Artwork: THE HANDSHAKE by Alex Fickes, 11th grade
Quote: "From a patchwork of differences, a strengthened whole" - Shirley Topovski
Billboard sponsor: The Seaman Corporation
Artwork: MANY LEAVES, SAME ROOTS by Joseph Bruch, 7th grade
Quote: "Although we are all different, we have to remember that we all come from the same roots." - Joseph Bruch, 7th grade
Billboard sponsor: David and Carol Briggs
Artwork: A FLUTTER OF CULTURES by Diane Glass
Quote: "What does embracing our differences mean? I sat and contemplated. Then I realized we shouldn't think about it, we should do it. Love our differences, they make us unique. Care for our differences, they give us color." - Kate Norris, 7th grade.
Artwork: WE ARE ONE by Keely Purvis, 10th grade
Quote: "The Pledge of Allegiance defines us as 'One Nation.' This doesn't mean we must look or think alike; it means we must respect our differences and through the democratic process, act together for the betterment of all" - Ann M. Obrecht, Wayne County Commissioner
Billboard sponsor: Wooster Unity Project
Artwork: MANIFOLD MANDALA by Katrina Jones Baden
Quote: "Our spirits radiate outward through our eyes, our smiles and actions. I know therefore that our bodies create the illusion that we are separate; we are not. When we all can see ourselves as one, reality and peace can follow." - Rick Gatliff
Billboard sponsor: Wooster Unity Project
* Collage Artwork: EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES COLLAGE
Quote: "We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love on another." - Jonathan Swift
* The judges felt the below submissions were very creative, but due to technical challenges in the enlarging process, each piece could not be properly reproduced, so elements of each were incorporated into a collage.
Below are the submissions from which this billboard were created:
LINKS IN A CHAIN by Samuel John Meyer, 11th grade
FLAGS OF THE NATIONS by Gary Rose, 11th grade
EMBRACING OUR DIFFERENCES by Trista Kern, 8th grade
UNTITLED by Leslie Garza, 11th grade
