The art and writing of Arlington’s students is always a bright spot. We offer many thanks to the art teachers who guided these artists and compiled the art to appear here. You can find the other Children’s and Teens’ editions by going to http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/PDFs/ and then scrolling down to Children’s. Thanks for reading.

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Evelyn Kim, 15, Grade 10, Vienna, VA, Food, Painting, James Madison High School, Allison Gong teacher at NYSA

Anthony Huang, 11, Grade 5, Vienna, Future of Space, color pencil, 
Louise Archer ES / Yan’s Art Studio, Vienna,  Art Teacher: Yanshun Sui

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Zac Lee, 10, 5th Grade, McLean, Kent Gardens Elementary School, McLean

Creative 3D Artwork: My Bricks Piano

Zac Lee, 10, 5th Grade, McLean, Kent Gardens Elementary School, McLean

Artwork Title: Donut

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Zoe Lee, 11, 6th Grade, McLean, Kent Gardens Elementary School, McLean

Creative 3D Artwork: Balletino

Angelina Lin, 12, Vienna, Grade 7, Basis Independent School, Yan’s Art School “Drawing Friends”

Angelina Lin, 12, Vienna, Grade 7, Basis Independent School, Yan’s Art School “Landscape”

Angelina Lin, 12, Vienna, Grade 7, Basis Independent School, Yan’s Art School “Dream Backyard”

Emma Yuan, 10 years old, 5th grade, City of Fairfax, Mosaic Elementary School, Vienna, Mr. Guzman, Art TeacherEmma 

Emma Yuan, Exploring the Future

Emma Yuan, Roaming Giant

Emma Yuan, Space Station

Emma Yuan, Carnivorous Plant

Iris Xie, Grade 8, 

13 years old, Vienna

Mrs. Bovenzi, 

Cooper Middle School

“Soaring to the Skies”

The seagull soars away into

the distant, but beautiful ocean

landscape. This is one of

many other beautiful scenes in

nature.

Sonia Cupala, 13 years old, 8th grade, Vienna

Mrs. Bovenzi, Cooper Middle School

“Standing Up Tall”

On this beautiful summer morning, these coneflowers proudly stand up tall, showing off their

natural beauty with pink petals and orange seeds standing out against the green stems. Rather

than the petals flat out or up, these petals are pointed downwards, perfectly exposing the

striking orange seeds in the center of the flower. These flowers are one of nature’s most

beautiful artwork, nothing else looks like it!

Imaani Haque, 13, 8th, Great Falls

Mrs. Bovenzi, Cooper Middle School 

“Fighting For Her Voice”

Raising her placard, Salma Qureshi (8th) was fighting for a spot to speak. At the second annual Model UN conference in Basis Independent School, she was representing Channing E. Phillips,who was a civil rights activist during the 1950s.

Photo by Alexa Kondilas, 8th, Great Falls

Mrs. Bovenzi, 

Cooper Middle School 

TWO LIGHTS IN ONE INVESTIGATIVELY, Kate Wash turns on her black flash on her phone by the fire pit. Kate celebrated her birthday on Sept. 16 surrounded by friends and family around a bonfire. As friends and family stuck marshmallows in the pit and assembled their smores, Kate was more worried about her marshmallow, taking out her phone as a light source to see if she had burned it.

Kyler Liang, 12, Grade 7, McLean, Homeschool, Glutinous Rice Dumpling, Traditional Chinese Painting

Kyler Liang, 12, Grade 7, McLean, Homeschool, Peach Blossom, Traditional Chinese Painting

Rylee Liang, 10, Grade 5, McLean, Homeschool, Panda on the bamboo, Traditional Chinese Painting

Rylee Liang, 10, Grade 5, McLean, Homeschool, Watermelon, Traditional Chinese Painting

Marissa Lin, 13, Grade 8, Kilmer Middle School, Vienna

“Recycle Awareness” 

Yanshun Sui Studio, Vienna 

Marissa Lin, 13, Grade 8, Vienna 

“Moonlight Pumpkin Patch” 

Mixed Watercolor Paint and pencils

Yanshun Sui Art Studio, Vienna