The winner of the pin design for the Year of the Tiger is Mandy Chen.  A student from Tacoma School of the Arts. Mandy is from China staying here with a host family.

Congratulations ... see the actual pin at the New Year's Event at the Tacoma Dome.

See a note from Mandy below.

I wanted to submit for this contest because I want to preserve my culture.  Actually, I learned something about the tradition of the tiger from this project.  This was a good opportunity to try a different form of art work. 

My uncle arranged for me to come to America and SOTA because it was a good opportunity for me to study art, and I live with a very helpful and normal host family.

My goal while in America is to learn to speak and write English better and try different ways to learn the skill of drawing and painting.   In the America I have more time spend on art. I also hope to become more outgoing because I am a very shy person.  Sota has helped me with this.