The Winter Art Exhibition is in the back of the Davern entrance and is full of interesting art that can be seen with friends. The Winter Art Exhibition has been hosted annually at St. Paul Academy and Summit School and showcases some of the best artwork made by students for students. There are many questions that run through minds while looking at the pieces such as: why did the teachers choose these pieces or what made the artist make this piece the way it is?

The students believed that their art pieces chosen for the exhibition were a product of hard work.

“It’s important to put your hard work into all your pieces because you don’t know which one will be chosen, and you want to proud of the one that is [chosen],” 9th grader Clark Waltz said.

 Other students believed it was a good experience in order to further advance their art skills.

“I guess since I’m in advanced painting now, it was really good to get experience in beginning painting and translate those skills into my new work,” junior Hayley Hoffman said.

Working hard is vital for gaining experience, both of which being chosen for the winter art exhibition can provide.

 “I just found this blue glaze I like, and you know it’s just starting to become winter, so you know it kind of fits. My piece isn’t perfect it’s a little uneven and a little of center, but that’s the meaning. All you have to do is trust the process” sophomore Nik Lehtinen said. Lehtinen believes that he understood an important part of the process by believing in his work and teaching others.

The teachers chose pieces that they considered being the student’s best work or represented their teachings in the art classes. US Ceramics teacher Daryn Lowman chose ceramics and sculpture pieces that conveyed the techniques he taught in his classes.

“[The pieces chosen] represented the incorporation of certain ideas and techniques taught by the art classes into physical form. The pieces that best represent those ideas are the ones that go into the exhibition,” Lowman said.

US Photography teacher Stephanie Motta chose the photography pieces differently than Lowman. 

“It’s  a collaboration between teacher and student in order chose the piece that best represents them. We choose the pieces that can stand alone, if it depends on other artwork, then it probably won’t make it into the exhibition,” Motta said.

Both teachers chose pieces that were in their students best interest in the spirit of the Winter Art Exhibition.