The Olive Hyde Art Guild (OHAG) presented the 2025 Scholarship Awards on Friday, May 16, at a reception in the gallery courtyard. The seven finalists were also able to display their work in the Mission Room and at the reception. Over 31 Fremont High School seniors and Ohlone College students applied.
The two jurors were working artists: Rhys Nguyen and Wednesday DeGuzman. Nguyen is a Vietnamese artist. He is the collection coordinator and mentor at P.A.I.N.T. Creative program, a studio space serving artists with developmental and intellectual disabilities. DeGuzman was a finalist in the Olive Hyde Art Guild Scholarship program in 2017. She is a Filipina illustrator and designer from the Bay Area.
The reception was attended by about 70 people; student artists were excited to be able to meet with family, friends, jurors and guild members.
Congratulations to our 2025 winners!
• Jasmine Li, American High School, $2,000 award for Outstanding Artistic Talent
• Alisa Liao, Mission San Jose High School, $500 award for Artistic Excellence
• Logan Hu, Irvington High School, $250 art supplies gift certificate for Artistic Merit
• Yupei Zhu, Ohlone College, $2,000 award for Outstanding Artistic Talent
• Sophia Parisi, Ohlone College, $500 award for Artistic Excellence
• Veronica Kosinski, Ohlone College, $250 art supplies gift certificate for Artistic Merit
• Marina Martins-Juncker, Ohlone College, $1,000 Jan Schafir Memorial Award for Visual Art
• Megan Olson, art teacher, American High School, is recognized with $500 as instructor for winning high school student
Jasmine Li, the American High School Outstanding Artistic Talent winner, has also won a contest for her artwork by Scholastic.
Yupei Zhu, the Outstanding Talent award winner, is a deaf student from Ohlone College. He made a speech through a sign language interpreter, about how he lost his hearing when he was in preschool and the loneliness that followed. To paraphrase his words upon winning, Zhu shared that deafness closed doors for him, while art opened new doors, giving him a fresh start.
