2024 Yearbook

ART YEAR 12

TITLE: Acceptance: A Journey through Goya’s Influence (mixed media: drawing, painting, fabric, found objects. Interactive piece.) Individual names of pieces: Piece 1: Scary Presumptions of the Future Piece 2: To Death, If the Truth isn’t Hidden? Piece 3: No, Not Only the First Comer is Offered a Hand Piece 4: Devoted Affinity Piece 5: Correction of an Unrealistic Facade Original names of Goya’s Etchings: 1.Tristles presentimientos de lo que ha de acontecer(1815)(Sad presentiments of what is to happen), 2. Hasta la muerte(1798)(To Death), 3. Yes, they say and they offer their hand to the firstcomer (1828), 4. Devota profesion(1799) (Devoted Profesion), 5. Correccion(1799)(Correction). Critique “Acceptance”, through its postmodern appropriation of Goya’s Etchings, The Prado Collection develops a new story/meaning to the audience. This work demonstrates how humans can struggle to “find our people” and belonging, as societal expectations influence how we should portray ourselves. The storyline encompasses a human trying to fit into a world of monsters where at first she is scared to show her true self due to the fear of rejection, though in the end, she finds real friends where she no longer needs to hide behind a mask, an unrealistic facade. April Dickinson

Title: Why does it hurt? (oil on Canvas) Critique: "My Body of Work" explores the intense emotions and confusion of growing up and my transition to adolescence and the pressures of a rapidly changing world, where a deep longing for childhood innocence permeates. Yet, despite being forced to grow up, I'll always be that child; where fleeting innocence collides with the uncertainties of self-discovery. Lily Boda