Volume CX, Issue 12
The student news publication of Walnut Hills High School
Friday April 15, 2016
Junior High students usher in the next era of art
Walnut’s finest young artists were featured in The City Wide Art Show at the Downtown Library Emma Farrell ‘18
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Rithu Rajagopala, ‘19 has a watercolor piece, which took about five days to finish, entered into the art show. “My entire concentration for my AP is watercolor so it was just another piece for my portfolio,” she said. She began art in the eighth grade when her teacher, Donald Stocker, got her interested. She had already been sketching and took after her dad, who is also an artist.
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Andrea Scheper, ‘20 had her drawing of a cake submitted by her teacher. She has loved art for years and has begun to put her talent to use in her first art class at Walnut. Scheper said, “I’m very enthusiastic about detail.” When she looks at her finished piece she feels she can say, “Oh, this could be a real cake.” She aims for her artwork to look as realistic as possible.
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Anna Walters, ‘19 went into textiles class not knowing what it would be like. She created an embroidered pillow of her first initial. She enjoys the embroidery more than constructing the pillow itself. It took two weeks in class and outside of school to complete the pillow. Her artwork has not only been chosen for this show but also won a separate award, to be announced in May.
This image shows the first thing sighted when walking into the art exhibit. It was displayed in the Public Library of Cincinnati until April 10.
The next generation of Picassos Hannah Bundschuh, ‘18
From March 12 to April 10, Walnut students had their artwork displayed at the Cincinnati Public Library in downtown Cincinnati. The City Wide Art Show has been an annual event for Cincinnati Public Schools to showcase the talent of their students for about thirty years. This year, many Walnut students were able to submit their pieces so that the whole of Cincinnati can view them.
“[Choosing which students to send] was challenging because there’s so much talent at Walnut,” art teacher Kim Watling said. “I try to choose, like one piece from each grade level.” Each art teacher was able to submit five different pieces from their classes. In Donald Stocker’s case, he chose pieces from his tier students to send. He in turn sent artwork from his tier one and tier two students to the National Scholastics and Governors awards.
“ Tier one is the best work. Tier two is the next best work. Tier three is [after that],” Stocker said about his tier system.Watling, however, tried to choose one piece from each grade level, and one piece from each medium. There were a number of different mediums featured at the show, ranging from sculptures and ceramics to painting and print-making. A few of the Walnut students featured include Nina Hayutin, ‘17 in the category of
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Dylan Lipscomb, ‘19 spent about two weeks making a fabric collage. He says that it was very exciting to experiment with different fabrics, but would have to start over when he felt it wasn’t right. “In eighth grade I got to explore different media[s] and it became a lot more than just illustration,” Lipscomb said. Most of all, he loves “putting everything down finally as a finished piece.”
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‘Drawing Black & White,’ Hope Oester, ‘18 in the category of ‘Crafts’ and Anna Walters, ‘19 in the category of ‘Textiles.’ While there were no Walnut students appearing in the ‘Best of Show Awards,’ the artwork from the participating students stood out at the public library and represented Walnut’s vast talent.