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2019 MWA Exhibit

2019 Adult

Alicia Blackwell – Celebrating Hōkūleʻa
Amy Justen – ‘Alalā with Hōʻawa Tree (Flowering)
Amy Justen – ‘Alalā with Hōʻawa Tree (Fruiting)
Amy Justen – Kipona
Andy Behrle – Pauka Wai (Water Quilt) Digital Image
Annamarie Sheehan – ‘Ākohekohe

B H Freeland – ‘Ōhiʻa Lehua Renewal
Barbara Plunkett – ʻĀkohekohe Forever
Barbara Steinberg – Swimming Towards Extinction
Barbara Stienberg – The Pup
Benjamin Rachunas – Next Generation
Bob Flint – E Ho’i Mai (The Return)

Bonniestar Marsh – Haleakalā Guardians
Brooke Mahnken – E Hāʻawi I Ka Kuleana
Bryan Berkowitz – It’s the People | Art of Conservation Award
Caramiya Davies-Reid – Ula Jacket
Caramiya Davies-Reid – Abutilon Menziesii Shoes
Carla Gangini – Naio

Carla Gangini – ‘Ūlei
Carmen Gardner – ʻI’Iwi A Me Māmane
Caroline Killhour – Long Live ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Charlene Yoshizu – ʻĀmaʻumaʻu
Charlene Yoshizu – Pua Kala
Cherie Attix – Palapalai

Christi Kelso – Alani Bud Necklace
Christi Kelso – ʻŌhiʻa
Christine Turnbull – Sacred Soul
Christy Vail – 3 Nudibranches
Donna Zarbin-Bryne – Koa Phyllodes
Donnette-Gene Wilson – Aeʻo Feeding

Donnette-Gene Wilson – Koʻoloaʻula
Elizibeth Keller – Ephemera
Emiliano Achaval – Lava Bowl
Emiliano Achaval – Treasure Box
Emiliano Achaval – Golden Bowl
Frank B. Shaner – “Into The Wilderness – Halemauʻu Trail” Haleakalā National Park | Honorable Mention (Bob Hobdy)

Gabrielle Anderman – Native Hawaiian Birds
Gwen Arkin – Spring Will Come Again
Hanna Mounce – The First Long Awaited Encounter
Husa Adams – The Muddied Calm
Jack Hamilton – Unique Species – Unique Place
Jeanette Hablewitz – Walking Through Clouds

Jeanne Young – ʻĀkohekohe and ʻAmaʻu
Jeanne Young – ʻAmakhi and ʻOpelu
Jennifer Kogan – Nēnē On A Misty Day
Jennifer Thackray – ʻUaʻu Haleakalā Crater
Joanne Hopper – August Pūkiawe
Jody Arthur – Keana | Rarest Find Award

Joyce Jeffers – Renewal
Judy Bisgard – Hala I
Judy Bisgard – Hala
Julia Malia Cordi – Malie Lei | Honorable Mention (Joëlle C.)
Kalani Da Bat – ‘Ōpe’ape’a on Hae
Kaliko Spencer – Ka Wahine Noho Wai

Katharine Stone Ayers – ʻĀhinahina
Kirk Kurokawa – Scarlet ʻIʻiwi
Krista Woodward – Gift For Pele
Lanakila Makua – Delicate Balance
Laura Lundby – ‘Alae Ke’oke’o
Lourdes Venard – Stilt Reflections

Madeline Fernandez – Scarlet Beauty
Maggie T. Sutrov – Cyanea Blooms
Maggie T. Sutrov – The Journey Through
Mary Beth Binder - Flash of Light: ʻI'iwi At Hosmers Grove, Haleakalā
Mary Beth Binder – Flash of Light: ʻI’iwi At Hosmers Grove, Haleakalā | Peopleʻs Choice Award
Mary Grandy – Kamehameha Butterfly
Mary-Ann Leigh – Architecture – Loulu Style

Megg White – Natural Means Of Arrival
Mikayla Kwik – Hala Pepe
Pamela Schulz – Dancing on the Rocks
Patricia Chaney – Evening Flight Home
Patte Goff-Williams – Holei For Adele
Rebecca Lewis – Nēnē With Attitude | Juror’s Choice Award (Joëlle C.)

