ARTIST, 9, NOTCHES ANOTHER ACCOLADE.Byline: Dominic Berbeo Staff Writer Nine-year-old Aaron Yamagata of Encino is an artist bent on Adj. 1. bent on - fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" bent, dead set, out to leaving his stamp on the world. On Wednesday, he nearly did that, becoming a finalist in a nationwide contest to design stamps for the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. . Yamagata's stamp depicting a space station on the moon was one of only two finalists in California and 100 nationwide. The ``Stampin' the Future'' contest drew 120,000 entries from children ages 8 to 12. Although his entry wasn't selected as one of the four national winners, Yamagata said he is still fixed on becoming a famous artist, and adds the recognition to a long list of artistic accomplishments. ``My favorite artist is Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (də vĭn`chē, Ital. lāōnär`dō dä vēn`chē), 1452–1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, b. near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany. because he was a Renaissance man and I can relate to that,'' the eighth-grader from the Professional Children's School Professional Children's School is an independent day school enrolling 210 students in grades 6-12. Located in Manhattan, a few blocks from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the school provides a college-preparatory education to young people preparing for, or already pursuing, in Studio City said. ``I want to be a great artist someday, too.'' Van Nuys Postmaster postmaster - The electronic mail contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The Internet standard for electronic mail (RFC 822) requires each machine to have a "postmaster" address; usually it is Woody Dewitt presented Yamagata with a framed copy of his stamp design at a ceremony Wednesday at the Van Nuys post office, where the boy first picked up his application for the contest. The designs of the four national winners will be used to create first-class stamps. The new stamps will be presented at the World Kids Congress as part of World Stamp Expo 2000, an international exhibition scheduled for July 7-16 in Anaheim, said postal spokeswoman Terri Bouffiou. ``Stampin' the Future'' is not the first art contest Yamagata has taken a prize in since he started drawing at age 3. He designed one of this year's UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. Christmas cards, which won him $500 and a trip to the United Nations in New York New York, state, United StatesNew York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . He has since been featured on numerous television talk shows and magazines around the country. In addition, he is on his way to visit President Clinton in the White House next week after winning the U.S. Department of Energy's Power Art Contest 2000, an educational campaign aimed at elementary school children, said his mother, Dee Dee Yamagata. ``I like all the attention,'' Aaron said. ``It's a lot of fun.'' The four nationwide winners of the stamp contest are Zachary Canter, 9, of Kailua, Hawaii; Ashley Yound, 11, of Sany, Utah; Morgan Hill, 9, of Montclair, N.J.; and Sarah Lipsey, 11, of Memphis, Tenn., Bouffiou said. The other finalist from California was 12-year-old Keseniya Juchinskaya of San Francisco. |
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