{"id":100992,"date":"2021-04-14T17:52:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T00:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=100992"},"modified":"2021-04-14T17:52:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T00:52:45","slug":"lancaster-announces-winners-of-see-and-be-seen-student-art-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/04\/14\/lancaster-announces-winners-of-see-and-be-seen-student-art-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster announces winners of &#8220;See and Be Seen&#8221; student art contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_100994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100994\" style=\"width: 1017px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100994\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lancaster-See-and-be-See-student-art-contest-winners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1017\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lancaster-See-and-be-See-student-art-contest-winners.jpg 1017w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lancaster-See-and-be-See-student-art-contest-winners-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Lancaster-See-and-be-See-student-art-contest-winners-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1017px) 100vw, 1017px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[L to R] Contest winners Aubrey Mendoza, 8th grader at Desert Christian, and Charlotte Watson, 1st grader at Desert Christian. [Contributed]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; The city of Lancaster has announced the winners of its SEE AND BE SEEN student art contest. The 16 winners will have their artwork adapted and prominently featured on SEE AND BE SEEN signal cabinets across the city. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Abigail Beharrell<\/strong>, 3rd grader at Blue Ridge<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anabella Cabrera<\/strong>, kindergartener at Jack Northrop<\/li>\n<li><strong>Isabelle DeFrancis<\/strong>, 9th grader at Highland High<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlotte Estrada<\/strong>, 6th grader at Sundown Elementary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kaitlyn Gardiner<\/strong>, 4th grader at Desert Christian<\/li>\n<li><strong>Isabella Gonzalez,<\/strong> 4th grader at West Wind Elementary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camryn Large<\/strong>, 5th grader at Desert Christian<\/li>\n<li><strong>Melanie Martinez-Canales<\/strong>,12th grader at Lancaster High<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aubrey Mendoza<\/strong>, 8th grader at Desert Christian<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jude Middleton<\/strong>, 7th grader at Amargosa Creek Middle<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amelia Rosale<\/strong>s, 5th grader at Nancy Cory Elementary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zoe Sarver<\/strong>, 2nd grader at Desert Christian<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michael Simmon<\/strong>s, 4th grader at Lincoln Elementary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taylor Smith<\/strong>, 4th grader at West Wind Elementary<\/li>\n<li><strong>Josette Thomas<\/strong>, 6th grader at Bethel Christian<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charlotte Watson<\/strong>, 1st grader at Desert Christian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI joined the SEE AND BE SEEN contest because I wanted to be a part of the community and have my art displayed,\u201d said winning artist Aubrey Mendoza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like going on long walks. My artwork was about eye contact, so that people can know that when you\u2019re going on a walk, make sure you look left and right four to five times,\u201d said 7-year-old winning artist Charlotte Watson. When asked what she would share with other students who may walk or ride their bikes around the city, Charlotte said, \u201cWatch where you\u2019re going \u2026 I tripped today and want to make sure you don\u2019t trip too.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1019038911\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>This year\u2019s SEE AND BE SEEN art contest ran from Oct. 7 to Dec. 4, 2020, and Lancaster students in grades K-12 were invited to participate. Students were required to choose one of the four SEE AND BE SEEN safety messages as inspiration for their creation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make Eye Contact<\/li>\n<li>Eyes Up, Phone Down<\/li>\n<li>Ride Right In The Bike Lane<\/li>\n<li>Keep In Mind, Walk Between The Lines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This art contest is part of Lancaster&#8217;s SEE AND BE SEEN <em>Active Transportation Safety and Healthy Living<\/em> program that the California Office of Traffic Safety helped establish through a grant funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.\u00a0The objective of the SEE AND BE SEEN program is to instigate generational behavior change that will ultimately improve Lancaster\u2019s crash statistics, especially for children and older adults.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so proud of all the talented, young artists who submitted entries for this year\u2019s contest, and I want to thank each of them for their participation,\u201d said Lancaster City Councilmember Raj Mahli. \u201cThese artists are helping to spread the word about the importance of active transportation safety in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information and additional opportunities to participate in the city&#8217;s SEE AND BE SEEN program, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoflancasterca.org\/our-city\/departments-services\/development-services\/city-engineering\/traffic-engineering\/see-and-be-seen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cityoflancasterca.org\/seeandbeseen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the city of Lancaster.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; The city of Lancaster has announced the winners of its SEE AND BE SEEN student art contest. The 16 winners will have their artwork adapted and prominently featured on SEE AND BE SEEN signal cabinets across the city. They are: Abigail Beharrell, 3rd grader at Blue Ridge Anabella Cabrera, kindergartener at Jack Northrop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1499,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}