Art Department wins at Visual Arts Scholastic Event
Senior Anfernee Cao is going to the state competition after receiving a top rating on his paper sculpture. Cao was born blind and deaf, and he had to complete his project all on his own.
February 24, 2015
On Saturday, Feb. 21, the Cypress Ridge art department took 16 students to compete in the Visual Arts Scholastic Event at Seven Lakes High School. Cy-Ridge took home a large number of top scores.
“We competed against Katy, Spring Branch, Alief, Cleveland, and others and all the Cy-Fair schools. Some students took two projects some took only one. These were some of their best work,” Jaimie Ladysh, art team leader, said.
Projects were ranked and given a score of I to IV. A rating IV is the mark of a superior, exemplary, work of art. Each student is in a division that matches how many years of art they have had in high school. One piece is chosen from each discipline in each division.
Sophomore Emma Valdez scored a 4 on her drawing of her sister. The drawing is titled “Jesse” .
Tara Campbell received fours on both of her photographs. Campbell chose her submissions because she felt they were really unique and had a strong change of doing well.
“And in this one right here, this one is probably my favorite piece that I’ve done this year because I love anything rustic that has a story behind it,” Campbell said, pointing to her project. “And you know, the horseshoe and the cross, religion [is] very important to me so this is kind of like, a self-portrait through a still life and it really tells the viewer a lot about me; just through a picture.”
Viet Tran received a rating of three last year but scored a four this year. She chose her sister as the subject of her photography.
Competition submissions are displayed in the glass case located by the auditorium.
“My favorite picture would be the girl flower dress on the wall of vines,” Tran said. “So it’s basically my aspect of how man and nature interact with each other. But like, I was inspired by another artist so I made this because she made a dress out of bees, so now I decided to make a dress out of flowers to see how it turned out, and it turned out pretty cool.”
Student work can be found in the glass case located by the auditorium. The state competition will be in Dallas on April 24-25, 2015.
Sculpture
Anfernee Cao IV
Uyen Trinh 2 IV’s
Drawing and Painting
Emma Valdez IV
Montoya Fernando III
Simone Williams III
Photography
Terra Campbell 2 IV’s
Sabrina Carmona 2 IV’s
Monica De La Pena 2 III’s
Jennifer Esqueda IV
Ashanti Hughes III
Marc Olazaba III
Viet Tran 2 IV’s
Brittany Vasquez 2 IV’s
Victor Velasquez III
Alondra Zapata IV
