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Juniors Mary Nielsen and Jenny Bonn use
tempra paints to paint their Color and Design
projects. (Melanie Goddard)

Putting the fin ishing touches on her clay
vase Senior Erin Doll uses a sponge to
smooth th e finish. (Melanie Goddard)

Creativity Abundant
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Lara Johannsen

The creative juices valved in the art program were a
flowed freely in the art depart- creative, enjoyabl e coll ecti on of
ment. With a large variety of personalities which made the
classes to choose from, some stu- classses more productive and
dents had a difficult time fitting more enj oyabl e for teachers ."
them all into their schedules. "The Students had opportu-
variety of classes here was excel- nities to parti cipate in several
lent. It was hard to decide which contests during the year includ-
classes to take," said Senior ing Scholastic Arts Contest,
Brenda Moss. DeSota Bend, and Landmark so
Beginning with Art they could compare their talents
Foundations students could ad- to students arti sts in th e metro
vance to A.P. Art in their seni or and state wide areas. They also
year for college credit. For ex- could display their artwork in dif-
ample, Senior Lesa Boumstein ferent shows such as at Oak view
took most of the classes from Art Mall, the Stroh Administration
Foundations to A.P. Art this year. Building, and the Joselyn Art
"The Art Department has a good Museum.
system of the lower, less experi- The chall enge then was
enced classes bein g more con- not just developing a particular
trolled and more advanced classes skill , but perfecting it for per-
being more expressive," she said . sonal enjoyment and for all the
Art teacher Joanne people the artwork was shared
Stevens said , "The students in- with.e
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Senior Lesa Boumstein sketches her final
project before applying color in her
watercolor class. (Melanie Goddard)