The ArtEffect 2025 Certificate of Excellence Winners!

• Mia McDowell (Grade 7) from West Middle School in Byron Center, Michigan, paid homage to Ens. Jane Kendeigh in a mixed media artwork on paper titled A Woman that Changed History. Kendeigh was the first U.S. Navy flight nurse to appear on an active battlefield in the Pacific.
• Brandon Hanaoka (Grade 10) from Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington, told Martin Couney’s story through his acrylic painting, Infant Eyes. Hanaoka was also a finalist in the 2024 ARTEFFECT Competition. Couney saved thousands of premature babies by caring for them in incubators displayed in sideshow exhibits.
• Hrithika K. Sunil (Grade 11) from Sharjah Indian School in Sarjah, United Arab Emirates, looked to Kadambini Ganguly as the inspiration for her award-winning mixed-media work Kadambini Ganguly: In Her Hands. Ganguly was the first Indian-educated woman to become a doctor, and was also a social activist and one of India’s first female college graduates.
• Lily Manoochehri Farr (Grade 7) from Bernardo Heights Middle School in San Diego, California, honored Mary Ann Bickerdyke in her mixed-media artwork The Life of Mary Bickerdyke. Bickerdyke was a Civil War nurse who revolutionized wartime medical care and built almost 300 field hospitals with the help of U.S. Sanitary Commission agents.
• Yuhan Zhou (Grade 11) from Newport High School in Bellevue, Washington, used acrylic paint to render the story of Eugene Wilson Caldwell in The Price of Vision. Caldwell was an electrical engineer, physician and inventor credited with major developments in the science of diagnostic radiology.
• Hari Jeon (Grade 10) from South Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia, painted These Are My Children in honor of Roslï Näf.
• Tina Zhao (Grade 10) from Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bellevue, Washington, illustrated Cordelia Harvey’s story in her acrylic painting, Nurse Harvey’s War Time. Harvey was a compassionate First Lady of Wisconsin during the American Civil War, who dedicated herself to improving healthcare for wounded soldiers and establishing hospitals and relief organizations.

ARTEFFECT Ambassadors culminate their visual arts online fellowships with capstone projects that brings the inspiring stories of the LMC Unsung Heroes into their classrooms and communities. Here are some highlights from Mary’s project:

“This experience working with LMC and ARTEFFECT has reminded me of how important and crucial it is for teachers to be life-long learners. Not only did I enjoy learning about the life stories and heroic deeds of the LMC Unsung Heroes, but I also enjoyed having a front row seat watching my students have lightbulb glowing A-HA moments.”

Mary’s project was featured in an article from the St. Clair Times. Thank you to Mary and the students at St. Clair County High School for your creativity and inspiring ARTEFFECT projects!