Laura Secord secondary school art exhibit. Bullet News photo by Annie Silvester.
ANNIE SILVESTER
ST. CATHARINES ? The Evolution of Internal Dialogue exhibition featured artwork produced by Laura Secord visual arts students in St. Catharines from Grade 9 to Grade 12.
This exhibition was organized and curated by the senior DNA visual arts students under the supervision of Mr. S. Azzopardi and Mr. S. Simpson and showcased work done in a variety of media including drawings, paintings, installations, sculptures and photo manipulations.
The end result was a gymnasium full of thought provoking art that demonstrated the result of the internal dialogue that occurred during the creative process for each of the participants.
All aspects of popular culture seemed to be touched on in the exhibit that featured lots of variety. From a black lit Starbucks poster, to sinister drawings of faces manipulated with fangs and horns to the more cheerful large oil and canvases featuring a flower, it was there.
Azzopardi says it is vital to bring the art into the school system for the kids.
?It?s really important because it is a skill set that we believe the students really need to practice and to hone so that when they go to post-secondary education they have that.?
He says what they try to do at the school is to go for a nice balance between the kid?s technical ability which is how well they can draw and mix colours, to creativity which includes being able to put that creative spin on something and putting creative concepts together. He explained further the title of the show.
?The evolution part is the student?s growth throughout their years until Grade 12 and by Grade 12 they develop their own style.?
Once this level has been established, the kids create what is called their masterpieces which are their signature pieces for the show. Thus the entire journey is an evolution.
A big part of the creation of the art is troubleshooting as well he says and learning how to express a concept that you are trying to convey. The good news is that this skill set becomes very transferable to other occupations that the kids can use in their future careers. From interior design to illustrating careers to you name it.
Azzopardi stressed that the show was also about letting the kids flex their creative muscles as well as providing a platform to showcase the artwork they have worked so hard on all year.
He says ?it?s great to make it but then when you actually have it set up for public viewing, how are you reacting to that work and how is the public reacting to that work are great indicators for the students so they can learn.?
Andrew Shaefer, student, exhibitionist and one of the co- head curators for the show talked about the hard work that went on behind the scenes to pull the whole thing together.
?It took a lot of planning. A lot of running around between different teachers making sure we had the gym ready to go, that all the students had their artwork ready to go. Trying to format all the little labels and the artist statements, trying to compile all the artwork and sort through it so that we could figure out what we did want and what we didn?t want. We wanted to make sure we were featuring lots of variety and lots of the best artwork that we could.?
Shaefer said he thought the show was amazing because often kids in the art programs get a little left out at school functions.
?A lot of the time we have music, we have concerts, we have sports, we have musicals and plays for the drama people, but the art kids kind of get left out sometimes so it?s good to have a nice big show where we get lots of people out where we can exhibit all the work and really show the talent that?s in our school.?
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