From Jan. 13 to March 12, the Belvedere Tiburon Library is hosting an art exhibit, “A High School Perspective,” to support emerging artists in local high schools. The art gallery aims to showcase the youth’s artistic talents and capabilities, highlighting community members’ passion and perspective.
Co-chairs for the event, Rekha Dutt and Lucy Churton, decided to organize this event after visiting local art galleries, including Redwood’s.
“We went to see [Redwood’s art gallery], and we were wowed. The seniors and juniors were brilliant. We saw a lot of good artwork, and the teachers there said that the kids would love to submit their work,” Churton said. “The Book Passage [art gallery], which had a bunch of high school artwork, had spectacular artwork so we kind of just glanced at what was out there and were so impressed that we wanted to bring this to our gallery.”
Community members instantly showed their support and appreciation for the high school artists, purchasing two pieces of artwork in the first seven days of the showcase.
“The community loves seeing art from high school students. Not to mention, some of the [community members] coming in are parents of the artists, and they have so much pride in their kids,” Churton said.
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Selected for showcasing in the library were 21 artists from high schools including Marin Academy, Redwood, San Domenico, Tamalpais and the Art School of SF Bay. For junior Zoë Wells, her Advanced Placement 2D art and design teacher motivated her to submit her work.
“It’s the first gallery I’ve ever done, it just looked like a cool opportunity and was pretty low stakes,” Wells said.
The gallery required up to three artwork submissions ranging from paintings, drawings and mixed media to photographs. In total, 58 art pieces were submitted to the show, ranked by a jury system and selected by six jurors.
“[The art gallery] really puts your art out there. The Belvedere Tiburon Library has a lot of traction from what I’ve heard and it’s also a good way to link up young artists with other people — that similar age group — who might do the same mediums or have a similar experience,” Wells said.
