The Owasso Art Show: a creative showcase
By Daisy Leading Fox
This past week when passing by the PAC doors, it’s undeniable you’ve noticed the bright and ecstatic colors popping out off the dark walls—also known as, the annual Owasso Art Show. The Owasso Art Show is an exciting week throughout the second semester where bulletin boards are filled with beautiful work lining the PAC hallway in hopes of inspiring the ones walking past. The Owasso Art classes from Pre-K through twelfth grade work lengthy weeks on these projects and the effort is without a doubt obvious to the average eye.
Although the artwork is a wonderful sight, the artists’ stories of their art adventure are even greater.
Senior art student, Madison Welch-Flores, spotlighted her personal art career, saying, “I would do [art] whenever I was little … I never stopped,” she continued, “I started getting slightly better because it’s just one of the few things I actually genuinely enjoy.”
Welch-Flores described how art was a moving point in her productivity and everyday life, saying, “[Art is the most calming and the most stressful … it calms my nerves because I get to focus on something … like watching a television show or listening to a podcast.” She went on, “It challenges me enough to where I can always get better at it; there’s never a point where you’re like, ‘Well I’ve reached my full potential’ because you can always keep going.”
Art is one of the powerful resources a sufficient amount of students here in Owasso hold close to their hearts at school, and at home.
Jaida Grundy, a sophomore art student at OHS, explained her enjoyment of the art classes due to the wide variety of projects available, saying, “[The art teachers] gave us really unique projects … there was a wide range,” she continued, “It wasn’t just drawing and paint, we would sew, we would do clay, we just did so much fun stuff … I really liked it so I stayed.”
Grundy went on to talk about her inspiration she gained from the art teachers, “I feel like if I were to try to do art on my own, I’d feel really lost,” she smiled, “But I felt like I did need a teacher to guide me and give me ideas.”
The Art Show had themes the art students all had to incorporate such as Owasso Rams, home life and community, so for these students, their personalities were poured onto these canvases in a varied context.
Welch-Flores and Grundy both had valuable advice for those wanting to get in touch with their artistic side.
“Definitely stay consistent and open your eyes to more opportunities…[art] is really giving,” Welch-Flores stated.
Grundy added on, “You can really express yourself through art…it’s a great opportunity.”
Art isn’t just a hobby, it’s a language some use to sneak their truth and express themselves, it’s a safety quip some use to temporarily escape troubling hardships and it’s a common denominator between anyone and everyone.