The school of the renegades produced an art exhibit that followed in line with its mascot and not being fond of conventions did an art exhibit in its own way.
The exhibition opening reception was held on Thursday, Mar. 21 at BC’s very own Wylie and May Louise Jones art gallery, displaying over 80 different student artists. An assortment of art was featured, stemming from traditional pencil drawings, paintings, sculptures, ceramics, 3D designs, photography, graphic design, and video production. All submissions were judged by previously featured Venezuelan artist, Jaime Gili.
Artists varying in skill and experience were displayed, which created an ease within the event’s prestige that showed it didn’t take itself too seriously.
Three-time featured artist, Eric Eaton cited his father’s art as being a key inspiration for wanting to become an artist himself. However, he attributes his start to his grandma who, “…when I was five years old was giving me colored pencils” and expressed his gratitude for his family for always pushing him and supporting him as an artist.
Other artists that were featured for their drawings were Safiyah Holguín and Christian Rodriguez who individually created “Crushed Can” and “Death of Me.”
Rodriguez who was influenced by Vincent Van Gogh acknowledged the freeing act of creating art, “[I] get the inner child out of me, I finally get to express myself.”
The piece, “Bus Stop Menace” was also featured which according to the artist Teagan Faulkenburg, the subject attends “music school and plays drums with her horns” As for the menace part, she explained that she was in trouble for “setting her chemistry teacher on fire” due to discovering a plot of animal reanimation.
The event allowed itself to be a training ground for students to learn to appreciate the displays, mingle, and attend a high-class event in a relaxed environment full of peers, friends, and family, without the feeling of being out of place.
The current display will be up for viewing until Apr. 18, Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:30 – 11 a.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
