2014 artwork contest results
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The Results Are In!
Please review the presentation here
for a recap of the Children’s Artwork
Contest of 2014 and the results of the
People’s Choice Award and the
judging by Age Group by the Dallas
Museum of Art!
HISTORY
Mission: To perpetuate employee’s involvement and ownership in our corporate environment.
Goal: To display artwork created by our employee’s children and possibly use some of the artwork in our marketing.
Scope: Hold the first Children’s Artwork Contest in the Summer of 2014.
Our CEO, Lixin Cheng, visited a customer’s headquarters in
California and noticed that the artwork displayed throughout the
facility was done by the employee’s children. He wanted that
same sense of ownership and pride from the employees of ZTE
(USA ) INC.
CONTEST
Themes:
◦ My Daddy Works for ZTE
◦ ZTE – Bringing You Closer
◦ The Importance of Global Communication
◦ My Dream Mobile Phone
Ages:
◦ Category 1 (5-8 Years)
◦ Category 2 (9-13 Years)
◦ Category 3 (14-17 Years)
Prizes:
◦ Grand Prizes - $200 and Trophy
◦ First Place - $100 and Ribbon
◦ Second Place - $75 and Ribbon
◦ Third Place - $50 and Ribbon
◦ Honorable Mention - $25 and Ribbon
◦ All Entrants receive a T-Shirt and Certificate for participating.
•Open to all ZTE (USA) INC employees’ children or grandchildren.
CONTEST
• June – 2014 Children’s Artwork Contest Announced
• July – August – Art board shipped out to entrants
• September 15th – 23 works of art received at HQ
• October 8th – Dallas Museum of Art Judged the Exhibit
• October 24th to November 3rd – Peoples Choice Award
Contest on ZTE USA Website
Prizes Winners of the 2014 ZTE USA Children’s Artwork Contest
Grand Prizes - $200 and Trophy
People’s Choice Award - Allison Matoney, Age 16, Atlanta, GA
Best In Show Award - John Zhou, Age 12, Centennial, CO
First Place - $100 and Blue Ribbon
Category 1 (5-8 Years) - Jimmy Chengze He, Age 7, Richardson, TX
Category 2 (9-13 Years) - John Zhou, Age 12, Centennial, CO
Category 3 (14-17 Years) - Allison Matoney, Age 16, Atlanta, GA
Second Place - $75 and Red Ribbon
Category 1 (5-8 Years) - Ava Yuehan Mao, Age 6, Richardson, TX
Category 2 (9-13 Years) - Gary Liang, Age 10, Richardson, TX
Category 3 (14-17 Years) - Meagan Meadows, Age 15, Bellevue, WA
Third Place - $50 and White Ribbon
Category 1 (5-8 Years) - Jiaqian Li, Age 6, Leawood, KS
Category 2 (9-13 Years) - Sophia Cheng, Age 11, San Diego, CA
Honorable Mention - $25 and Green Ribbon
Category 1 (5-8 Years)
Molly Huang, Age 7, Allen, TX
Zachary Huang, Age 6, Allen, TX
Evan Ng, Age 7, Plano, TX
Category 2 (9-13 Years)
Vernon Ng, Age 10, Plano, TX
All Entrants will receive a T-Shirt and Certificate for participating!
ZTE – Bringing You Closer
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Allison Matoney, Age 16, Atlanta, GA
“My entry portrays two people a world apart brought together by a simple call.”
Dallas Museum of Art Awards
We were honored that the Dallas Museum of Art participated in our first Children’s Artwork Contest. They sent Maria Teresa G. Pedroche to view and judge the exhibit entries by Age Group.
Congratulations to ZTE USA INC for organizing the 2014 Children's Artwork Contest. It was a
privilege to jury the exhibition that featured 23 works from children or grandchildren of employees
currently working for ZTE USA INC.
The artists exhibit strength and diversity within a broad range of styles and expressions and the
themes expressed their ideas with clarity and elegance. The finished pieces are masterful! Having
the opportunity to show their work of art at ZTE USA INC will inspire students to continue creating
art from the heart. Art contests such as this one provide the students the honor to have their works
shown in the main offices of ZTE and inspire young students to be active participants in the visual
arts. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who entered the contest.
Art teaches students creativity and acceptance of others. Children gain good morals such as
sharing and being compassionate as well as respect for others when creating art. Students who
participate in art contests experience self-confidence and seeing the final masterpiece in an
exhibition enhances a children’s self-esteem. May this completion inspire more children to enter
next year!
I look forward to visiting with families at the Dallas Museum of Art. We invite you to attend programs
at the museum and sign up for the free membership.
María Teresa G. Pedroche
Head of Community Engagement
Dallas Museum of Art
DMADallas Museum of Art | 1717 N. Harwood St. | Dallas TX 75201
Born and raised in Brownsville, TX, Maria Teresa G. Pedroche is an award-winning artist who has
exhibited in Texas, Mexico, and Spain. She was commissioned by Escariche (Guadalajara) Spain in
1999 to paint a mural with in the city with other artists and has been featured in many juried
exhibitions. She holds a B. F. A. in Advertising Art and Painting from Southwest Texas State
University, San Marcos, TX and a M. F. A. Painting and Ceramics from Texas Women’s University,
Denton, TX.
