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Students chosen from WLHS to participate in local art show

Students chosen from WLHS to participate in local art show

In a show that was open to the entire Portland Metro Area, 17 of West Linn’s own students were selected to be featured. The show is called “Artist Statement” and will run from Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at Pioneer Place, with the opening ceremony on Dec. 1 from from 5 to 9 p.m.

“Artist Statement” is a juried art show put on by the Oregon Art Education Association where different artists’ works are featured.

“It is a multi-part art exhibit at Pioneer Place with artwork from students in Portland and Portland area suburbs,” Roxanne Stathos, senior, said. “I know that there are both two dimensional and three dimensional pieces, and installation art.”

Stathos is one of the many WLHS students who has artwork that will be featured at this show.

“I have two pieces being featured,” Stathos said. “I like to concentrate on people and telling their stories, so I do portraits. One of my pieces is a man in black ink with a collage of about 100 figures of women in the background, and the other is a portrait of a woman done in colored pencil.”

Stathos receives inspiration for these pictures through finding out of the ordinary things in her everyday life.

“I don’t look at pictures when I draw portraits generally, so they are just kind of a combo of random people that I have seen before all mixed together,” Stathos said. “They represent all of the day to day people you see that are mysterious but that stick out and make you want to know more.”

Stathos is excited for the show because she has never done anything like this. Along with Stathos’ drawn pieces, other types of artwork will be featured at the show. Hannah Beauchemin, senior, has a photograph that is being featured.

“I chose some of my best photos that I thought were good for this,” Beauchemin said. “I picked out five, and one of them was chosen.”

The photograph that was chosen is a picture of her aunt’s kitchen. According to Beauchemin, the picture was chosen because it had good lighting.

Beauchemin was “shocked” upon finding out that she was chosen, and she is very happy with this achievement.

“I wasn’t really expecting anything to happen when I entered,” Beauchemin said.

In a show that was open to the entire Portland Metro Area, 17 of West Linn’s own students were selected to be featured. The show is called “Artist Statement” and will run from Nov. 29-Dec. 2 at Pioneer Place, with the opening ceremony on Dec. 1 from from 5 to 9 p.m.

“Artist Statement” is a juried art show put on by the Oregon Art Education Association where different artists’ works are featured.

“It is a multi-part art exhibit at Pioneer Place with artwork from students in Portland and Portland area suburbs,” Roxanne Stathos, senior, said. “I know that there are both two dimensional and three dimensional pieces, and installation art.”

Stathos is one of the many WLHS students who has artwork that will be featured at this show.

“I have two pieces being featured,” Stathos said. “I like to concentrate on people and telling their stories, so I do portraits. One of my pieces is a man in black ink with a collage of about 100 figures of women in the background, and the other is a portrait of a woman done in colored pencil.”

Stathos receives inspiration for these pictures through finding out of the ordinary things in her everyday life.

“I don’t look at pictures when I draw portraits generally, so they are just kind of a combo of random people that I have seen before all mixed together,” Stathos said. “They represent all of the day to day people you see that are mysterious but that stick out and make you want to know more.”

Stathos is excited for the show because she has never done anything like this. Along with Stathos’ drawn pieces, other types of artwork will be featured at the show. Hannah Beauchemin, senior, has a photograph that is being featured.

“I chose some of my best photos that I thought were good for this,” Beauchemin said. “I picked out five, and one of them was chosen.”

The photograph that was chosen is a picture of her aunt’s kitchen. According to Beauchemin, the picture was chosen because it had good lighting.

Beauchemin was “shocked” upon finding out that she was chosen, and she is very happy with this achievement.

“I wasn’t really expecting anything to happen when I entered,” Beauchemin said.

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Perfectionist, outgoing and busy are just three of the many words that describe Mary Earp, senior.   Earp heard about Amplifier from her eighth grade English teacher, and has been  a part of the staff since her freshman year. Currently, she is one of the three Co-Editors-in-chiefs of the paper. Most  people have goals that they would like  to pursue in their life, and this is a true statement for Earp as well. “I want to be a doctor, and I know this sounds cheesy, but I would really like to make a difference in the world,” Earp said.  After high school,  her hopes include attending either Pomona  College or University of California, Berkeley. Outside of school, Earp has a very hectic life which includes playing co-ed soccer, being a member of the school Mock Trial team and being  the President of National Honor Society.  She is traveling to New York in late October for an international Mock Trial Competition, Empire, where she is assigned to present the closing argument and both direct and cross examinations for the trial. Some highlights of Earp’s summer were hanging out with friends and taking a vacation to North Carolina, where she visited family and spent some time at the warm sunny beach. If Earp could visit any place two places in the world, she would choose “Italy and Machu Picchu, Peru, because the scenery is beautiful,” Earp said. Her favorite year in high school so far was junior year. “It  challenged me the most and broadened my horizons,” Earp said. So far in her senior year, the class Earp most enjoys is AP Environmental Science, “It’s very interesting, enlightening, and I have a great teacher,” Earp said. Earp’s senior year is  packed with AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus BC and AP English, leaving her with a long night of work to complete.   The most challenging part of taking these classes “is all of the work involved,” Earp said. So far, her last year in high school has been hectic and full of work, yet she is excited and looking forward to all of the opportunities that lie ahead in her future.
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