Student Artwork

As you find your way to balcony seating at Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, we hope you’ll take a few moments to enjoy the fantastic student artwork hanging in the corridor just outside of our administration offices. This student art exhibit provides an opportunity for some of our community’s most talented young artists to share a little insight into the creative voice of the next generation. And, while showcasing student talent, the exhibit also demonstrates the importance of providing art classes in our schools.

 

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On Exhibit Now:
“The Arts Make an Impact”

A charcoal drawing of President Barack Obama, a Mercedes Benz, a boy staring out a window as bombers approach, a series of photographs questioning the role of animals in western philosophy; these are glimpses into the minds of high school students and examples of how the arts make an impact on lives.

 

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Visual Art Program

Under the direction of
Linus Lancaster and Tom Laughlin
Students used a method called charcoal lift-off and other techniques including vine charcoal over pen and ink, pastel, colored pencil, and watercolor to create their artwork. While the subject matter was chosen individually, each student’s final image is the result of a larger process including brainstorming sessions, life drawings, blind-contour drawings, poetry, critical thinking exercises, and exposure to issues in contemporary art and art history.

 

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Animalities Project

This project features a series of photographs showing stills from a video sponsored by the Sonoma Youth Arts Council. Depicted are members of the Healdsburg Concert Band under the direction of Randy Masselink playing music while engulfed by cows at a local dairy. Students then painted (using egg tempera) on the sides of the cows and projected footage of the concert into the painted area on the cows. A guerilla screening of the video can be seen on YouTube under “Animality Revolutions.”

 

The project is intended to call the role of animals in western philosophical traditions into question by inviting them directly into the art production process as collaborators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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For more information about the Arts Center’s student art exhibit or to find out how to have your students' artwork placed on display, please email Tracy Sawyer, Arts & Education Manager or call 707.527.7006, ext. 154.