Artwork

Poznan

Elina Callas, junior

This year our community has selected to represent Poland as our main culture to celebrate. In honor of Poland our AP art class created Polish themed artwork. Something very noticeable in Polish culture is their old cities and renaissance style architecture. I thought it was very beautiful and unique and decided to include it. By depicting the city of Poznan a very cultural city close to the heart of Poland I reflected both an exuberant city and its renaissance themed architecture.

The Turtle

Don't Sleep

Udoka Nwansi, junior

With this piece, I wanted to talk about the necessity of staying aware in today's society, especially in our current polarized political climate. The third eye is to represent self-awareness and mindfulness of your role in society as well as awareness of the happenings around you. The piece is sort of like a call to action: it's asking you to stay engaged and remember that ignorance isn't always bliss.

Geometric Metropolis

Peter Gage V Goco, freshman

This piece is based on the game called "Monument Valley" and optical illusions.

Life Pastas By

Safia Ismail, senior

I simply just looked into my fridge and began sketching what I saw.

Reduce, Reuse, Relapse

Safia Ismail, senior

As an artist, I enjoy making pieces that are really personal and about any type of growth whether it be physically, emotionally, or mentally.

Shema

Maya Levy, junior

My inspiration for this portrait is based off of Judaism. It has a lot of symbols from the religion, including the Shema on the lips, hamsas, a mezuzah, Jerusalem and the covering of the eyes based off of the tradition of girls blessing the Shabbat candles

Firelei Baez

I wanted to show my cultural identity from the Philippines and use the flower patterns on the crown to show where I come from

Aztec Fire

Simran Mithani, sophomore

My inspiration was The Aztec Culture and the artist Firelei Baez, she does paintings of cultural portraits with little to none face features. I am an abstract artist that loves to work with acrylic paints with lots of texture and uniqueness

Philippines Fiesta Woman

Day of the Dead

Jessica Rodriguez, junior

Emina's Gaze

Ilhana Kisija, sophomore

The Masked Lady of the Valley

Elijah Ramos, junior

龍女孩

Christina Wong, junior

عشيقة متواضعة

Safia Ismail, senior

My inspiration for this piece was Pakistani culture. I used bright colors, traditional clothing, henna designs, the flag, and religion to show the beauty of the country.

Gaea

Wedding of Flowers

Charmaine Melegrito, junior

I chose to paint a traditional Mexican wedding dress/bride and incorporate as many patterns as I could. I looked up multiple types of flowers and I just couldn't decide which one to use so I ended up using different types. I knew from the beginning that it needed to be colorful yet keep it's refinement at the same time.

Zentangled Wolf

Jannat Ghayyur, junior

Hindu Gods

Des Rangila

Aashi Prajapati, junior

The inspiration behind this project piece was Firelei Baez, an artist who uses a lot of patterns in her work as a way to convey her messages of cultural ambiguities, defense against cultural invasion and dispersed societies. I drew inspiration from my own Indian culture and revolved my entire work around it, adding in cultural clothing and jewelry, and patterns that are similar in mehndi (hennaI've been drawing for years now but I don't think I know myself as an artist yet because I'm just starting to actually find out. For the longest time, I realized that I had been focusing my art around whiteness and European beauty standards. As a woman of color who barely sees herself represented in such a diverse field of art, I want/am working to focus my work mainly on women of color and nature: all the complexities of good, bad, and in-between. I hope that as I continue to make more work revolving around my "message" or "theme, I get to know even more about myself as an evolving artist).

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