaf, for Branford Pear, and Deanda Holloway of Lonoke, Ark., a student at Arkansas School for the Deaf, for Drip Drop.
The winning entries may be seen at www.rit.edu/ntid/dafac/winners.
Winners of the SpiRIT Writing Contest were Eliana Rosenzweig of Rye Brook, N.Y., a student at Blind Brook High School for The Power of Premonition and Judgment; Christopher Brookes of North Chili, N.Y., a student at Bishop Kearney High School for his untitled submission; Regan Brady of Shaker Heights, Ohio, a student at Hathaway Brown School for Huck Finn: America’s Son; and Mia Hoffman of Westerville, Ohio, a student at Westerville North High School for Life Behind the Hearing Aid.
Writing contest winners—10th- and 11th-grade students who are deaf or hard of hearing—receive their choice of $500 or a spot at NTID’s Explore Your Future summer camp.
For more information on the SpiRIT Writing Contest, go to www.rit.edu/ntid/writingcontest/.
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