The Music Center of Los Angeles County announced the Grand Prize Finalists of the 20th annual Music Center Spotlight Awards. The final competition, one of the most prestigious in the nation, took place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

1st Place Maria Haras "L.A. River" 2D Art - Drawing South Pasadena High School 12th Grade Instructor: Aimee Hultman Watch Video

Runner Up        Anabel Curry        "Convicted"        2D Art - Drawing       Los Angeles County High School for        the Arts        12th Grade        Instructor: Barry Markowitz        Watch Video

Honorable Mention Jiyeon Ha "Conception" 2D Art - Mixed Media Valley Christian High 11th Grade Instructor: Sharon Zoteway

Honorable Mention Joo Eun Shin "My Wonderland" 2D Art - Drawing Corona del Mar High 12th Grade Instructor: John Gunnin

Honorable Mention Richard Enos "Jack Balloon" 2D Art - Drawing Mayfair High 12th Grade Instructor: Daniel Madison

Honorable Mention Rebecca Eichten "Radiant Darkness" 2D Art - Painting Westview High School 12th Grade Instructor: Keith Opstad

Honorable Mention Ran Zhang "5900 Machine" 2D Art - Painting Santa Monica High School 12th Grade

Cinthia Diaz "Untitled" 2D Art - Painting Lynwood High School 11th Grade Instructor: Antonio Portillo

Angela Rizhel Navarro "The Sink" 2D Art - Painting Harvard-Westlake 11th Grade Instructor: Marianne Hall

Stephen Park "Untitled" 2D Art - Drawing Van Nuys Senior High 11th Grade

Kelly To "Life After Flood" 2D Art - Painting South Pasadena High School 10th Grade Instructor: Aimee Hultman

Caroline Sirounian "Enigma" 2D Art - Mixed Media Glendale Senior High School 12th Grade Instructor: Scarlett Lowe

Amber Johnson "Collision" 2D Art - Mixed Media Steele Canyon High 12th Grade Instructor: Shari Duran

Yunhwan Jung "Adam and Eve" 2D Art - Mixed Media Palos Verdes Peninsula High 12th Grade Instructor: Joyce Kobashi

Shigeru Kameda "The Vehicle in the Philippines" 2D Art - Drawing Idyllwild Arts Academy 12th Grade Instructor: Rob Rutherford