Barbara Jordan Art Contest Winning Designs! |

One of the strongest natural desires we all have is freedom of expression.

The MOCAH experience offers the often overlooked and under represented classes of our youth a chance to acknowledge themselves through art.
The MOCAH experience provides artists and non-artists alike with the opportunity to discover their own artistic sensibilities through hands-on art experiences that encourage and nurture the creative process.

Participants work alongside professional artists to create our public art projects and programs.
Students and community members involved in the MOCAH experience play a vital role in the reclamation and preservation of their own community.

The infusion of art, history and culture stimulates community pride, stewardship and neighborhood revitalization.
The MOCAH experience places the public in public art by engaging the community in the creation of our art projects. These projects help transform our neighborhoods into cultural and artistic destinations.

The impact that these projects have on the community are long lasting and reach broad and diverse audiences.

Barbara Jordan Art Contest Winning Designs!

April 28th, 2012

Art Angels and The Queens of Creativity provided volunteer support for the Barbara Jordan Art Contest. They participated with and gained support from of a diverse panel of judges with both professional artist backgrounds as well as those that work in the field of disabilities. The artwork submitted by students will be used as creative reference for the design of a commemorative public art project reflecting the concepts surrounding Barbara Jordan as a focal point in the theme of “Unique Abilities”. Below are the winning contest designs.

1st Place winner – $1500 Scholarship – Alejandra E. Ortega (Age 17)
2nd Place winner – $1000 Scholarship – Raven Tristan (Age 16)
3rd Place winner - $500 Scholarship – Luis Bay (Age 16)
(In order from left to right)

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