Creativity, inspiration and talent.
These are qualities that are often seen amongst hard-working students taking various creative art classes at HH. From sculpting with clay to drawing in photoshop, every student employs their unique abilities to create meaningful pieces of artwork. To showcase their hard work, Hatboro-Horsham High School hosts an annual district-wide art show to highlight important pieces of art.
Naturally, the reaction from most students who find out that their art has been selected for the art show is happiness and satisfaction. Junior Willfredo Gentile says that the art show “gives [him] an opportunity to share [his] pieces” and get “opinions on it and hear that other people like it.” Despite not originally intending for his work to be chosen for the art show, Gentile’s hard work turned his side project into a masterpiece. The end result was that his sculptures of the “Monday Morning Fruit Baskets” were chosen to be displayed. This goes to show that if you put in the time and effort, people are bound to notice that.
Senior Chloe Boer mentioned how the art show is significant for her because it “showed more recognition for art because a lot of times people don’t appreciate it as much.” With such a heavy focus on taking subjects such as calculus and physics, students often forget to relax and explore the creative sides of themselves. As a student in AP 2D Art and Design as well as a member of the National Honors Art Society (NHAS), Boer had to create a portfolio of artworks with a theme behind them. She settled on a question for her theme: “How have the role models in my life shaped me into who I am?”
Junior Carly Gorman had the same experience in her preparation for the art show. To her, the art show was a way to “show to everyone what you have been working on and the hard work that you put into it.” As an AP 2D Art and Design student, she decided to draw around a theme of pollution in the ocean. Gorman did a good job of representing this across multiple drawings, and her hard work paid off when they were chosen for the art show.
Additionally, to help future students better understand what art makes it into the show, we asked Gentile, Boer, and Gorman for tips about how they approached their preparation for the art show. According to Gentile, “A lot of it was just brainstorming and sketching out what I wanted to do.” Boer and Gorman shared the same message mentioning that you really have to put in the time and effort for your project. Perhaps the biggest takeaway is that without passion and hardwork, your artwork won’t reflect what you want it to reflect.
In the end, thanks to the contributions from students such as Gentile, Boer and Gorman, the art show was beaming with positivity and fascinating artwork. Shoutout to other groups that participated such as the HH Orchestra whose music made the event even more lively! Everyone’s hard work and passion truly paid off in the end as we finished another year of creativity.
