Orange County Art

I chose the word “seen” because sometimes people feel invisible or unheard, like they don’t have anyone to talk to. True friendship doesn’t always come right away – you often ...

Sometimes the things you see might not always be true. You shouldn’t compare yourself to people that might have a ‘perfect’ body or life. You have no idea what someone ...

To feel good about social media usage, we need to be the change we want to see. Using simple guidelines can help us focus on the good, be a positive ...

I worked so hard to find simple symbols that represented mental health, and through this, I found many ways to say “things will get better” and “its okay to be ...

I wanted to show the art of stillness and the raw emotion that a photo can capture. I wanted my picture to give off the effect of a person feeling ...

My submission is a poem, and my poem is meant to be for those who feel that they are bothersome, or an annoyance to others.

“One of the best ways I find hope is through writing. In this poem, I wrote about hope; and by writing this, I gave myself hope. I am a very ...

“As a biracial female in a white-male-dominant environment, I find it very important to point out racist and sexist behavior when I see it. I was very excited to make ...

My entry is titled, “Mental Health Matters.” My entry demonstrates that life can be extremely busy, and many things can be overwhelming. Many people don’t realize what may be going ...

It is a poster with graphics of people talking to each other, along with a Green ribbon representing mental health awareness, a quote from Lauren Fogel Mersy, and a text ...

My project shows the green ribbon, representing mental health awareness, and on it are ways that I help my mental health. It shows ways to calm down and how to ...

My entry shows a mental health toolbox. This is supposed to reflect ways/ tools to help improve mental health. I drew a toolbox with tools in it to represent the ...

My poster is about how to make sure you stay mentally healthy and what to do to stay healthy. My poster provides 4 ways to stay healthy and it has ...

My submission is about two friends sitting on a bench and one is going through mental health problems. The one on the right struggles with stress and anxiety which has ...

The red-haired character picks up on her friend’s anxious and stressed body language. because of this, she gently confronts her friend about the tension she has noticed. She even offers ...

The poem is a motivational piece about taking action for mental health. It encourages the reader to seek help and support, to exercise their body and mind, and to adopt ...

My poem tells a story of someone who struggles with anxiety and gets anxiety attacks frequently, but when they go get help, they start to realize they aren’t alone.

My entry shows that I am from more than one country and that I am unique in my very own way. Looking into the eye symbolizes that if you get ...

In my drawing the infinity symbol represents endless possibilities. The different sketches illustrate that I’m a complex person that cannot easily be defined within some limit or boundary. For example, ...

My entry relates back to the required content submission criteria because it shows and represents how no matter who you are there will always be a helping hand by your ...

My submission represents how as an Asian American it can sometimes be hard when you hear about all the Asian hate going around. This photo shows how even when the ...

This submission is saying that you don’t have to be like everyone else, and you are not like everyone else. Every single person in the world is different. Why would ...

As the shadows in the image show, on the outside we are all very similar, we all look like the same silhouettes with just simple differences. But sometimes it is ...

In my design I wanted to show that there is more than one way to look at something. In life we can choose to focus on the positive or we ...

This idea goes way back to when I was in a bad state of mind. I was not in a good position to do anything because of my mentality. Everything ...

My entry is about journaling, and the positive impacts it can have on someone. Journaling is a very useful coping strategy, and in doing it you can creative positive and ...

My entry is about what I do to get through hard times in life and what I believe will help you get through those dark times. I also provide examples ...

My entry is about the job I want to have in the future. I hope to become an architect and create many buildings in this world. It would be fun ...

Dear Future Max,
Don’t forget to take some time out to care for yourself! You can care for yourself when you lose yourself in music, when you are a ...

Dear Future Ava,
You should encompass your hobbies of painting, meditation and healthy cooking into daily habits so you could always feel self love!
Love,
Ava

I chose this category because it is something that I feel very strongly about. I want peace and justice in the world. I want everyone to be treated equally and ...

The bubble with words provides what gives that person hope to move forward. No matter how hard life got, those were their inspiration to keep going. The door represents the ...

I made visual art to encourage young people to find hope by being outside in nature. Whenever I feel stressed or in a challenging time, being in nature can help ...

Our entry is a painting with a quote about hope on it. We wanted to show that people can help others find hope instead of just showing ways of how ...

My painting is based on when I had cancer when I was about five or six years old with Ewing’s Sarcoma. I was in the hospital for a week every ...

My entry is about me,10 years from now. I want it to show how much someone can change, and has goals to change. I chose this category because it shows ...

My entry talks about my goals for the next five years during high school and my first year of college. It focuses on the things I want to learn and ...

I chose this category because I felt that there was so much injustice in our world. I decided to make a social media post, sharing a few bullet points on ...

People who really know me know just how hopeful I am about everything. From having hope that I will do a good job on the test to believing I can ...

I feel no one really knows how someone may feel or the reason they feel that way. People could be going through the worst and we may never know by ...

The visual art illustrates a supportive friend helping her friend in need. Although she has tried multiple times to help him, she finally refers him to professional help where he ...

I chose this category because self love is extremely important to me because I have personally struggled with it. While doing this I learned how many people are dissatisfied with ...

I chose hope because I feel like sometimes there isn’t enough hope in this world. Sometimes it seems so sad, or drowsy. So I choose hope, because everyone should have ...

The reason I chose this category was because when I myself was going through a hard time, I used dance to find hope. I wanted to let everyone know that ...