To honor the seniors, all art and photo classes had a Senior Art Show on Fri. May 8, 2015. Each student had to submit five paintings, drawings, photos, or online cartoons that would be put on display. “My favorite part of the art show was right after we finished setting it up. I got to sit back and see all the work my classmates had done and I honestly just said, ‘Wow we’re good,’” Senior Lisa Ruffin said. All photos by McDaniel’s Photography.

To accompany the art, foods the likes of cakes, chips and dip, fruit, and many others were spread on a table for hungry viewers. Throughout the event, there was a constant stream of people by the table. “I thought that the food was a good way to encourage people to come and see the art because who doesn’t like food?” freshman Yasmine Guedira said.

One of the classes that were included in the show was the ceramics class. There are many different types of art and only a few were represented at the art show. “I love working with digital programs? I use the program Firealpaca. I feel like I can do much more funky and fun pieces that way,” Ruffin said.

People from throughout the community came to see the display, and people of all ages looked upon the art. From family members, to friends of family and just people who wanted to check out the show. The front office was crowded up until the end of the show.

The art pieces on display were part of the seniors portfolio’s from their classes. The portfolio’s held all the art that the students had worked on throughout the year or semester. “I like to use chalk pastels the most. They are easy to blend and get texture/ values and the colors are very bold” senior Joann Su said.

Many of the AP art students painted a self-portrait that depicted them, such as senior Rose Menyhert. “I’ve always liked drawing in my free time when I was younger, and I took high school level classes when I was in 8th grade because I wanted a challenge.” Su said. “In high school, most of my art has been done on my own. Art was my strongest coping skill.”

While they went around looking at the different medias apparent in the show, people could enjoy live music also. Several students such as Jack Kays, Samuel Wyrick, and Alex Turner performed. There was a good variety of music played during the three hours.

Many of the art pieces on display were also up for sale at a price that the artist had pre-determined. Yet other pieces have extreme value to the artist and were not for sale. “It was weird putting a price on my art. I didn’t know what to price them all. I ended up guess-timating how much it would be, especially since my art was digital,” Ruffin said.

Seniors Gian Valli, Lucy Farr, and Megan Jiang support their friends in the show. “I knew some of the people who had art in the show and it was cool seeing what they had been working on in class,” Guedira said, “They were all a lot more talented than I thought and every single piece of art blew me away!”