By Danielle Smith
Executive Arts Editor
Art 1 and Ceramics 1 transformed room 60 into a spooky, Halloween-themed gallery with their latest collaboration exhibit “Monster.”
“Monster” featured a plethora of art pieces created using wide variety of mediums that successfully showcased the students’ growing skills. The artwork was accompanied by eerie and creative decorations, creating a truly spooky Halloween experience for viewers.
The Halloween-themed exhibit was Art 1 and Ceramics 1’s first collaboration exhibit of the school year, showcasing pieces created by students from both classes. The first-year art students utilized a variety of skills to create a creative and spooky exhibit.
There were three types of artwork on display: ink sketches of imaginary monsters, four-fold papers with mixed-media drawings of monsters and ceramic boxes designed to resemble three-dimensional monsters. Each wall of the gallery was covered in artwork and several tables were set up to display the pottery.
The gallery was decorated to convey the spooky theme of the exhibit. When viewers first walked in the door decorated with a large, colorful monster face, they were greeted by enormous spider webs that stretched across the corners of the room. Paper cut-out bats and strips of caution tape also hung from the ceiling, creating an ominous ambiance.
One exceptional attribute of “Monster” was the wide variety of pieces showcased in the exhibit. Each student constructed a unique creature from their imagination. The assortment of mediums also added diversity to the display, creating intrigue and offering the viewer multiple depictions of monsters.
The pen sketches displayed on two walls were striking due to their subdued color palette of solely ink on paper. The simple medium allowed students to effectively demonstrate their shading skills by utilizing cross-hatching and scumbling. In addition, many students chose to draw backgrounds which allowed the viewer to understand where the monster lives and how it interacts with other life.
The other two walls of the gallery displayed Art 1’s colorful monsters, drawn on papers folded into four parts. The folding of the paper made it possible for students to draw sections of completely different monsters in succession, which came together to form one, disfigured creature.
Four tables, draped with black and orange table cloths, were set up to hold Ceramics 1’s three-dimensional monsters. Each piece featured colorful glazes and additions including tentacles, eyes and hair molded out of clay. Although the pieces were all constructed in the same manner, the variety of colors and features made each piece intriguing.
“Monster” featured a wide variety of art that depicted unique and creative monsters, as well as an assortment of color palettes and techniques that added dimension to the pieces. The structured layout of the gallery allowed viewers to appreciate the art and feel immersed in the eerie Halloween spirit.
“Monster” was on display at lunch in room 60 from October 25 to November 1.
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