Artistic Expressions: volume 8

Grade:  11 Future college:  SCAD where I can expand my art and design skill and surround myself with people with similar interest, if not then UNT or Texas Tech Future Job: work for a design agency where I can be a graphic designer and mainly focus on poster/layout designs Years in digital drawing programs: 6 or 7 Inspiration: music, 21 Pilots The pop-rock band, 21 Pilots, created a contest that allowe...

Grade: 9 Future Collage: Unknown Future Job: Unknown Wingspan: What about art makes you want to do it so much? Qureshi: “I like how I can express myself through art and show my creativity.” Wingspan: What’s your brainstorming process when coming up with a concept? Qureshi: “I sketch it out as a rough draft, then I go off to make another one with darker lines, then I add color.” ...

Grade:10 Years as an artist: 6 years Inspiration: Kaeon Cho, a junior at Liberty and a friend. Nikki Naghavi an amazing player who inspires her to play everyday.  Wingspan: What instrument do you play, why did you choose that one? Lin: “I play the violin, I think it sounds the best and it gets the melody in orchestra.” Wingspan: What are you most looking forward to in orchestra this...

Wingspan: When did you start acting? Suh: “I started acting when I first got into high school in Korea, I joined the theater club there, and I found that I really liked acting, so I decided to go to college for theatrics. Other than school, I joined some clubs outside of school. We performed some musicals.” Wingspan: What do you like about acting? Suh:  “What I like about acting is, wh...

Grade: 12 Future College: Art Center College of Design Future job: Animator  Wingspan: How long have you been doing art for? Sun: “I’ve been doing art for as long as I can remember. Drawing, sketching, painting, art has always been enjoyable for me.”  Wingspan: How has art affected your life? Sun: “Since I love art so much it has now basically become a part of me. It’s how I e...

Grade:  9 Future college: UCLA or CalArts Future Job: Animator Years in band: 4 Inspiration: Tim Burton   Wingspan: What are you looking forward to in your first year of marching band? Vasilkovsky: “Marching Band will be a great opportunity to make new friends, make memories, improve my skills, and generally contribute to the marching band.” Wingspan: What instrumen...

Grade: 11 Future college: undecided Future Job: undecided Years as an artist: 15 Inspiration: my friends and experiences   Wingspan: What kind of art do you do? Oh: “I’m currently exploring different kinds of arts as I haven’t found what I exactly want to do. So far I’ve really enjoy painting with oils and I enjoy drawing people the most.” Wingspan: How has it affected your life? ...

Grade: 10 Future college: Pace University Future Job: Playwright/actor Years in theater: 8 Inspiration: Kelli O’Hara Wingspan: What is it like being in theater? Zonis:  “Theatre is great because it involves a group of kids that become a family putting together art.” Wingspan: How has theater affected your life? Zonis: “I have definitely become a more mature person because the...

Grade: 10 Future college: Pace University, NYU, or Elon University Future Job: musical theatre actor on broadway Years in theater: 3 Inspiration: Gavin Creel and Sutton Foster Wingspan: When and why did you start theater? Askew: “I started theatre when I did the musical Once Upon a Mattress and after that moment I knew what I wanted to do with my life.” Wingspan: What is it like to balance school, choir, and th...

Grade: 11 Future college: University of Arkansas Future Job: Interior Designer or something with kids Years dancing: 12 years Inspiration: I love kids Wingspan: What made you start dancing? Collier: “My mom put me in dance when I was four so I guess I didn’t have much of a choice.” Wingspan: How has it affected your life? Collier: “I started dance when I was 4 and quit when I was 12 then st...

Grade: 11 Future college: Undecided Future Job: athletic trainer Years playing: 6 Wingspan: What made you choose the violin? Lin: “I had interest in it because I listened to a lot of classical music when I was young, and I thought that’d be cool if I could play that so I started playing violin.” Wingspan: When did you learn of your interest in music? Lin: “Way back in the 1st grade, when I s...

Grade:  11 Future college: Texas Southern University Future Job: vocal trainer Years in choir: 6 Inspiration: Dr. Allen Hightower, Ariana Grande Wingspan: What is it like being in varsity choir? Williams: “I find it very exciting because there is a such a great mix of people. We are the only mixed choir at Liberty so we have boys and girls. We also have everyone from Freshman to seniors, who have to...

Grade: 12 Future college: Texas A&M Future Job: elementary school teacher Years dancing: 4 Inspiration: friends and fun Wingspan: What made you start dancing? Madden: “I took dance classes when I was little but I really started dancing my freshman year because my older sister was on drill team and she encouraged me to try it.” Wingspan: What’s it like being on drill team? Madden: “I...

Grade: 10 Future college: Undecided Future Job: graphic designer or photographer Years artist: 11 Inspiration: myself Wingspan: What kind of art do you do? Martin: “I mainly do like cartoonish drawings, less of realistic cause I'm not THAT great at realism, but also photography on the big side cause that's totally a form of art, being to capture moments in a single frame.” Wingspan: How has it affec...

Grade: 12 Future college: Undecided Future Job: Architect Years performing: 8 Inspiration: the artists that inspire me are the 1975, Harry Styles and Super Whatevr. They push me to want to better myself. Wingspan: When and why did you start performing? Asaad: “I started performing for family friends and my parents on New Years when I was ten. We would play American Idol and our dads w...