In the fall of 2020, we asked Highland Terrace students to artistically explore their thoughts and feelings related to the theme: “I Matter Because…”. Each student submitted a piece of art, along with a statement explaining their inspiration.
Please join us in celebrating each of this year’s artists:
Title of Work: I Matter Because
Artist Name: Elliott Beach
Grade Division: Primary (Pre-K – Grade 2)
Artist Statement: I love my Foxy so much. That is why it matters.
Title of Work: Grandma
Artist Name: Annabelle Horne
Grade Division: Primary (Pre-K – Grade 2)
Artist Statement: I matter because I love my grandma and she died a year ago and she made me feel like I mattered because she always gave me oatmeal for breakfast and she made me feel good.
Title of Work: Dragon Art
Artist Name: Oscar Horne
Grade Division: Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Artist Statement: The Dragon Art matters to me because I like dragons and that is part of me.
Title of Work: I matter because I draw in the forest
Artist Name: Cherryn Kim
Grade Division: Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Artist Statement: Forest matters because it is a house of nature. But we humans are destroying it and polluting it. I drew the picture in a hope to preserve the forest. I matter because I drew myself drawing forest which matters to us.
Title of Work: My friends live all around the world
Artist Name: Alina Li
Grade Division: Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Artist Statement: I matter because I’m being friends with everyone in all skin color in the world.
Title of Work: Self-portrait
Artist Name: Vivian Sherrard
Grade Division: Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Artist Statement: I think the way my art relates to the theme is that it is a colorful self portrait. My colors matter because it’s what makes me…me! I think being colorful means having a lot of different dimensions. I chose to paint my portrait in the style that famous painter, Pablo Picasso, used because there is not wrong way to do it and I think it’s cool.
Title of Work: I Matter Because of my thoughts and opinions
Artist Name: Eleanor Town
Grade Division: Intermediate (Grades 3-5)
Artist Statement: It is a picture of me, thinking about my thoughts, opinions and the different things going on in the world.
For more information about the Reflections art program and how it works, please visit: https://highlandterracepta.org/reflections/