On Friday, May 8, the annual Sand Arts Festival took place on Tybee Island, Georgia. About 300 SCAD students competed creating imaginative sand art on the north beach. Thousands of visitors came to watch.

Here is a list of the winners:

Sand Sculpture

* First place: “Daughter of the Ocean,” Wen-Shan Huang, graduate student, industrial design, Chaojho, Taiwan; Cheng-Fang Lee, graduate student, industrial design, Banciao, Taiwan; Chin-Sheng Lin, graduate student, industrial design, Taipei, Taiwan; Ran Wang, graduate student, design management, Beijing, China
* Second place: “Coral Reef,” Joel Nilsen, graduate student, graphic design, Blacksburg, Va.; Cristine Moonan, graduate student, graphic design, Cordova, Tenn.; Ximena Molina, M.A., graphic design, 2009, San Salvador, El Salvador; Drew Lewicki, graduate student, graphic design, Clinton Township, Mich.
* Third place: “Bracken Sand Castle,” Jonathan Nance, junior, film and television, Raleigh, N.C.; Stephanie Burns, senior, photography, Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Jacob Sonk, senior, animation, San Antonio, Texas; Karl Goethert, senior, animation, Concord, Mass.

Sand Castle

* First place: “Castle with Sticks and Shells,” Arica Wolfe, first-year, fibers, Medina, Ohio; Alex Waggoner, sophomore, graphic design, Gastonia, N.C.; Elise Lapaglia, first-year, architecture, Apopka, Fla.; Mollie Schademan, first-year, fibers, Marietta, Pa.
* Second place: “Castle in a Rock,” Joshua Buckner, senior, graphic design, Rose Hill, N.C.; Nick Leone, junior, film and television, St. Clair Shores, Mich.
* Third place: “Large Walk-Through,” Robert D. Fleming, senior, industrial design, Fayetteville, Ga.; Steven Kiley, senior, architecture, St. Michaels, Md.; Edd Dumpe, senior, architecture, Hagerstown, Md.; Michael Battjes, senior, architecture, Fennville, Mich.

Sand Relief

* First place: “Dragon,” Lei Zhang, graduate, animation, Beijing, China; Ji Li, B.F.A., animation, 2009, Chong Qing, China; Xiaoyan Yin, non-student participant
* Second place: “Bethany,” Lauren Rinaldi, junior, fashion, Fairfield, Conn.; Corey Handschuch, junior, architecture, Livingston, N.J.
* Third place: “Roller Coaster,” Taylor Sill, senior, architecture, Arlington, Va.; Jeff Masters, junior, visual effects, Wexford, Pa.

Wind Sculpture

* First place: “Mobile Pieces Bombshell,” Sebastian Campos, sophomore, industrial design, Mexico City, Mexico
* Second place: “Bicycle Wheels,” Danielle Kanastab, junior, industrial design, Cleveland, Ohio; Claire Lorman, sophomore, industrial design, Washington, D.C.; Kyle Lawson, senior, industrial design, Detroit, Mich.; David Shapiro, senior, industrial design, St. Cloud, Minn.
* Third place: “Doors with Curtains,” Katy Hall, senior, metals and jewelry, Austin, Texas; Morgan Murphy, senior, architecture, Valparaiso, Ind

Gray’s Reef Best Underwater Creature Contest

* First place: “Big Eyed Fish,” Jason Daenzey; Lori Sefton; Jennifer Sefton
* Second place: “Shark in the Reef,” Kyle Narkiewicz, junior, industrial design, Hershey, Pa.; Jake Hood, senior, industrial design, Woodbine, Md.
* Third place: “Shark and Life Raft,” Ted Vitale, graduate student, architecture, Pompano Beach, Fla.; Mandee Mallance; Bennett Walton, senior, film and television, Alpharetta, Ga.; Jackie Livelli, senior, interior design, Indian Harbour Beach, Fla.