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Madison Walters’ art is on the road to victory

After entering 13 of her art pieces online to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Madison Walters, sophomore, was ecstatic when she found out three of her pieces won.

“I was really excited, and also a bit bemused. I wasn’t expecting to win at all, it was a big surprise,” Walters said. She achieved the regional contest and her gold winning pieces will be on display at the Pacific Northwest College of Art, with a ceremony on Feb. 20.

This is her first big contest she has ever entered her art in, even though she has been drawing for as long as she can remember. It is a big part of her life and she believes her “passion for creation and improvement” is something she’s always had.

Her go-to art is simple sketching because, “it’s easy, accessible and also great practice.” When she has an idea she starts on paper and builds off of it.

“I greatly admire artists that can create lifelike images out of nowhere.” Walters said. She enjoys and is trying to work on being more spontaneous with her pieces.

She started drawing just for kicks but as she started appreciating people’s work she realized at a young age that an artist was something she wanted to be. She believes that art is something you need to work hard at if you want to achieve,

“I use art to relax and let go of anxiety, but it’s also a constant uphill road of failure and improvement,” Walters said.

She hopes to enhance her skills and maybe even enter more contests.

“Art is my way of having fun, but it’s also just an integral part of my life. So I certainly don’t see a future without it,” Walters said.

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Julia Mogen, Co-Arts and Culture Editor
While most high school students spend their free time hanging out with friends, Julia Mogen, senior, is out at concerts or the movie theater looking for her next story. “I started journalism my freshman year,” Mogen said. “My brother was a photographer, so it just felt right. I kept with it after freshman year because it felt different from all my other classes.” Ann Breyne, English teacher, enjoyed Mogen’s writing and encouraged her to continue writing in journalism, which lead to her becoming the Arts and Culture editor her junior year.   “I just kind of started writing reviews. No one was writing reviews when I started, so I decided to start writing them,” Mogen said. “ I really like movies and music and didn’t like doing interviews. I stuck with Arts and Culture because it felt like my own thing and Ann liked my reviews so she wanted me to be editor for that section.” Mogen likes certain directors and reviews their movies. “One of my favorite directors is Wes Anderson. I also will search out movies that I have heard are good or have won Oscars.” Mogen also enjoys alternative music, specifically the radio station, 94.7 fm. Mogen enjoys watching Netflix in her free time. “I like watching older shows,” Mogen said. “I am watching the X-Files right now. It’ll take me a while to finish the show because when I really like a show and don’t want it to end, I just stop watching and it takes me years to finish.” As much as Mogen loves journalism, she is unsure if she will pursue it in college. “It seems daunting to continue in college,” Mogen said. “I feel comfortable in the way I am doing journalism now and to step up and be with other kids who have done it at their high school, I feel like I will be behind even though it’s not true.” “It scares me to enter such a good journalism program,” Mogen said. “But I have considered going to other journalism schools or going to University of Oregon to pursue other majors that I am interested in.”
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