The visual arts department hosted the Eye on Art show on April 29 to showcase students’ creativity. Visitors enjoyed artwork on walls, artists doing live art, photographs that have been taken by students and a film festival that students worked on throughout the year.
Students who take any of the fine art classes got their art pieces promoted and celebrated with a gallery walk.
Eye on Art takes lots of preparation and planning, not only for teachers but for students as well. Students make art pieces throughout the year, so they will be ready for display at this event.
Art from all different levels of classes and grades participated.
AP drawing and painting student, senior Kalia Hardy has nineteen pieces of artwork in the Eye on Art showcase and was also the hallway display case doing live art. Hardy was working on a realistic painting of her parents wedding and she had a variety of paintings for display with different styles.
“It takes me a day per piece. I don’t spend more than a day on a piece. For your art pieces there is supposed to be a sustainable investigation and I find inspiration from pinterest and TV shows,” Hardy said.
Down the hall in Aaron Jaffe’s room, his photography students showed their work.
Junior Ashlee Howell is in photography five, and she had one photo displayed. “My photo is about nostalgic houses because the Eye On Art theme was about nostalgia,” Howell said.
Eye on Art allows students to show the school their creativity and what they have been working towards all year, “I really like that I feel a part of the community and being around friends that feel like family,” Howell said.
Drawing and painting teacher Heidi Hensey took all year to prepare for this event and said it finally started to come together in January.
“I just love that it’s a time to step back and take in everything that the students have done all year long, and it’s really a celebration of the hard work,” Hensey said.
The excitement for students is unmatched when they see all their artwork together and the hard work paying off.
“When you see it all come together and then see people responding to the work it is so rewarding. This is the endgame for art students that gives people a chance to respond, and it is a part of the creation process because you get to see the responses to your work,” Hensey said.
