DESIGN BY MEG SHACKELFORD.
MIXINGitUP MISSING NEARLY ENTIRE DAYS OF SCHOOL, JUNIORS AND SENIORS SACRIFICE TIME AT EAST TO PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS.
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reshman year, senior Harrison Wendlant blindly enrolled in Catherine Siegel’s Commercial art class. It instantly stuck with him, so he decided to enroll in the Graphic Design Technology 1 class at Broadmoor his senior year. Studying at Broadmoor allowed Wendlandt to improve his skills, creating short and long term benefits. “My greatest accomplishment was actually being chosen to complete a second year project, despite being a first year student,” Wendlant said. “We’re currently working on a real package design for a First Round sports Drink.” Along with small accomplishments came larger goals for the future. “The skills you learn at Broadmoor are actually skills you need to know if you ever want to go into the Graphic Design field,” Wendlandt said. “Next year I’m planning on attending KU Fine Arts and majoring in Graphic Design and Illustration, then eventually getting a job in the field.”
ABSTRACT FUN
Above: Senior Hannah Anderson plays around with an abstract color wheel on Photoshop during her Graphic Design class. “I always get stuff done early so I can have play time,” Anderson said. “A lot of times I frame my projects and give them to my friends as presents.” Photo by Emily Brandmeyer.
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Above: Senior Hannah Gasaway puts together pattern pieces she drafted. They would eventually make up her senior Prom dress. “It has been my favorite project all year,” Gasaway said. “I really want to start dying fabrics on my own outside of class so I can change the color of it if I want.” Photo by Lauren Bleakley.
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ince he was young and tagged along with his dad to ballet recitals, senior Colin Coit had an artistic eye and a passion to flatter women in clothing. His senior year, Coit took interest in the Fashion History and Design class at Broadmoor. The work continued outside of school, as Coit used the lessons in class to create extra clothing, much of which he wore himself. “I made a belt that’s reversible, brown on one side and then a sort of woven sea of colors [on the other],” Coit said. ”I wear it all the time; it’s cool to say ‘I made it’ when someone asks where I got it.” Coit hoped to work at the Betsey Johnson boutique as a fashion merchandiser, although job opportunities there were often scarce. However, being a man in fashion was something to overcome; the stigma of being a male designer followed Coit as he developed as a designer. “[While] it’s a greater challenge,” Coit said, “I’ll deal with it until I prove everyone that I can [design] as good as or better than any woman.”
POURING IT ON
SERVING THEIR BEST
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Above: Senior Jim Stanton, junior Andy Wickersham and senior Erica Hollingsworth laugh while making a dish in their culinary class. “My favorite assignment that we have done is probably working with the seafood,” Stanton said. “I like experimenting with the different cooking methods.” Photo by Lauren Bleakley.
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Below: Senior Jacob Selby lays out pancake batter with his ladle. “Other than having free food all the time, there is always something to do, which I like the most,” Selby said. Photo by Lauren Bleakley.
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s a freshman, senior Paxton Gross saw a commercial for Ace of Cakes, and he marked it on his calendar to watch later that week. After half an hour of watching, Gross was hooked. He knew then that Broadmoor was an obvious choice to follow through with this promise to himself. “It gave me experience to be comfortable with cooking so that when I go out in the industry I won’t look dumb,” Gross said. But the learning experience came with some difficulties. “The toughest part is getting the recipe just right and using the correct techniques and mastering them,” Gross said. Gross planned to enter a qualified culinary school and continue his education of baking and pastrymaking, assimilating himself to the Head Chef on Ace of Cakes. Stories by Emily Collins.