CREATIVE & ENGAGING: Highland's Visual Art Department focuses on engaging all students in creative development. The visual arts provide space for all students to reflect, heal, question, explore, and express themselves.
STUDENT CENTERED: Each student has a valuable voice to share through art. Students develop growing technical confidence rooted in how the art media can be understood and applied, then creating their own works.
So many new murals! Sylvia Hegeman (12) created a text-based historical mural on the second floor.
Zoe Glaser (12) added a very busy bee locker mural.
Flannery Sheets (12) and Isabella (Bella) Schmitt updated a wall mural near the music classrooms.
December '22 Artist
Selamawit Tenaye (10) with her Alice in Wonderland inspired Pattern.Tenaye spent additional time in and out of class building up layers of color pencil and gradation to make her complementary colors pop!
November '22 Artist
Our drawing classes are doing such amazing work we need to share more than one. For excellence in drawing, Gretta Goodspeed (11), Caileigh Kilbride (9), Elizabeth Martin (9), and Jack Miller (9).
October '22 Artist
Johnny (12) was recognized for excellence in graphic design, creating a Yeti character design using Adobe Illustrator on the iPad.
September '22 Artist
Nong Her (12) was recognized for her excellence in drawing, creating a stylized pet portrait that also included colors inspired by the Fauvist art movement.
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• 2021-2022 School Year
April Art Student of the Month
-Elsa Mechelke (11) received 3rd place for her acrylic painting in the Congressional Art Competition, here with Congresswomen Betty McCollum.
March Art Student of the Month
-Maddie Baggenstoss (12) and her watercolor still life
February Art Students; IB Art and Design Class
"Congratulations to all the students who have chosen to challenge themselves in the IB Art and Design exam this spring. It was so fun seeing your Spring Exhibition. We wish you all the best in your continued art making."-from your art teachers!
* means students are testing IB this year. (Featured work by Kajia Lee.) Students in IB Art & Design: Iman Abdi, Hayk Andestic*, Johanna Aust*, Madeline Baggenstoss*, Ellie Boudet, Kiyomi Callahan*, Madeleine Carydis*, Mahlet Dagne, Mia David, Elasandra Demuth, Quinn Dwyer*, Silja Earl-Tornianen, Claire Engebretson-Gilman, Zoe Glaser, Sylvia Hegeman, Samara Hickle*, Kajia Lee*, Laura Lee, Zoe Lee, Marcus Lund, Savanna Mays-Maisonet, Madeleine Mears*, Sophia Mears*, Elsa Mechelke, Xitlali Monroy, Ngan Nguyen, Elsie Olive, Eleanor Osmond, Kylie Peterson, Sabine Schatschneider, Isabella Schmitt, Flannery Sheets, Matthew Stolte, PawPaw Wah*, Lucia Witzke
January Art Student of the Month
-Brenda Perez (9) and her ink drawing of a female astronaut
December Art Student of the Month
-Alexander Lee (12) carving a dragon linoleum print and an earlier pencil/paint study.
November Art Student of the Month
-Xander Eikenberry (11) and his 'precious' large pencil drawing.
October Art Students of the Month
-Thilji Mathew (11) and his stylized self portrait
-Goa Her (10) and her seed vase
September Art Student of the Month
Alex Roepke (10) and their personalized self portrait
