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S P R I N G 2 0 1 6A Collective Priory Arts Magazine

B72A SENIOR PROJECT

WOODSIDE PRIORY SCHOOLCLASS OF 2016

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about the EDITORS

Senior Project Arts Magazine

Avery Singson

Mirthia Prince Figuereo

Having taken art classes before coming to Priory, and following that up with AP ArtHistory her sophomore year, Mirthia has always been interested in art. Stating museums

as one of her favorite places to hang out with friends, she wanted to do a senior projectthat involved art and creativity. Being involved in social justice issues led to creation of an

art magazine that would be able to tell the stories of students and their art, while alsogiving them a platform to share their artwork. Besides focusing on the magazine, Mirthiahas enjoys hanging out with her friends, being a Prefect in the dorms, traveling, watching

Grey’s Anatomy, and overall learning more about the world. She is immensely gratefulfor Avery and her hard work with the magazine. In the fall she will be headed to Barnard

College in New York City

Avery is currently a senior at Woodside Priory and is looking forward to graduating andgoing off to Chapman University in the fall. She has been around art her whole life and

has taken a number of art classes and programs inside and outside of Priory. Having beenschooled in many drawing and painting techniques, she is very enthusiastic about this

magazine, as it presents many new creative graphic design challenges that she has nevertackled before. Avery is grateful to have some of her drawings and photographs featured

in this magazine and is excited to use this magazine as an opportunity to showcase some ofthe amazing art by the Priory and Bay Area community. She is very grateful to her

teachers, family, peers, and friends (shout out to Mirthia!) for helping her with this project.

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ContentsTable of

A World Through the Viewfinder A Stroke of GeniusTattoos with a PurposeThe Art of Graffiti

Poetry and Prose

A Touch of Nature

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The aim of art is to represent notthe outward appearance of things,

but their inward significance

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Aristotle

ViewfinderA World Through the

far from home, seeing new things, experiencing new cultures, and meeting new people is somethingTraveling that scares many of us. As humans we enjoy comfort, and that is what home is to us, comfort. Stepping out of

boundaries may be hard for many of us, but the reward of confronting and enjoying a new culture makes it worth it.Whether we travel 1 or 2000 miles out of our comfort, we all become more cultured for being able forget our worries

enjoy being in the moment.

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1­ Mirthia Prince:

Toulouse, France

2­ Mirthia Prince: Buenos

Aires, Argentina 

3­ Kenny Park: NYC, New

York

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NYCMANHATTAN

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4­ Mirthia Prince: Buenos Aires, Argentina

5­ Mirthia Prince: Barcelona, Spain

6­ Mirthia Prince: "La

Sagrada Familia," Barcelona

7­ Gigi de Fort­Menares: Venice, Italy

8­ Mirthia Prince: Collioure, France

9­ Miranda Prince: San Francisco, USA

10­ Mirthia Prince: San Francisco, USA

11­ Miranda Prince: St. Bonnet le

Chateau, France

12­ Miranda Prince: Paris, France 

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Mirthia Prince: San Francisco, USA

Mirthia Prince: Collioure, France Mirthia Prince: Palo Alto, USA

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A STROKE OFGENIUS

Paintings, Drawings, and 3D Art from

Around the Bay

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"Hand People" by Yuju Shin, WPS 2016

" T H E W O R L DD O E S N ' T M A K E

S E N S E , S O W H YS H O U L D I P A I N TP I C T U R E S T H A T

D O ? " - P A B L O P I C A S S O

Genius is oftenmisunderstood andmisconstrued by society,and artistic genius is nodifferent. Art is devalued intodays school systems as itbelieved to not hold thesame merit as moreacademically basedclasses and programs. Fartoo frequently, people donot want to put the timeand effort into making orunderstanding art,proclaiming it to be toochallenging and its valueto be worthless. This commonmisconception that artmust be held to a certainstandard of complexity tobe considered "good" iscomplete bullshit.Whether it be a messy

"Paulette" By Avery Singson

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1- Margot Heron, WPS 20172- Avery Singson, WPS2016

3- Yuju Shin, WPS 20164- Avery Singson, WPS2016

marker drawing bya two year old oran intricate oil byan AP Art student,the value of an artpiece lies withinwhat it means tothe artist and whatthey are trying tobring into theworld throughtheir work. As saidby Reed Sullivan,

"Some people aretrying to create anexistence that theysee in theirhead...We're sotaken by thebeauty of [reality]that we want tocapture it.