María Teresa is the Head of Community Engagement at the Dallas Museum of Art since May 2000.
She promotes the interests of the DMA while working with area organizations to serve the
community. She oversees community engagement, festivals, and exhibitions that include Advance
Placement Juried Exhibition. Her responsibilities include building and strengthening partnerships that
include city organizations, schools, family and young learners groups to build family audiences.
Her experience includes working at the Meadows Museum (specializes in Spanish Art) at Southern
Methodist University, where she was Associate Curator for 10 years. She developed and directed all
education and public programs, including symposia, lectures, concerts/performances, films, and other
events related to museum collections and special exhibitions; supervised and provided training for
fifty docents and supervised graduate students in the education department.
Maria Teresa G. Pedroche - Bio
DMADallas Museum of Art | 1717 N. Harwood St. | Dallas TX 75201
The Importance of Global Communication
BEST IN SHOW
John Zhou, Age 12, Centennial, CO
“I drew a globe with people from different places contacting each other.”
ZTE – Bringing You Closer
FIRST PLACE IN AGE CATEGORY 1
Jimmy Chengze He, Age 7, Richardson, TX
“The ZTE cell phone will be used anywhere in the earth and the universe.”
ZTE – Bringing You Closer
SECOND PLACE IN AGE CATEGORY 1
Ava Yuehan Mao, Age 6, Richardson, TX
“My family went to Yellowstone last week and lived in a cabin. I can watch my favorite movies using a small ZTE projector.”
ZTE – Bringing You Closer
THIRD PLACE IN AGE CATEGORY 1
Jiaqian Li, Age 6, Leawood, KS
“ZTE links the USA and China.
I came from Shanghai to USA with my Mom.”
ZTE – Bringing You Closer
HONORABLE MENTION IN AGE CATEGORY 1
Molly Huang, Age 7, Allen, TX
“I think aliens are really cool. If one day I could talk to E.T. and we could be best friends.”
My Dream Mobile Phone
HONORABLE MENTION IN AGE CATEGORY 1
Zachary Huang, Age 6, Allen, TX
“I like to swim very much. I hope I could talk to my family while swimming in the ocean.”
My Dream Mobile Phone
HONORABLE MENTION IN AGE CATEGORY 1
Evan Ng, Age 7, Plano, TX
“My dream mobile phone could give people coffee, milk, TV, book, play catch, and it is a foldable two screen phone.”
ZTE – Bringing You Closer
Caroline Decker, Age 5, Seattle, WA
“It’s a colorful design of a rainbow. I mixed colors together to make it look like different colors.”
My Dream Mobile Phone
“My dream mobile phone is called “ZTE SPLASH”. It is made just for kids like me. It should have bright colors, kids APP and easy to use. I like to use ZTE phones that my daddy works on.”
Krupa Brahmbhatt, Age 6, Schaumburg, IL
My Dream Mobile Phone
Alan Wu, Age 7, Bothell, WA
“My dream mobile phone is able to translate animal speech into English.”
My Dream Mobile Phone
Divya Brahmbhatt, Age 8, Schaumburg, IL
“My dream mobile phone is called a “Brain Mobile Curve”. I named it this because it is a version of a smart phone and it is curved.”
“ . . . There is also an APP searcher so if you have a lot of APPS . . . it will help you find APPS easily.”
My Dream Mobile Phone
Nicolas Li, Age 8, Overland Park, KS
“ZTE is in space and more kinds of phones are there.
ZTE is winning to space.”
The Importance of Global Communication
“I picked the theme of ‘importance of Global Communica-tion.’ Everywhere in the world people can get communica-ted by ZTE phones.”
Hanming Sun, Age 8, Atlanta, GA
The Importance of Global Communication
FIRST PLACE IN AGE CATEGORY 2
John Zhou, Age 12, Centennial, CO
“I drew a globe with people from different places contacting each other.”
My Dream Mobile Phone
SECOND PLACE IN AGE CATEGORY 2
Gary Liang, Age 10, Richardson, TX
“I hope that the future smart phone will be wearable with projection. They should also be able to send…
signals to both the satellite and base station, the transmis-sion should also load faster.”
ZTE – Bringing You Closer
“My picture includes a girl in a ZTE Phone. This relates to my choice of theme because she is in the big city. Pictures like this bring you closer to the outside world.”
THIRD PLACE IN AGE CATEGORY 2
Sophia Cheng, Age 11, San Diego, CA
My Dream Mobile Phone
HONORABLE MENTION IN AGE CATEGORY 2
Vernon Ng, Age 10, Plano, TX
“My dream mobile phone helps people cook BBQ, grill and cook anything by pressing one button.”
My Dream Mobile Phone
Jennifer Tshilombo, Age 9, Bellevue, WA
“Customers are very happy and impressed with the new ZTE ZMAX smart phone.”
My Dream Mobile Phone
Henri Li Sherrer, Age 10, Bellevue, WA
“My dream mobile phone has a “time travel” function.”
My Daddy Works at ZTE”
Lucy Yao, Age 12, Plano, TX
“My entry is all about my father (who) works really hard. He loves his job so he works every day. He works when we sleep and play
ZTE – Bringing You Closer
FIRST PLACE IN AGE CATEGORY 3
Allison Matoney, Age 16, Atlanta, GA
“My entry portrays two people a world apart brought together by a simple call.”