Congratulations to our 2020 logo winners!

Logo Winner Announced at Almaden Women’s Club Meeting

The Almaden Valley Women’s Club announced the winner of the logo contest at their general meeting last week. The winning logo will appear on the group’s wine glasses as well as any print and on-line advertisements. Although the club’s annual Almaden Art & Wine Festival has been cancelled for this year, a limited number of the glasses will be produced for use at smaller fundraising events to be held throughout the year.

The winning logo was created by Kyle Lai, a sophomore at Leland High School and a student at Lord of the Light Art Studio. Generally, Kyle likes to draw Anime characters using pencil. He’s posted a number of his creations on his Instagram account @stardragonair.  His winning logo features a combination of grapes, an artist’s brush and a guitar with Mt. Umunhum in the background. Kyle was also a runner up in last year’s logo contest, coming in third.

The first runner up in the contest is Shivani Kini, a 6th grader at Bret Harte Middle School. Shivani’s art involved a unique creation of a basket of music notes holding grapes and held together with an artist’s brush. She loves to work in oil pastels and water colors. In addition to her art, she also enjoys tennis, basketball, cooking and programming.

The second runner up was Ellie Sul, a freshman at Cupertino High School and also a student at Lord of the Light. Ellie’s drawing involved a wine barrel with swirls of grape vines and grapes on the barrel with artist’s brushes used as drumsticks to create a vision of music. A unique interpretation, it is a reflection of Ellie’s artistic style of surrealism. When she isn’t creating art, Ellie loves to run and stay active. Although she is a freshman, she is on the Varsity track team and competes in jumping events.

The third runner up was Nethra Srinivasan. Nethra is a sophomore at Leland High School and enjoys creating abstract art. Her goal when creating her art is to convey a deeper meaning than the image itself by using a whimsical style and vivid colors. Her preference is to work with oil. Nethra’s logo submission involved a wine barrel with grapes and an artist’s brush in front with vines trailing around the image. In addition to art, Nethra also enjoys dancing and teaching through The NeuroKidz, a nonprofit organization designed to foster a passion in neuroscience.

The fourth runner up was Elina Jin, a 6th grader at Castillero Middle School. Elina’s simple yet meaningful design involved an artist’s brush and a grape vine coming together to form a heart. Elina enjoys drawing fantasy animals and imaginative arts with pencil and prisma color markers. She also plays the flute and enjoys swimming.

All of the students created their art Lord of the Light, a local art studio located in the Old Almaden Plaza. The studio’s owners started with art classes in their garage and moved to their current location after the classes became so popular with local students. Lord of the Light offers art classes for kids of all ages and adults as well.

2020 Logo Contest Information & Guidelines



2020 Festival Logo Letter