Art

Raised by an empowering and supportive family, I have always been taught to speak up for what I believe in but many girls are told to abide by certain gender roles since birth, they are raised to be submissive and quiet, afraid of and unable to speak their mind. Their individuality is extracted and they are forced to float along the current of society’s river till they drown. This piece is symbolic of fighting these false impositions and speaking up for girls and women everywhere. Ferocity and femininity go hand in hand; women can fight and women, everywhere, need to fight against the system of inequality and ignorance for it can no longer be tolerated.

 

Rhea Bhatnagar is a high school student who takes pleasure in spending her free time jamming to indie pop music and advocating for what she believes in. She is a self-taught digital artist who is constantly on the lookout for venturing into the ether and adding to her knowledge.

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This piece is a portrait of myself (the artist) but I don’t want the people to focus on the drawing itself; I want them to see themselves through me. I want them to read the messages I wrote on the piece and look at themselves through the different hues the cds(glass) puts off. I want them to reflect on themselves as a person and think, “this is beautiful, I am beautiful.” I wish for them to understand themselves rather than this artwork in front of them, because they’re the artwork itself. This piece is about reflection of the viewer.

Our Earth is full of water, nature, lands, and humans; all of these make our Earth alive, however, the reality is that humans are the destroyers of the Earth’s nature. Our lives depend on these beautiful creations that we relentlessly destroy for our supplies every second. We must realize the seriousness of environmental pollution and start to think about what we can do for our Earth. We are not only destroyers of the Earth, but also the solutions to saving it.

 

Sohee Myung, was born in Daegu, South Korea, and at the age of twelve, came to the US as an international student to pursue a better art career. Sohee is a junior at Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this photo I manipulated a terrible photo of the car lights and sunset into a magnificent and intriguing piece of artwork. I love to manipulate/edit photos as much as I love taking them. I had originally deleted the original photo. As soon as I did I felt a pang of regret. I immediately had an idea of what I wanted to do with it. Since I went to the recently deleted file and restored the copy, I was able to save the photo. Within that same action packed day I managed to take time to edit the photo. At first, I was playing around with the editor. However, I managed to edit the original photo into this piece. I call it traffic jam because of its story. It (the photo) was originally stuck with nowhere to go—not going forward. But, finally the jam cleared up and it was able to reach its destination. It also relates to how all bad things can turn amazing. The photo used to be boring or not that great, until I manipulated it to be how it is now. I really enjoy the color scheme of this photo so that’s why I  chose this photo as one of the submissions. 

 

Daania Sharifi is an eighth grader who attends Gainesville Middle School. She has been published in several literary journals such as the Lit Mag, Stone Soup, and the Rare Byrd Review. When she isn’t taking a photo of everything she sees, she continues to edit her novel with her best friend, drinks Snapple while reading whatever she can get her hand on, and acts out short skits with her sister, Rania.