Unarmed Truths Uncovered in the Annual ArtNow Exhibition
Four Pioneer student’s art pieces were accepted into the New Museum Los Gatos art competition for this year's exhibition.
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
Four Pioneer student’s art pieces were accepted into the New Museum Los Gatos art competition for this year's exhibition.
By Jocelyn Cosgrove
The annual Los Gatos ArtNow art exhibition has come around again with the new theme of Unarmed Truth and four of Pioneer’s students were chosen to exhibit their art at the New Museum Los Gatos, known as NUMU.
ArtNow is an exhibition for high school students to have real-world experiences in the artistic world. There were 1,000 submissions to this year's exhibition, 90 of those submissions were chosen to be showcased at NUMU from March 31 to June 25. The students chosen to participate will be given $16,000 in scholarships and awards and will be judged in painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art and video/animation.
The theme, Unarmed Truths, co-created with the ArtNow Teen Council, is to help students find inspiration from social movements, leaders and their own hopes and dreams to find something that isn’t seen on the surface.
“I like that each student explored the theme, Unarmed Truth in a way that was personal and meaningful to them. The resulting work is wholly unique and reflects the student artists perfectly,” said art teacher Laurie Kirk.
Out of the 1000 submissions, the four students chosen from Pioneer are sophomore Piper Choe, juniors Eleri Kane and Namita Hedge and senior Abigail Kifle.
Kifle's painting, “ ,” or in English, “the truth is heavy,” found out that her art had been accepted first from her teacher and second from an email.
“I was excited, but also nervous because I had never had my art displayed to that many people and it was a really sensitive topic for me,” said Kifle. “The topic was untold truth and mine was about how being black and (going) to school with majority white (people), which I never really talked about so I felt like the piece helped me understand it more.”
“Dreamscape,” was inspired by Kane’s nightmares and took five months to complete using acrylic paint.
“I wanted to capture the idea of both running to and from something while also illustrating a dream-like atmosphere,” said Kane.
Using recycled materials, Choe created the piece “May the ballroom rest eternal” and took inspiration from love, real life events and some songs they listened to while creating this piece.
“Love transcends every arbitrary barrier, distinction or split that divides us as a society. Something which exists outside of time. It’s what connects and unifies us. It is the common ground we seek in harmony and strive for when we differ on major social and political issues. It is the truth of world peace that we desire to see,” said Choe.
Despite only four students being selected from Kirk’s classes, it still remains a huge achievement for everyone who submitted their work.
“I am incredibly proud of each artist, including the students that were not selected for this show. I would like to say, well done and congratulations as this is a real ‘feather in your cap,’” said Kirk.
ArtNow is an exhibition for high school students to have real-world experiences in the artistic world. There were 1,000 submissions to this year's exhibition, 90 of those submissions were chosen to be showcased at NUMU from March 31 to June 25. The students chosen to participate will be given $16,000 in scholarships and awards and will be judged in painting, drawing, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital art and video/animation.
The theme, Unarmed Truths, co-created with the ArtNow Teen Council, is to help students find inspiration from social movements, leaders and their own hopes and dreams to find something that isn’t seen on the surface.
“I like that each student explored the theme, Unarmed Truth in a way that was personal and meaningful to them. The resulting work is wholly unique and reflects the student artists perfectly,” said art teacher Laurie Kirk.
Out of the 1000 submissions, the four students chosen from Pioneer are sophomore Piper Choe, juniors Eleri Kane and Namita Hedge and senior Abigail Kifle.
Kifle's painting, “ ,” or in English, “the truth is heavy,” found out that her art had been accepted first from her teacher and second from an email.
“I was excited, but also nervous because I had never had my art displayed to that many people and it was a really sensitive topic for me,” said Kifle. “The topic was untold truth and mine was about how being black and (going) to school with majority white (people), which I never really talked about so I felt like the piece helped me understand it more.”
“Dreamscape,” was inspired by Kane’s nightmares and took five months to complete using acrylic paint.
“I wanted to capture the idea of both running to and from something while also illustrating a dream-like atmosphere,” said Kane.
Using recycled materials, Choe created the piece “May the ballroom rest eternal” and took inspiration from love, real life events and some songs they listened to while creating this piece.
“Love transcends every arbitrary barrier, distinction or split that divides us as a society. Something which exists outside of time. It’s what connects and unifies us. It is the common ground we seek in harmony and strive for when we differ on major social and political issues. It is the truth of world peace that we desire to see,” said Choe.
Despite only four students being selected from Kirk’s classes, it still remains a huge achievement for everyone who submitted their work.
“I am incredibly proud of each artist, including the students that were not selected for this show. I would like to say, well done and congratulations as this is a real ‘feather in your cap,’” said Kirk.