Carefully looking through her favorite pieces, Diya Rajesh, junior, chooses the art she wants to display at the AP Art Show.
“I really like drawing people and I want to work in animation in the future, so I like drawing characters,” Rajesh said. “Most of my art is focused on people and exploring different things that they do.”
The AP Art Show runs tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Theater Lobby for family and friends and tomorrow during school hours for students. It will feature multiple panels of art by students in the AP Art and Design class.
For Rajesh, the art show will serve as an opportunity to prepare for her portfolio, something she has to submit for her AP score at the end of the school year.
“I think it kind of creates a cohesiveness for your portfolio that you can look at it before you turn it in,” Rajesh said.
The AP Art and Design class started preparing for the show a week before Spring Break, Melissa Wilson, AP Art and Design teacher, said. The students chose which of their pieces and how many they wanted to showcase. They can use work they’ve made in and out of class.
Wilson said this art will help prepare students who may be interested in majoring in art in college.
“Having to create an entire show by yourself is kind of scary, so I try to give them a small taste of that,” Wilson said. “They’re responsible for curating their own work and putting it on display.”
Before Wilson started working, the AP Art show was in May, but Wilson moved it to March to ensure that students’ best pieces can be featured since they have to submit them to College Board to be graded.
“Every year is so different because everyone brings something different to the table,” Wilson said.
Henry Prunty, senior, incorporated his style of doodle paintings into his selections.
“It’s not like contemporary art, but it’s more stuff that I kind of developed honestly just drawing on my homework and worksheets and stuff,” Prunty said. “That kind of developed into the style that I have in there.”
Prunty said the art show will help students like himself better express themselves.
“I think it’s just a cool opportunity to kind of put everything on display,” Prunty said.
