Art

 

Life’s Progression, was made with charcoal on paper and touches on the feeling of losing a sense of control over your life and “losing your mind” in the process. The piece is representative of a really hard time I went through personally where I felt very out of place in my life and out of control of the things around me.

 

Kalvin Verner is a high school junior from Kansas City, MO. He has been making art for as long as he can remember. Verner has previously won a Scholastic Honorable Mention for his art and another Honorable Mention award in the Missouri State University Art Competition.

Through depicting myself in the side view mirror- watching, horrified, as the trash floats toward the car- I hope to bring awareness to the effects of global warming and pollution. The words “current pollution levels are more damaging than they appear” and the murky city skyline represent the foreseeable state of our world. While the car drives away from the pollution, it enters the untouched Antarctic realm, symbolizing life and growth. My piece highlights the deprecating impacts of climate damage and initiating change.

 

Ally Chen is an ambitious sophomore student attending a high school in Northern Virginia. She has long been interested in art and has been actively creating pieces since around age five. Although it fluctuates, Ally’s most preferred style is realism! Her passion for art grew throughout the years, especially during the quarantine period of 2020, where she found an abundance of time to take advantage of. During quarantine, she used art as a way to entertain herself and relieve mental stress. She now uses it to help children in healthcare centers through a youth-led nonprofit organization. Aside from art, Ally also enjoys travelling and spending time with family!

 

 

 

Ray Zhang is a junior in high school and he loves to draw. Ray’s works have been featured in Teenink and Bow Seat Ocean Awareness program. In his free time, Ray enjoys illustrating and listening to podcasts.

 

This photo was taken in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming with a Nikon D5100. My family and I drove out to the Mormon Row barns in search of bison to snap photos of but did not find any. Instead I happened upon this lone tree in the middle of the meadows and captured some photos of my brother standing underneath. 

 

Luke Nelson is a sixteen-year old junior at Polytechnic High School in Pasadena, California. He was born and raised in Pasadena and has been doing photography for about three years.

 

 

 

The subject is an overweight woman crouching down and not looking at the viewer. I wanted to show that there are different body types, and one shouldn’t feel embarrassed for not fitting into the standards. The woman is a physical representation of people who don’t fit into society’s standard. 

 

Lola Wang is a junior in high school at the Taipei American School in Taiwan. Her interests include art history, writing poetry, golf, and creating art.