Category / 2016 / Fall 2016 / Featured
-
![]()
On Campus
It’s a wonderful time to be a cartoonist. Web comics allow us to get our work in front of an audience. Cartoonists of the past had to go through newspapers or traditional publishers, which was difficult to achieve and might force you to make artistic compromises. As wonderful as it is to publish comics with…
-
![]()
Create fun HDR effects using Photoshop
Dr. Lisa Sharpe wrote a blog post on how to use some fun effects in photoshop! Give it a read and test out her tips! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-RJi0t57FMJRkJsNVp1TV9Hemc/view?ts=57f6b9c7
-
![]()
Yellow
Author: Natalie Rae Mueller Grade: Freshman at Greenville College 1st place Live Arts Contest Yellow They always paint nursing homes yellow. That yellow color of sunshine, or that new margerine that the world cannot believe is not butter. Everyone knows the color is a futile attempt to make the last place on earth any…
-
![]()
Haunted
Author: Amy Solov Grade 11 at Oliver Ames High School 1st place Live Arts Contest Haunted The haggard man sat cautiously on the plastic seat of the train. He had a crumpled one-way ticket in his left hand, a small green trash bag in his right. The bag held what little belongings he still had—a…
-
![]()
Winter Fishing
Artist: Aaron Long Title: Winter Fishing Grade 12 at Perryville High School 1st place Live Arts Contest ____________________________________________________________________
-
![]()
Him
Author: Eliza Newman Year: Junior at USC 2nd place Live Arts Contest Him You fall in love Faster than a calendar changes pages It happens so over and over again That it stops being love But it’s not quite lust either You don’t fawn over bodies and breasts You fawn…
-
![]()
Secrets of the House
Author: Kaleigh DePetro Grade: 11th at Woodbridge Senior High School 2nd place Live Arts Contest Secrets of the House There are secrets in this house. I can feel them whispering with every creak of the floor boards, Paintings with wandering eyes. Things that disappear, Gone, without a trace. I know things I…
-
![]()
Ghost
Author: Haley Lunde Grade: 12th at Carlton High School 1st place Live Arts Contest Ghost As I sat in the school hall this morn’ I took notice of the wakening rise, Making the school seem old and worn. As that light just rightly tilted against the floors, Dusty old ghost prints made their way…
-
![]()
A Welsh Confession
Name: Heather Burdsall Undergrad at Messiah College 1st place Live Arts Contest A Welsh Confession It’s not on the hillside I find him Anointing lambs’ wounds with oil. I can’t find him with the filthy, Cupping their faces in his hands. Not even in the boathouse, ready To loosen the rope…
-
![]()
Secrets of Eugene Onegin
Name: Julia Fowler Year: Junior at Southwestern University 1st place Live Arts Contest Secrets of Eugene Onegin The air was full, and it was full incomparably, with light and clarity and wide open spaces of sound and color. Suddenly, all these things gathered together and burst apart, cut through by a single blank tone coming…
-
![]()
Pictures in My Heart
Author: Siqi Liu Grade: 11 at Naperville Central High School 1st place Live Arts Contest Pictures in My Heart As I walked home from school one dreary afternoon, the usual pool of black liquid and human waste sitting outside my apartment building caught my eye. There was a fresh green leaf that somehow got mixed…
-
![]()
The Plague of Winter
Name: Colby Rouchka Grade: 11th at Edwardsville High School 1st place Live Arts Contest The Plague of Winter As the brisk winds wash over the earth, Death becomes abundant. As the plague of winter courses upon him, He knows this is the end. For him, and many others like him, death comes slowly. It…
-
![]()
Dead City Radio
 Name: Emily Petroline Grade: 10th at Greenville High School Name of Piece: Dead City Radio 1st place Live Arts Contest Emily is from Sorento Illinois. She is a sophomore at Greenville High School where she participates in the art and music programs. This is her first entry in an art contest. Although most of her…
