AS the end of the 2008-2009 school year approaches, so does the last art show. And for this one the stakes are raised. At the end of the year, seniors students show off their personal talents and show case their artwork on boards decorated by themselves without the assistance of the instructor.

Ask Mom and Dad and they will tell you this had been a very traumatic and interesting experience. First when Mom and I transported the boards back to our house for cleaning and painting. Then on the first day of painting when my friend, Casey, (the other side of my board, we shared) and she accidentally locked her keys and phone in her car, thus having to call her mom to come from her work in Gilbert to fetch my friend's second set of keys at her home. Followed by yesterday when Dad, Casey, and I transported the board back to school. And finishing up with today's after school adventure of setting up the boards in the library and posting the masterpieces over the decorative wood panels.

I'm just glad they are almost completely done.

Casey's theme is magic based off her class portfolio of "Myths and Legends." Her original plan was to have climbing vines on an Italian wall. Unfortunately on the account of time and resources, she sacrificed for my petty swirl vines and metallic fireflies. She said she loved how it came out anyway and I think the boards very much mirrored her carefree style and energetic pictures.


And then there is my work. Sorry, I'm not posed to show you my face in this shot, but you win some and lose some; just be glad I was in front of the camera for once. My theme for my boards is "From art is born Magic." Thus I painted mine simple white (originally a more white-darkening-to-teal, but things never work out 100%) with metalic spray paint swirls. The finished desgin was lovely and I was indeed sad to cover it up, still I needed to put my work somewhere. I had Mom take some paper to school and cut me out some letters saying "LARA STEWART Candidate for Artist of the Year!" and then had the words curve around the board along the swirls (see the last photo). Hopefully everything will turn out wonderful.



I incourage anyone who may want to come to do so:

Art Show Parent Night
Media Center (Library)
6 - 8 pm
Wednesday, May 6

(Especailly my sisters, they have a lot of their children in this show.)