Organizer： World Journal (New York)  
Theme: A Day of My Mom
 
Awards and Prizes：
Each Age Group has:
1st Place（1）：US $300
2nd Place（1）：US $200
3rd Place（1）：US $120
Excellence Award（6）：US $50

Student from West California Academy of Art and Design Won Doodle4Google California State 1st Place


Eric Chang, 7 years old, won California State 1st Place in the national Doodle4Google contest.
Doodle4Google is an annual contest open to students in grades K-12. Students are invited to create their own Google doodle for the chance to have it featured on the Google homepage. 2016’s theme is “What I see for the future."
Under the Sea
It would be a colorful world under the blue sea: High rise buildings, cars, boys and girls coexist with submarines and a variety of living sea creatures. What a dynamic and beautiful scene I can imagine, it would be our ideal playground for me in the future.


From crayons to clay, graphic design, or even food, young artists can utilize any materials to bring their creation to life. Like all Google Doodles, each doodle must incorporate the letters G-o-o-g-l-e. 
The National Winner will have his or her doodle featured on the U.S. Google.com homepage for one day. He or she will receive: A $30,000 college scholarship；A $50,000 Google for Education grant for his or her school；A trip to the Google Headquarters in California to meet the Google Doodlers, and the opportunity to nominate a teacher to come on the trip；A Chromebook；An Android table.
The four National Finalists who do not become the National Winner will have their doodles featured in the Doodle 4 Google gallery. Each National Finalist will receive: A $5,000 college scholarship；A trip to the Google Headquarters in California to meet the Google Doodlers；An Android tablet.
The 48 State and Territory winners who do not become National Finalists will have their doodles included in the Doodle 4 Google gallery. Each State and Territory Winner will receive An Android tablet.

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June 19th, 2017----August 25th, 2017,  10 weeks
Monday through Friday 8:00am--6:00pm

The prestigious West California Academy of Art and Design now provides an intensified art training program for 2017 summer with a discount up to 50% off!

Four Category Groups Available

The syllabus of the intensive training program follows the Academy’s standard core curriculum.

The children’s age group (4-7 yrs.) focuses on creativity and hands-on experience.  Courses include Creative Drawing, Paper Art, Clay, Printmaking, T-shirt Design, Figural, Abstract Art, Recycle Arts, Sketch&Imagination, Cartoon Drawing, Storyboard, Contour Drawing, Collage.

The junior age group (8-11 yrs.) focuses on experimentation and material and skill development.  Courses include Creative Drawing, Digital Art, Charcoal, Collage, Oil Pastel, Sculpture, Cartoon Drawing, Transitional Art, Sketch&Imagination, Printmaking, Abstract Art, Graphic Design, Water Color, Fashion Design, Product Design, Character Design, Arts and Craft, Sketching, Contour Drawing, Pointillism, Paper Art, Storyboard.

The senior age group (12-18+ yrs.) targets General and Advanced Art, Design and Digital classes, include Oil Painting, 3D Animation, Transportation Design, Sculpture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Life Drawing, Charcoal, Sketching, Fine art, etc.

Portfolio Preparation classes are available for art college and high school applicants focuses on creative portfolio for supplemental, high school, college or college transfer.

Various art practice experiences including Artistic Appreciation and
Art-themed Field Trip.

​2016年11月13日"全民欢乐健康日"活动在柔似密活动中心举行。作为活动重头戏的青少年绘画比赛颁出各项大奖。国会议员赵美心亲临现场为获奖者颁发奖状。汪老师美术学院再次大获全胜，众多学生获奖，并包揽全部五个"国会议员奖"。其他獲獎🏆同學將陸續發佈。

『全民歡樂健康日暨健康博覽會』是在加州政府支持下由南加州柔似蜜市聯合一些企業主辦的一項大型市民公益活動，迄今已經成功舉辦了7屆，社會影響力日益擴大，受到主流媒體關注。作為健康日活動重頭戲的青少年繪畫比賽設立了以“國會議員獎”、“參議員獎”、“柔似蜜市長獎”等命名的獎項，由這些獎項所列出的官員親自參與評獎和頒獎。這些官員公務都十分繁忙，但他們都格外重視這個健康日繪畫比賽，每年一定會擠出時間親身支持這一活動。青少年是國家的未來，支持和鼓勵他們積極參與到有益社會的活動中來；支持和鼓勵青少年朋友為人類健康和未來生活而發揮創想是這些政治人物們的共識。


在健康日繪畫比賽所有獎項中，“國會議員獎”是最高級別的大獎。現任的美國首位華裔女性國會議員趙美心女士非常重視和支持這個比賽，由她親自參與評選的這一獎項“含金量”很高。


國會議員獎”每年僅設5席，今年比賽中我校5個學生竟然一舉囊括全部5席，創下歷史記錄，實在值得慶賀。

Talented Young Artists of West California Academy of Art and Design Cody Li
Children are born artists and they show different art patterns at different ages. At the stage of 3 years old, children manipulate drawing tools and make random marks, dots, and lines with little concern for the appearance of the marks they make. A drawn symbol can stand for a real object in the environment, just like Cody Li’s art project of Spider done at the age of 3. At the age of 4, children begin to draw in a more realistic manner. Symbols become more complex, reflecting children’s observations on the world around them. By looking at Cody’s Spider drawing at the age of 4, we can see that he starts to produce representative symbols which are formed with more details of circles, squares, and lines for the object.

Alan Jian is our latest Graduate from West California Academy of Art and Design to have earned an acceptance to the very prestigious Art Center College of Design. His story is a very unique in the sense that his commitment, discipline and goals was what set him apart from other candidates. 
I had worked with Alan before at another institute. Seeing his drive and talent early on was satisfying and having to leave was disheartening. Alan eventually arrived here at West California Academy of Art and Design because of the quality education. His goals have always been clear. To be a fashion illustrator. As an Instructor and counselor we had great communication and his adaptability to methodologies, and to analyze his work after criticism gave him the edge to take the work to another level.
Alan could not see himself going anywhere else but Art Center. Usually I advise students to apply to several institutes. It is a risk but his work alone demonstrates the power of a strong portfolio. He will be missed and will be an asset to the Art Center community. Though his major is illustration, his work has always been political and rich in cultural discourse. Never self reflexive and diverse in media from painting, drawing, film, sculpture, digital, photography, installations and fashion related work. He has always taken criticism well, taking on a new perspective quickly to come out with the best possible result in his work to have a provocative appeal. It has been a pleasure getting to know him and see him achieve her succeed
Instructor
Omar Gallegos
Vice President
Educational Coordinator/Director of Art and Education
Congratulations to Alan Jiang on his acceptance to Art Center Spring term 2017.
Alan has been a stellar student, dedicated and producing quality work. His interest includes fashion and illustration. He pulls from culture, gender and political issues and Buddhist upbringing. His passion for learning and thirst for knowledge will carry him further in his endeavors. He has been a model student inspiring his classmates.
Omar Gallegos
“My educational goals are to earn an undergraduate degree in illustration at Art Center, and become a fashion illustrator. I hope I can enhance my intellectuality in art through the cultivation of Art Center and its mentors. To become a more successful artist. My greatest strengths are taking pleasure in helping people, having great adaptive capability, and loving animals and nature. Furthermore, I also volunteer at Buddhist associations such as Amida Society.”
Alan Jiang