Meet Annie Brown ‘21
Annie Brown is a recent graduate of Harding Fine Arts Academy. While a student, Annie was involved in may clubs and organizations including Harding’s chapter of International Thespian Society, Student Council, Student Ambassador, dance and drama department productions, and was the manager for HFAA’s Volleyball team her senior year. Her favorite arts discipline is musical theatre. “I think something so wonderful happens when a group of performers get together to not only share a story on stage but create something that allows both them and their audience to feel new emotions and experience new things.” In her opinion, the most important thing she has learned during her time at the Academy was to have confidence in herself and her art. She describes the teachers as dedicated, supportive, and caring. It is this campus culture that has allowed her to write and compose an original musical, Dear Pen Pal. In October 2020, Annie submitted the musical to a regional thespian competition and won! Over the summer the script and score were published, songs were professionally recorded and high schools across the country started purchasing it for their school productions. Annie plans to attend Southeast Missouri State to study Musical Theatre and Writing. She is excited to meet new people and develop a deeper appreciation for her craft.
Meet Chrysia Cameron ‘22
Chrysia Cameron is a senior at Harding Fine Arts Academy. She was drawn to the Academy because of its unique arts-integrated curriculum and how classes were designed to help creative and visual learners understand complex subjects. She has been involved in visual arts, dance, and choir. She is especially skilled in pencil sketching, portraits, and black and white realism. Chrysia has been sketching and drawing since she was a young child – often doodling in her notebooks and journals. To Chrysia, the Academy can best be described as welcoming, kind and encouraging. It is a place where students come from all over the Oklahoma City with different life experiences but are still accepted and loved for who they are. “Since my first day at Harding, I think I definitely got better at not judging other people and respecting people different from me. This was something I would not have learned at a larger school.” She believes the welcoming and accepting atmosphere is something truly special about the Academy. Chrysia is most excited to be back in the building full-time and she is eager to continue to learn and grow in her academics and art disciplines. 8
