Arts

Beckman Students honored in the 2024 OC Artist of the Year awards!

Each year, the Visual and Performing Arts department nominates students for OC Artist of the Year. We select students not only based on their talent, but also their character and dedication to pursue the arts after graduation. This year, we had eight students who made it to the Semi-Finals for OC Artist of the Year. Each of these students present their portfolios during an interview conducted by a panel of judges who are professionals in the arts. 

We are happy to announce that in the category of Media Arts, Grace Lin was the overall winner and Sarah Hu was the division finalist for Graphic Design. Attached is the article announcing their success in this Sunday's edition of the OC Register. To offer perspective, these two student artists are the equivalent to a CIF Finalist. 

Congratulations Grace and Sarah!!

Also, congratulations to the Semi-Finalists: Ashley Kikuta, Kailey Grandes, Bill Guo, Mia Chen, Lily Zahraii, and Avni Patel

READ FULL OC REGISTER NEWSPAPER ARTICLE HERE

Former Beckman Student, Camden Ho, debuts artwork on NYSE!

Beckman's Nathan Boice named the 2024 Orange County High School Film Teacher of the Year!

VITAL LINK AWARD WINNERS

Animation:

• SECOND PLACE: Charlie Bacha

Photography:

• SECOND PLACE: Meena Senapathi (12) -AP Studio Art

Graphic Design / Promotional Marketing

• FIRST PLACE: Katie Chamkasem
• SECOND PLACE: Lucy Xu

VITAL LINK AWARD SEMI-FINALISTS

Web Design:

• Becca Bledstein

Animation:

• Charlie Bacha

Photography:

• Leo Han 10th Grade (He is at Portola now he was in my VI class)
• Meena Senapathi (12) -AP Studio Art
• Makhi Czaykowski (9) - Photo Design

Graphic Design / Promotional Marketing

• Lucy Xu
• Jun Forman
• Helen Xu
• Serena Zhang
• Hristo Ilieve
• Isabella Chen
• Katie Chamkasem
• Cassidy Nguyễn

Check out the work here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Mo0t_frHwIEbO_HNCYM6sCQ5WbfuPPXW?usp=sharing

TACFA SAI AWARDS

The following students received awards last night at the TACFA SAI Awards reception at the Clifton C. Miller Community Center from 6-8 pm. The awards started at 7:00 and it was a great evening seeing our students' work be recognized by the Tustin community. The students and parents were so excited to be part of this evening and please congratulate the students and view their artwork HERE.

These students placed in the PHOTOGRAPHY DIVISION:

• Anita Campagnola (Grade 9): Honorable Mention
• Marco Zavala (Grade 11): Honorable Mention 
• Kaeden Wakamoto (Grade 12): Third Place 
• Nadeen Kerdiya (Grade 12): Second Place
• Meena Senapathi (Grade 12): First Place

Studio Art Students:

• Tara Bamdab (12)
• Dulce Ruiz (12)

Graphic Design/Digital Illustration Students:

• Kristen Kim: Second Place
• Morgan Wilbert: Third Place

2022 LAGUNA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS

Beckman has three students who will be participating in the Laguna Festival of the Arts this summer:

• Menglin Yu’s artwork - On my way
• Brooke Horton - Chaos 
• Abigail Chu’s artwork - Woozy

Artwork will be displayed at the festival from July 5 through September 3, 2022:

• Festival of Arts of Laguna Beach / 650 Laguna Canyon Road / Laguna Beach, CA 92651

2022 OC Artist of the Year

• Jakob Dubin - Semifinalist - Directing/Editing
• Nickhil Nagpal - Semifinalist - Cinematography
• Brian Lee - Semifinalist - Visual Effects/Animation
• Meena Senapahi - Computer Generated Arts
  • VIDEO: Meena Senapathi Named 2022 OC Artist of the Year and TUSD Arts Highlight
  • NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: Meena Senapathi 2022 OC Artist of the Year - Sunday, May 1, 2002 OC Register
• Ryan McGarrity - Photography (Finalist)

2022 Orange County Film Festival - Film Awards

• ​Beckman Beat Show Open - Nominee, Best Show Open - Nickhil Nagpal
• Hourglass - Nominee, Best Independent - Jakob Dubin
• Full Tilt - Winner, Best Independent - Ryan Nguyen, Makai Gomi, Kai Nguyen
• Wrong One - Nominee, Best Independent - Percy Lee
• Trepid - Nominee, Best Short Film - Jakob Dubin

2022 Orange County Film Festival - Individual Awards

• Jakob Dubin - Nominee, Best Original Score - Hourglass
• Ryan Nguyen - Nominee, Best Graphics
• Jakob Dubin - Winner, Best Production Design - Hourglass
• Makai Gomi - Nominee, Best Production Design - Full Tilt
• Ben Kroko - Nominee, Best Production Design - Trepid
• Jakob Dubin - Nominee, Best Editing - Hourglass & Trepid
• Ryan Nguyen - Nominee, Best Editing - Full Tilt
• Nickhil Nagpal - Winner, Best Cinematography - Trepid
• Ryan Nguyen - Nominee, Best Cinematography - Full Tilt
• Nickhil Nagpal - Nominee, Best Cinematography - Hourglass
• Jakob Dubin - Nominee, Best Sound Design - Hourglass
• Ryan Nguyen - Winner, Best Sound Design - Full Tilt
• Jakob Dubin - Nominee, Best Director - Trepid & Hourglass
• Jakob Dubin - Winner, Best Producer - Trepid

2022 Tustin Student Film Festival - Film Awards

• Trepid - Winner, Best Short Film - Jakob Dubin
• My Zombie Masterpiece - Official Selection, Best Short Film - Jakob Dubin
• Beckman Media Arts Promo, Official Selection, Best Commercial - Parker Pailma & Dylan Stewart
• Coca-Cola with Coffee (Spec Ad) - Winner, Best Commercial - Parker Pailma
• Drum Major - Official Selection, Best Documentary - Jakob Dubin
• HB Oil Spill - Official Selection, Best Documentary - Logan Hansen & Nicole Lee
• Painting Humanity - Winner, Best Documentary - Tyler Hom
• Middle of Love - Official Selection, Best Music Video - by Jakob Dubin
• Around Us - Official Selection, Best PSA - Nicole Lee
• Beckman Beat Show Open - Official Selection, Best Experimental Film - Nickhil Nagpal
• Hourglass - Official Selection, Best Experimental Film - Jakob Dubin

2022 Tustin Student Film Festival - Individual Awards

• Nickhil Nagpal - Winner, Best Editing - Beckman Beat Show Open
• Jakob Dubin - Winner, Best Production Design - Trepid
• Jakob Dubin - Winner, Best Producer - Trepid

2022 Tustin Student Film Festival - Mentor Awards

• Nathan Boice - Mentor of the Year at the Orange County Film Festival