A promotional poster for the “WILD: Art Works by Students of the Clarke County School District,” which is a biannual gallery that features artwork by CCSD art students. The opening ceremony for the gallery was held at the Lyndon House Arts Center on Nov. 16 from 1-3 p.m. “The theme (of the gallery) was ‘Wild’,” featured artist Isabel Heesacker-Romero, a Clarke Central High School sophomore said. “Basically, (you could make) anything you wanted to create (as long as it was) under the theme of ‘Wild’.” Photo fair use of the Clarke County School District
On Nov. 16, the Lyndon House Arts Center hosted the opening ceremony for an art exhibit displaying Clarke County School District student art.
The opening ceremony for the “WILD: Art Works by Students of the Clarke County School District” biannual gallery was held at the Lyndon House Arts Center on Nov. 16 from 1-3 p.m.
“(The CCSD) biannual show is a collaboration of all of the visual arts programs, elementary through high school, built around a theme,” Clarke Central High School fine arts department teacher Amanda Price said.
The theme, which is different for every gallery, is decided on by CCSD art teachers.
“Prior to students creating (their pieces), art teachers suggested possible themes, and then we narrowed (it) down through voting,” Price said. “(We wanted) to select a theme that we felt would really be meaningful and have a lot of potential for our students to make work. (It’s) just a one word theme that, with some guidance, students can have a lot of artistic freedom in how they interpret (it).”
CCHS students from all grades were displayed with a wide variety of media forms, such as paintings and sculptures.
“(My sculpture I class) did needle felting and (my project) was flowers,” CCHS sophomore Isabel Heesacker-Romero said. “Since (the theme) was ‘Wild,’ I thought tropical flowers would kind of fit into the theme, and I just liked how they looked, so I just made colorful flowers.”
Heesacker-Romero feels that she benefited from the process of making her piece, which is titled Tropical Vacation.
“(My piece) was challenging. I’ve never done anything like that before which is why I took (sculpture),” Heesacker Romero said. “It wasn’t the prettiest thing I’ve ever made, but it was cool just to know that I could make something (like that).”
Price sees the gallery as a way of showing off the achievements of students in various fine arts programs.
“(People should come to the gallery) because they get to celebrate student artwork and see what’s going on in our district.” Price said. (They can) see the importance of students being able to create (art) and not just with visual art, but (also) with the (CCHS Honors Chamber Strings). It’s just a celebration. We want to celebrate student achievement.”
