Outreach

Our art academy students chose to work with the theme ‘Self’.  Each artist selected an object that symbolizes something about themselves-something not many people are aware of. Perhaps you’ll notice some boxes are not quite ready for reveal! They positioned their boxes like a wall to represent the humanness of building internal walls. This artwork asks the question: is it necessary to build walls to protect ourselves, SOMETIMES? How and when do we begin to take down our walls? 

 

Sometimes, mixed media, 2024

Prairie Arts Center Art Academy students:
Eleanor Hagan

Andy Gose

Sam Shaw 

Eli Morris

Hadlee Barnes

Natalie Gilley

Mya Linneman

Mashall Peters

Rosie Peters

TERRITORY is a student exhibition comprised of installations created and curated by Stillwater art students from Prairie Art Center's Art Academy, Stillwater Middle School, and Lincoln Academy. 

This group of students chose to work with the theme of insecurities. Each artist selected an object that symbolizes an insecurity that they do their best to keep hidden. They positioned their boxes in a way that forces the audience to really "work" to see the objects. They seem to be asking the questions: how much do you care? Can you decipher their insecurities by examining the objects?

This group of students wanted to make an artwork that explored the convergence of belonging and diversity among students at their school. They choose to work with skin tone paint chips to represent racial identities among individuals and they reconstructed a box into a heart to represent the larger community of the school. 

This group of students thought about the interior of the boxes as symbols for their own interiority. If someone could peer inside of them, what would they see? During installation, one of the artists elected to glue her flaps forward a little to obscure the audience's view. Another student did the opposite, taping the flaps back to provide full access to the box's interior. What color would you choose to represent your internal self?