Opportunity Arises to Perfect Student Artwork
Art students submit pieces to be featured at the New Museum in Los Gatos’ annual competition
By Sydney Teves
Art students submit pieces to be featured at the New Museum in Los Gatos’ annual competition
By Sydney Teves
Working and perfecting art takes time, which is why students who take art in high school look forward to any opportunity to create and present their work in hopes of it being chosen to be featured in an art museum.
Last month, advanced art students submitted art pieces to New Museum Los Gatos, where it was judged against students’ art from other competing high schools. After a lengthy vetting process, the museum chose only 75 entries from the nearly 1,000 submitted works to be shown in their ARTnow exhibition, with Pioneer artists Haily Phan, 10, Gabriella Lau, 11, and William Shen, 12, among the winners.
To prepare for the high level of art demanded by the competition, the art students jumped into the two-week process of brainstorming and designing their pieces as soon as the second semester started, focusing on the broad theme of “water.”
Many students, like Phan, are entering their artwork into a competitive art show for the first time. “I was excited and a bit nervous as well, because this was my first time submitting artwork to an art show, but it was a nice experience,” said Phan.
Last year, three Pioneer students also had their art chosen for the exhibition. Those students were Lydia Watson, 12, Saul Payan, 12, and Malia Cook, 11. Drawing and painting teacher Laurie Kirk recognizes that this can positively impact the future lives of the young students as artists.
“Getting into an exhibition that is this competitive is a huge feather in their cap and I think they learn a lot about the process of submitting to a formal exhibit. It’s a hard process to get through and to meet those deadlines,” said Kirk. “They also learn a lot about how work should be displayed and presented. They can put this on their resume for applying to colleges and say they were accepted into an art show.”
NUMU gives students the opportunity to prepare for their future and to learn to broaden their horizons. Angelina Tran, 10, is a student in advanced art and hasn’t submitted work to an exhibition since middle school. She was excited to do it again and see the results.
“My favorite part of this was trying to push myself out of my comfort zone with the topic of ‘water.’ I had never tried to do an artwork based on water, so it was different, but it was fun to see how far I could push myself,” said Tran. “I think it was really cool to have this opportunity because I would’ve never tried to submit any of my artwork into a contest like this, so it was amazing to have this chance to be able to try it.”
Last month, advanced art students submitted art pieces to New Museum Los Gatos, where it was judged against students’ art from other competing high schools. After a lengthy vetting process, the museum chose only 75 entries from the nearly 1,000 submitted works to be shown in their ARTnow exhibition, with Pioneer artists Haily Phan, 10, Gabriella Lau, 11, and William Shen, 12, among the winners.
To prepare for the high level of art demanded by the competition, the art students jumped into the two-week process of brainstorming and designing their pieces as soon as the second semester started, focusing on the broad theme of “water.”
Many students, like Phan, are entering their artwork into a competitive art show for the first time. “I was excited and a bit nervous as well, because this was my first time submitting artwork to an art show, but it was a nice experience,” said Phan.
Last year, three Pioneer students also had their art chosen for the exhibition. Those students were Lydia Watson, 12, Saul Payan, 12, and Malia Cook, 11. Drawing and painting teacher Laurie Kirk recognizes that this can positively impact the future lives of the young students as artists.
“Getting into an exhibition that is this competitive is a huge feather in their cap and I think they learn a lot about the process of submitting to a formal exhibit. It’s a hard process to get through and to meet those deadlines,” said Kirk. “They also learn a lot about how work should be displayed and presented. They can put this on their resume for applying to colleges and say they were accepted into an art show.”
NUMU gives students the opportunity to prepare for their future and to learn to broaden their horizons. Angelina Tran, 10, is a student in advanced art and hasn’t submitted work to an exhibition since middle school. She was excited to do it again and see the results.
“My favorite part of this was trying to push myself out of my comfort zone with the topic of ‘water.’ I had never tried to do an artwork based on water, so it was different, but it was fun to see how far I could push myself,” said Tran. “I think it was really cool to have this opportunity because I would’ve never tried to submit any of my artwork into a contest like this, so it was amazing to have this chance to be able to try it.”