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2018 MWA Exhibit

2018 Adult

Amy Justen – ʻIʻiwi_ʻŌhiʻa lehua
Amy Justen – Kiwikiu_ʻŌhiʻa lehua
Alexandria Harris – Silversword Study
Annamarie Sheehan – Koa Forest
Annamarie Sheehan – Koa Phyllodes
B H Freeland – Hoʻo malu malu ʻŌhiʻa

Benjamin Rachunas – Kanaloa RAREST FIND AWARD
Bryon Stevens – ʻIʻiwi Fights Back CONSERVATION PROFESSIONAL AWARD
Byron Baker – Ribbed
Carmen Gardner – ʻAmakihi a me Koliʻi
Caroline Killhour – Hibiscus Brackenridgei Maʻo Hau Hele
Chelsea Bryce – Daybreak Memory, Hanawī

Cherie Attix – Pili Grass Afternoon
Christi Kelso – Impressions of Auwahi 4
Christina D Haines – Ode to Connie (Soft Geometry) HONORABLE MENTION AWARD
Debbie Brown – At Home i Uka
Debbie Brown – At Home Makai
Denby Freeland – Au ʻāpaʻapaʻa – passing of much time on a piece of land JURORS CHOICE AWARD

Donnette-Gene Wilson – ʻĀlaʻa, A Tree
Donnette-Gene Wilson – Kauila, A Wood Like Iron
Eleykaa Tully – Beauty of Waikamoi
Elizabeth Keller – Crater
Gwen Arkin – From My Garden
Gwen Arkin – The Bones of Hua Rattle in the Sun

Hoaka Reyes – Kū lana wao JURORS CHOICE AWARD
Honey Bun Haynes – Steadfast ʻAʻaliʻi
Jack Hamilton – ʻIʻiwi Bracelet
Jennifer Thackray – Three Nēnē Haleakalā
Judy Bisgard – Maile Lau Liʻi
Judy Bisgard – Uluhe

Julia Malia Cordi – Maui Maile Lei
Kaili Kosaka – Hāhā
Kaili Kosaka – The Coast as it Should Be…
Kalani Da Bat – Wipeout
Kate Collinson – Place of Peace
Katharine Stone Ayers – ʻOhai

Katharine Stone Ayers – Pulelehua
Katie Eifler – ʻApapane on ʻŌhiʻa
Kerry Childers – Endemic Flower Spider (Misumenops Sp.)
Kristin Markham – Kokʻio keʻokeʻo
Lori Winterbottom-Gruntzel – Ka Hala O Waiʻānapanapa
Lourdes Venard – Clash at Keālia

Madeleine Fernandez – Eyes of Wisdom
Maggie T. Sutrov – Heart of the Palm Garden
Maggie T. Sutrov – ʻIliahi of the Crater
Maggie T. Sutrov – ʻŌhiʻa of Waiheʻe Ridge
Mary Grandy – Humu
Melissa Bruck – Forest First CONSERVATION AT WORK AWARD

Monica R. Morakis – Aloha Grows Free
Peter Voci – Good Luck
Rebecca Lewis – Nēnē
Rick Strini – Kamehameha Butterfly
Rob DeCamp – Hoʻikeʻia
Roberta Ann Weisenburg – Memories of the Grove HONORABLE MENTION AWARD

Rose Adare – Squee 1
Sharon Ransford – ʻŌhiʻa Lehua I
Sharona – Kauila’s Hope
Sherry Ringer – Dance, Dance, Dance Triptych with Video
Sherry Ringer – The Journey Begins
Sherry Ringer – Water, Wind, Winged

Terrace Temple – ʻĀkohekohe
Terrace Temple – Maui Parrotbill
Vicky Robinson – Immaculatus Hibiscus (Diptych)
Zach Pezillo – Juvenile ʻIʻiwi
Zach Pezillo-Native Hawaiian Triptych

2018 High School

Cristal Pak – Light and Bold
Evelyn Arias Roman – Kupukupu
Heather Osterstock – Pōhinahina JURORS CHOICE AWARD
Jaden Viloria – Half a Heart
Jakob Martin – ʻApapane at Play
Jeziel Pulgados – Yesterday

Kaimilani Matsumoto – Monday Mornings
Moani-Keala Shimada – ʻŌhiʻa and Lehua
Malia Bragg – ʻŪlei
Malia Bragg – ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Liʻi Liʻi
Malia Bragg – ʻŌhiʻa Lehua 2
Makena Sunset Guzman – Disappearing Act

Makena Sunset Guzman – Carved Culture Connection
Nathan Tamashiro – ʻAmakihi
Skylar Masuda – Sunrise Nohanu
Victoria Teoh – ʻIhi
Yoon Seo Orite – The Guardian

2018 Middle School

Alyssa Burk – Rare Emerald
Bennett Takahama – Haleakalāʻs Finest
Blake Power – ʻApapane Bird
Cami Nakagawa – ʻŌpeʻapeʻa
Claire Eller – Hiding in the Greens
Dawson Dudoit – Alauahio Bird

July Rey – Emerald of the Forest
Kaela Odessa Forsythe – Hala at the Moon
Kailani Pascua – ʻAlalā
Kaimana Brittain – Hidden in the Forest
Kira Gomez – Aeʻo JURORS CHOICE AWARD
Leimomi Amadeo – The Great Monarch

Lexi Flynn – ʻĀkohekohe
Maile Vickers – ʻIʻiwi Nani
Mali Crile- Fire In The Forest
Malia Anderson – ʻŌhiʻa lehua
Melissa Bruck – Native Species Mandala Collaboration
Olena Rondeau – Flying Fire

Sumomo Sato – New Friend
Talei Laury-Schaefer- Jewel of the forest
Victoria Monkres – Hidden in the Water
Zoe Monts – Lehua Love
Zoe Monts – Mythical Monk Seal
Zoe Monts – Pueo Flight

2018 Elementary School

Aurora Zoetewey – The Haleakalā ʻIʻiwi
Aurora Zoetewey – Nēnē Partners
Beatrice Jongeneelen – Ānuenue Nēnē
Bodhi Williams – 2, 3, Fern
Jai Manley – Red Jewel JURORS CHOICE AWARD
Luke Nakoa Mounts – Deeply Rooted

Miles Keaui Morrison – ʻIʻiwi
Mikaela Petrilli – Monk Seal Ocean
Melia Kubinski – Maiapilo
Mel Wolf – The Ferny Way, a Native Milky Way
Stella Dell – Hawaiian Flutter

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