Rici Guild – Kahua o Ke Kai
Rick Strini – Honu, Hawaiian Turtle
Rita Marlowe – Holokea In Bloom
Roberta Ann Wiesenburg – Wana Box
Sarah Voyer – Koʻoloa ʻula
Sherry Ringer – Catch the Day

Sherry Ringer – Feathers
Sunny Jordan – Celebrating the Hīhīwai
Susanna L. Cromwell – Pua Kala – Hawaiian Prickly Poppy | Juror’s Choice Award (Bob Hobdy)
Susie Baldwin – Kupu Ka ʻŌhiʻa Lehua Mai Ka’ A’a
Tom Calhoun – Mauiui Ia Lehua – Pondering (the fate of) Lehua
Tracey Dudley – Celadon Dusk – Kukulae’o

Tracey Dudley – Coral Sunrise – Kukulae’o
Wayne Omura – Celebration Of Koa
Wendy Romanchak – Greensword, Argyroxiphium Grayanam
Zach Pezzillo – Kiwikiu
Zach Pezzillo – Ma’o | Conservation Professional Awards

2019 High School

Aleah Kaonohi – My Memory Flower
Anna Fosbinder – Native Naupaka
Czaresse Piano – Spotlight
Elijah Uwekoʻolani – Nēnē Lehua
Fernanda Maldanado Gongora – Mālama, It’s Our Turn To protect
Heather Osterstock – Kōlea

Ilihia Tegge – Hawaiian Prickly Poppy
Ilihia Tegge – 3 Little Flowers
Jayda Corpuz – A Lonely World
Jayla Aguirre – Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa
Joshua Worth – Pulelehua
Kaela Odessa Forsythe – Koki’o Kea

Kaela Odessa Forsythe – Silver Maile
Kamalei Nemoto – No Bad Days
Kara Nakahashi – Visions And Revelations
Kaye Paranada – Growing Alone
Kiana Ah You – Pōhinahina
Kruz Soloria – Pot of ʻIʻiwi

Lia Delizo – Skirt Of Hi’iaka
Nikolas Kim – Naupaka Kahakai
Pono Akiona – Peace of Mind
Skaylar Masuda – ʻApapane I (Dissolution) | Juror’s Choice
Skaylar Masuda – ʻApapane II (Dissociation)
Tianna Powell – Scarlet Vibrance

Ti’are Kikino – Nani Na Meu Li’ili’i

2019 Middle School

Austin Kota Schlather – ʻAmakihi On ʻŌhiʻa Lehua
Beatrice Jongeneelen – Twlight ‘Āhinahina
Bennett Takahama – Endangered Beauty
Duke Dodge – ‘Ākala Berry
Griffin Dempsey – The ‘Amakihi
Grace Ross – ʻŌhelo Berries

Jacqueline Nguyen – Yellow Feather | Juror’s Choice
Jai Manley – The ʻApapane
Kepa Cabanas – HBB Bug Control
Lahi Artates – Ka Pūpū Kuahiwi
Leila Gooding – ʻĀkohekohe
Mali Crile – Glass Wings

Olena Rondeau – Hawaiian Honeycreeper
Pierce Armstrong – Fire Ball
Tanya Kari – Hawaiian Humuhumu
Tristan Sullivan – Adolescent ʻIʻiwi on ʻŌhiʻa
Tritan Sullivan – Fallen Koa Leaves
Valentina Medina-Tellez ʻIʻiwi

2019 Elementary School

Ali Taghari – Salty Waves
Baylee Roberts – Living Free!
Cruz Galicinao – An ‘O’opu Life
Haʻikū 3rd Grade – Acacia Koa’s Pretty Little Friends
Keenan Bryce – Home O Ka I’a
Stella Dell – ‘Iao in the Moonlight

Tosh Albert – Lucky Turtle | Juror’s Choice

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