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Volume 4 Issue 4 • March 2021
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THE FACES OF SCRIPPS RANCH 2021
“Head in the Clouds” by Sajana Ganti
SDMA features student artists
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By Nick Ng
he San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) will exhibit original artwork of local students from kindergarten to 12th grade in its 46th biennial Young Art celebration. The exhibit also features artwork from three Scripps Ranch High School seniors: Sajana Ganti, Charlotte Moore and Irene Kim. Their submitted works are part of the exhibit’s theme of “My World, Our Planet,” a theme that brings awareness to environmental and sustainabilSajana Ganti ity issues. Ganti, who started to draw at age seven, said that her artwork, “Head in the Clouds,” was not originally intended to be a museum exhibit. “My AP art teacher, Ms. Brady, found out that the museum was doing this exhibition,” Ganti said. “So, she chose three of our pieces to submit, and the three of us got into the exhibit.” “Head in the Clouds,” which was drawn with Prismacolor pencils on a cardboard stock, is part of Ganti’s art portfolio in which she depicts the theme of “imagination” and the “concept of daydreaming.” “This piece is more focused toward nature and someone just being one with nature,” Ganti explained. “Each of my pieces has a person in them, and each piece centers around an idea. So, this specific piece is about a woman’s connection with nature.” Moore’s painting of a bighorn sheep, titled “Ram,” was created with acrylic paint on canvas. “This painting is about the natural beauty of animals and their importance to the environment,” Moore said. “The peaceful expression on the ram’s face is meant to show the serenity that can be found in nature.” Kim’s artwork, “Assistant Animals,” focuses See STUDENT ARTISTS, Page 12
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