Fall 2020

Outside the Window

Alex Brimer, 12th Grade

My original inspiration behind this piece was to emphasize how small we are compared to this endless universe. Though with art, nothing is ever that simple, so the inspiration behind this piece also changed, slowly becoming more about the wonder that we are filled with and we look beyond. Additionally, I used music to help shape this piece into what it is now. Medium used: charcoal pencils and chalk pastels.

Deaf

Tracy Nguyen, 11th Grade

A common theme for my drawings is using flowers to represent disabilities and illnesses. Society tends to view disabilities as “bad” and “unsightly”. I want to show that every individual is beautiful whether they have an illness/disability or not. In fact, people who have disabilities are even more beautiful as they might have to live their entire lives with it, showing that they are strong and powerful. To create this piece, I used gouache paint and colored pencils.

Blind

Tracy Nguyen, 11th Grade

I digitally drew a blind girl with sunflowers representing the disability. I really love flowers and I love the way sunflowers look with their big and bold yellow petals. So, I decided to use them specifically to block her vision as she is, obviously, blind.

Musik

Taniya White, 10th Grade

Musik represents the outlet to my thoughts. In sign language, this reads "music" in Swedish. The inspiration for the background is based on the song that helps me sleep and takes my mind off of things.

The Sacred Beast

Siya Patel, 11th Grade

This piece is inspired by my Indian culture, where elephants are very unique and are displayed on many occasions. Elephants symbolize peace and mental strength. I used the art of mandala to portray this because mandalas signify peace as well. The materials I used were Sharpies and a white gel pen.

Tranquility

Trejan Chambers, 12th Grade

Simply put, this is a piece of art embodying the idea of happiness through doing nothing but taking in the ambiance of nature with someone/something that's close to you. In the case of this piece, the boy's dog acts as that someone/something. The piece is very warm and soothing in nature, hence the colors and vibrancy used.

Materials:

Strathmore Toned Tan Sketch Paper (good medium surface for pencils)

Prismacolor Premiere Set of Colored Pencils

The Final Rest

Alex Brimer, 12th Grade

The inspiration for this piece was imagining a post-apocalyptic land that had been destroyed, but that small glimmer of hope in just seeing the sun rise. But this partly came out of a feeling of emptiness, isolationism, and loneliness, all while being able to make it to the next day. Medium used: charcoal pencils, vine charcoal stick, and chalk pastels.

Overthinking

Monet Carson, 12th Grade

I wanted this piece to personify the overwhelming feeling of anxiety! The swirls are supposed to embody the idea of what overthinking truly is: overcomplicated, confusing, and overbearing almost. This piece was created with ink and charcoal with water.

The Showdown

Spider-Man swung from the roof of the school. He crashed through the window and hopped through the class door, into the hallway. Keeping momentum, he hopped across the hall and tackled Venom away from Mary Jane and both crashed through the window. He let out a flurry of punches and kicks to Venom while they were falling. He kicked Venom away from him. He then let two webs out: one connecting to the open space the broken window had created, and the other attaching to Venom. Using all of his might and strength, he catapulted Venom back into the school. Venom went out of the class and into the hallway, while Spider-Man followed. Both stared at each other, with intensity in their eyes. All the students pushed each other out of their ways, running to the exit. Spider-Man and Venom were preparing for their epic battle.

Justin Jackson, 10th Grade

Microfiction Story

Growing Up Black in America

Ramarion Scott, 10th Grade

Kobe Goodwin, 10th Grade

2,983 people died in the terror attacks on 9/11. The following poetry was created to pay tribute to this tragic day in American history and to honor the victims' memory.

Never forget.

Blackout Poetry is a mixture of poetry and art made by taking any form of printed text and blacking out the unwanted words to create a poem or statement. Blackout Poetry is read from top to bottom, left to right. The following submissions feature digital Blackout Poems using random novel exerpts found online.