Throughout high school, I have won sixty five art awards nearly half of these are first places, and awards of excellence and six best of shows. The artwork I’m most proud of is a large drawing of a girl surrounded by Koi fish which won three of my six best of shows. It was also the inspiration of my AP series focusing on people with animals and I credit it as the main artwork that earned me a five on the AP test. I have also been my schools Governor’s Honors visual arts nominee for two years. While I have not been selected to attend, participating in the process has pushed me to be more creative, outgoing, and experimentive in my art. In my tenth grade year I was invited to join the charter group of the Thomasville teen artists collective.
Through this program created by the cultural center I and two other group members painted a large mural that was hung in downtown Thomasville as a part of the pop it up festival for a month alongside murals from other teen groups and professional artists. A year prior to this I created the winning poster design for the cultural centers Plantation Wildlife Arts Festival. The prize for this was a week long summer program at the Savanna College of Art and Design, where I learned college level acrylic and mixed media techniques.
One of my main focuses in ASB was connecting with the majority of the school’s interests. Being the outsider, I had to adapt to develop a new concept and interests to connect with the school. When planning and organizing events, you have to try to please the general audience. Different events made me discover that other lifestyles and personalities to me that I never knew. I encountered that I influenced others to media and video graphics from my work. Many enjoyed my work and I ended up teaching others how to edit. This enabled me to meet new people and see other talents people had in them. As such, they were interested and wanted to continue the little short films.
Turbide, Anne F. "Why Art Programs Are Beneficial to Students." The Synapse. N.p., 15 May 2015. Web. 10 May 2016.
From an early age I have always had a strong interest in art, and have been involved with it in some form all through my life. In year nine I realized that it was something that I might like to pursue as a career, I started taking it more seriously. The Chase's art department encouraged me very well and helped me develop my art skills.
On Tuesday, May 19th, 2015, my art piece has been selected to be displayed at the Annual Halton Secondary Art Show. There was only three grade nines form Hayden who has been displayed at the art show and I was fortunate to be one of them. I have only attended to three art museum or art shows before this event had happened. So, this was a great opportunity for me to look at other students’ work from different high schools over the Halton Secondary Schools and to study others skills to develop my art techniques further to become an architecture when I get older.
In both poems “Traveling through the dark” by William Stafford and “The Fish” by Elizabeth Bishop the authors have put the characters in a realistic setting. These settings draw the readers into the poem and make it feel as if they are in the story. The speakers catch the attention of the readers by connecting with their feelings and emotions and challenges their way of thinking which keeps the reader in tune with the story and its character.
After having my Georgia O'Keefe inspired flower painting chosen to be displayed in a student art gallery in fifth grade, I began to realize that the paintbrush I was holding for fun was the key to one of my talents. My interest sparked over the years, and in ninth grade I won first place in my school's sidewalk art competition after the entire school voted on my depiction of a roaring tiger on the concrete using chalk pastel. In tenth grade, I decided to improve my skills by taking AP Studio Art. Each addition to my portfolio helped me learn with hours of practice and difficulty several of the various techniques that I didn't even know existed. Art is such a time consuming activity so a lot of the times I worried that it wasn't worth the trouble since it had nothing to do with my future career. However with plenty of research, I discovered that dentistry is impossible without an aesthetic sense and a steady hand on a daily basis so I realized that my artistic abilities would serve a perfect advantage in the
Imagine living your entire life without knowing what was really going on around you. In most cases, younger people are frequently unaware of their surroundings. Whereas older people have had more experiences that help them throughout the rest of their lives. That’s what’s happening with these two young fish until they meet an older fish; who may seem odd to them. It’s always been said that as one matures they become wiser, and the older fish in this situation is obviously much wiser than the younger fish because of its knowledge of the concept of water. What I take away from this story is that the older fish was out of the water before, and therefore knows the role water plays in its life.
Cho the Asian carp lives with her disabled brother Chang Pu who has suffered autism since a very young age due to pollution in the Chao Lake. Cho talks to us about the struggles and downfalls of living in this dying lake.
The purpose of this proposal is to outline how the student’s education can be made to be more versatile. Here at Grafton High School, there is little priority placed on the art departments. It is largely understaffed, underfunded, and under emphasised as a valuable academic venture. For the students, an improved arts program could make a more well-rounded education to better prepare them for secondary education and/or the real world. Encouraging student participation in arts credits and extracurricular activities, leads to a more enriched community.
Art has always been a large part of my life. As a young girl, I always looked forward to receiving kits for watercoloring or a new set of colored pencils. I’d doodle on my papers in class to pass the time. I yearned for opportunities to express my creativity even doing so on poster board projects where I’d spend hours creating borders and framing my information with various colored papers. However, it was not until I began to take art courses at the high school did I recognize the value that creativity and art hold as a means of learning and expression. Through this recognition, it also occurred to me that not many outside the art room view art in the same light. If I brought up the topic, I usually received mixed reactions. For the most part,
I pursued the Graphic Design program at Massasoit Community College in Spring 2016 because I realized that I could never give up on creating art. Knowingly that I want to go down to this path, I build up the courage to voice my desire to those that objected my choice for a career path. Because I spoke up to what I really wanted, my action leads my voice to grow with confidence to who I am.
Besides academics, fine arts and sports in school, I have attained leading roles in different groups. This year, I am the Spirit Leader of Student Council encouraging monthly goals and themes and assisting in school events. From creating a student council with a group of peers three years ago we have had success in many events and have found new ways to spread spirit, gather important information and assist with financial groups. Recently, I stepped up to be the leader of the fundraising committee for our ...
I remember transitioning from high school to college and thinking, “Now I will get to do whatever I want. I can eat when I want, play when I want, and make whatever kind of art I want.” I was naïve, of course, and I learned on the very first day of classes that it was going to take a great deal of discipline if I wanted to become an artist. In high school, I was one of a small handful of the “art kids,” the talented ones who could draw, paint, or sculpt, but now I was surrounded by a lot of talented individuals, most of whom were far more talented than I was. I looked at the upper classmen and their work and thought, wow, I’ll never be that good. How can I ever be that good?
At Greater Latrobe Junior High School in Unity, Pennsylvania principal Chad Krehlik boasts in his brand new $1.1 million hallway which was renovated to display art selections created by the students. Krehlik states how fantastic and beautiful it is. If one were walking down the hallway they would experience many diverse art projects “featuring orange bulkheads and black steel girders” (Federoff). All of the art presented in Greater Latrobe’s newly renovated hallway is due to their immense involvement in the arts. They take pride in their art program and show that it develops better students in the long run. Looking at this example of Greater Latrobe Junior High School one could see how important arts are in high school. Requiring art classes in high school proves to be effective in developing students and helping them discover a hidden skill they may not know they had. Art and drawing classes prove to be helpful to some high school
I always loved participating in art classes and was excited that I could do so in high school. Through freshman year, I diligently practiced my art skills whether it be through doodling in my notebook or creating drawings for my friends. At Hillwood High School, students chose what academy they wanted to join for sophomore through senior year. As a sophomore, I really wanted to be in the art academy, because I firmly believed that I wanted a career in art. Fortunately, I had art as a companion because sophomore year was difficult for me. I often felt alone or on the outside of social circles. Through art, such as painting and illustration, I was able to persevere. I often carried a sketchbook with me, and would be seen drawing in it. My peers and teachers began to notice my art skills and would often compliment me on something I was currently drawing. Sometimes, they would ask to see my sketchbook and I would let them flip through the illustrated pages. My teacher said I should be in AP Art and I politely turned the offer several times because I honestly felt overwhelmed by the idea of a college-level art class. Ironically, junior year I joined AP