STATE OF THE ART

The Orange County Register announced the nominees for the 2025 Artist of the Year

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The Orange County Register announced the nominees for the 2025 Artist of the Year. The program highlighted over 900 talented students from across the county, 91 of whom were OCSA students. Below are the nominees in the Fine Arts and Instrumental Music categories:

NOMINEES:

Fine Arts
Isabella Chiodo (VA, ‘25)
Ashley Choi (VA, ‘25)
Millie Hamel (VA, ‘25)
Dana Kim (VA, ‘25)
Sophia Kim (IA, ‘25)
Akira Kircher (VA, ‘26)
Haeny Lee (VA, ‘25)
Nini Liu (VA, ‘25)
Valerie Nguyen (VA, ‘25)
Vivi Perez (VA, ‘26)
Ava Schmitt (VA, ‘25)
Faith Suh (VA, ‘25)
Angelina Wang (DM, ‘25)
Ella Wang (VA, ‘26)
Jenny Wang (VA, ‘25)
Emily Wen (VA, ‘26)
Coco Xiao (VA, ‘25)
Charlotte Yoh (VA, ‘26)

Instrumental Music
Hank Braverman (PM, ‘26)
Samuel Chung (IM, ‘25)
HP Emerich (PM, ‘26)
Ariana Kim (IM, ‘25)
Emmi Nicolov (PM, ‘26)
Keilah Park (IM, ‘25)

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