Wet Felting

Art with a Voice

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High School Students Take a Stand

We all know how important part of our lives art is. Art is beautifying our surroundings, art keeps us linked to our inner self, art helps us express emotions and ideas. However, art is not just about beauty and aesthetic pleasure. More than any other art form, contemporary art has the power to provoke dialogue, deep and critical thinking, provoke questioning and empathy. Highs school students were asked to choose a topic that it’s important to them and make a statement using any art medium or form. 

They had to do few steps to finish the whole project. Brainstorm ideas, make sketches, choose topics that are important to them, research, find different viewpoints in the same subject and finally choose the best medium/art material to visualize that concept. They all had different subjects that took their interest. I found out that they are occupied with important social questions like feminism, environment sustainability, marketing and fashion, politics... I was impressed by their higher order thinking skills. Take a look of their artworks and presentations.