Goosefoot Community Fund has announced its sixth annual high school art show, featuring work by Whidbey Island high school students.
“Art With a Message” is on view through Sunday, May 28 in the Hub Gallery at the Bayview Cash Store.
“High school students are under incredible pressure these days and they have a lot of important things to say,” said Marian Myszkowski, Goosefoot’s program director and Hub Gallery curator. “Goosefoot Community Fund is honored to be able to provide a public space for their opinions, fears, and hopes to be heard. Let’s be sure to listen to them.”
Students were asked to share “what matters to them” and its interpretation was left up to the individual artists. The show includes over 40 pieces in various media—painting, needlework, drawing, collage and mixed media/assemblage.
These young artists don’t shy away from difficult subjects, whether deeply personal or with global implications. Concerns covered are about climate change, economic inequities, health care and the toll that social pressures place on teenagers.
“This art does not sugarcoat. It is thought-provoking and some of it is challenging to view,” Myszkowski said. “Experiences with anxiety, homelessness and eating disorders are shared, along with deeply felt fears and concerns about the negative effects of climate change both domestically and globally.”
“Surviving the Real World,” by junior Akaida Williams of Coupeville High School. (Photo provided)
