Jennifer (Doyeon) Kim’s website is a cornucopia of her artistic creativity, from product design to visual art to e-textiles and “ecopia” (such as faux succulent arrangements) to shirt designs and matchbook designs on a page labeled “Fun!” She is a full-on product designer at 17. Meet the Artists of the Year Dance: Piper Rovsek, Newport…
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Helen Zhang was the last of the nominees that the fine arts judges saw at the end of a long day. But they weren’t too tired to lean into her work. And when it came time to pick the Artist of the Year, Zhang ended up first. “That’s an artist that I can’t wait to…
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The lyrics for one of the two numbers Madison Becerra performed were written in the native tongue of Mexican composer Manuel Ponce. Singing “Estrellita” in Spanish, Becerra said later, made her feel closer to her father and her family’s Mexican heritage. Meet the Artists of the Year Dance: Piper Rovsek, Newport Beach Theater: Isabella Kim,…
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Before touching her lips to her trumpet mouthpiece and leaning into the opening notes of “Billie’s Bounce” by jazz legend Charlie Parker, Allie Molin issued an apology. It’s allergy season, she said, and she was having to drink a lot of water. The tumbler at her feet gave testament to that need. No matter. Meet…
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Authenticity. That’s what Noah Villanueva decided to go for as he thought about how to present himself in his effort to be named Artist of the Year for Film and TV. He said as much as he sat before a panel of judges a second year in a row. Villanueva, 18, was a semifinalist in…
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Her name is Isabella Kim. But that’s not what actor Eric Petersen jotted down in his notes as he watched Kim perform two monologues for the group judging Artist of the Year for Theater. Petersen, who has appeared in numerous TV series, scribbled the name of a three-time Academy Award winner — along with multiple…
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Last year, she was named a finalist. This year, Piper Rovsek moved past everyone else to become the Judy Morr Artist of the Year for Dance. For Melanie Kay Rosa, artistic director and chair of the dance department at Fullerton College, Rovsek “moved like nobody else.” Meet the other Artists of the Year Theater: Isabella…
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They are dancers and thespians. They sing and play instruments. They draw, paint, sculpt — by hand and by using digital devices. They shoot photographs. They design sets and sound and lighting. They are filmmakers — writers, directors, editors, cinematographers. Meet the Artists of the Year Dance: Piper Rovsek, Newport Beach Theater: Isabella Kim, Fullerton…
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In 1984, volunteers stood outside supermarkets in Orange County, clipboards in hand, helping fellow Vietnamese Americans register to vote. Van Tran, then a freshman at UC Irvine, was one of them. President Ronald Reagan was up for reelection, and the county’s Republican Party had launched an outreach effort targeting the growing Vietnamese population in Garden…
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HONOLULU — The Long Beach State and Hawaii men’s volleyball teams squared off for another Big West Tournament title on Saturday, but it might not be the last time they meet this spring. Second-seeded Hawaii got the better of top-seeded LBSU on Saturday night, handing the nation’s top-ranked team a 25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 25-22 defeat…
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