[Artists] arecaptivated bymaking [reality]our own."

In many ways,art allowshumanity theability to expresswhat is normallyinexpressible, andthe wide variety ofartistic mediumsmakes fornumerous andwonderfullyperplexinginterpretations ofthe world.

"Art is a technique of communication. Theimage is the most complete technique of all

communication"-Claes Oldenburg

1- "Emiko Imperial Electronics" by Reed Sullivan2- "Future Schlock" by Sean Sullivan3- "Sunrise" by Shawn Matson

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TATTOOSWITH A

PURPOSE

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How our bodies are represented and criticized in society is a critical partof how we determine our self-worth, whether we realize it or not.

A woman's body in particular is subject to sexualization, objectification,

and scrutiny that manifests in the form of immense dislike or hate forcertain physical attributes or body parts.

All work in this series created by Avery Singson

To make a visual statement that challenges the unfair physical standardswomen are held to, I asked for help from several of my friends and

classmates.

I asked them, "If you could change one thing aboutyour body, what would it be?"

I then fake tattooed the parts they hated most about themselves andasked them how they felt

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Everyone agreed that the tattoos boosted their confidence and self-love

Art of GraffitiThe

From the ancient hieroglyphs carved onto the Egyptian temples to the modern dayscribbles seen at train stations, graffiti has been a means of expression for many

people. Art can be interpreted as a political statement, taking a stand against the socialnorms of the time. Through graffiti, underground artists are able to publish their voiceanonymously to the community, expressing a sentiment that may be felt by many. Now

a days, thanks to world known artists like Banksy, graffiti has shifted from illegalscribbles on a wall, to actual art forms that are celebrated. With a camera around ourneck, this spread captures the graffiti, and emotional sentiment, felt in our community

and abroad.

Street Art found in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mirthia Prince

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All photos by Mirthia Prince, except photo in iPhone graphic by Kylie Harrison.

Known for their love of protest and currentlytransitioning under a new president, Argentines

are known for expression their distaste ofgovernment through graffiti.

Smartphone culturehas led to graffitiworks going viral

Photos by Mirthia Prince

Poetry and ProsePreparing the food was always the shorter part of the process

Then came the time to eat itAnd with all of our delight we sat around the small wooden table

Carefully expanding it to fit our feast.And our eyes expanded as we quickly devoured our edible temptations.

Just one look.Three feet apart and one pained look.

Who would say grace?Not me, Not you.

Silently we pray not to prayForgetting our roots

and the hands that prepared our nourishmentNot only for the soul but for the mind you reminded us.

tick tock tick tockYou look up and around, deciding who will spill their guts tonight.

My name is uttered and I quickly think back toWho stirred my soup.

Thank you sunThank you dirt

Thank you oxygenFor delivering this wonderful meal.

For perplexing my tastebuds with your wildest fantasies.For creating a family.

I finish the longest part, remembering to be thankful for every detailAs to not leave anyone out of our gratitude.

Quickly we dig in, enjoying the flavors of the worldWith every bit a new reason to give grace.

Finally with the last forkful, we finish our conversationReminiscing on the experience we just had

the journey we just tooksoil to stomach we finish

forgetting that the hardest part is cleaning the dishes.

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Welcome to America, the land of the freeeveryone around here is rich you seewell at least that’s what they show on tv.damnWelcome to America,where we take pride in being American,this is ‘Murica damn it,if I want to eat 15 burger then i’ll eat 15burgers.The USA, the best damncountry in the world.damnOh America forgive meplease, for what im about to present to youwill not just make yousneeze, but cough and bleed.This is for my familyand for what you’ve guaranteedand all the lies you’vesaid to me, saying that you care for medamnWelcome to America, theysaid, a place of opportunity and no regreta place where it waseasier to earn your daily breadand where you couldsleep in a bed.Man I got way luckierthan my parents did.damnAmerica you are so pickywith your kindnessyou treat some peoplelike they’re your highnessand you kill the restlike we’re some spiders.It’s either that or youtry to hide usyou think we are uglyand not insidersyet when it comes toother services we become the providers.damnAmerica, where is thatmansion that you promisedwere you not beinghonest?how about thatconvertible?or that beach house?or that flat screen?

I didn't know how hardit was to make that green.damnAmerica you remind me ofthose toys that you buy in the storethe ones that have no“batteries sold separately” labeland when you start toplay it just sits on the tablehahaAmerica you fucking suckyou make me not give a fuckyou bitch and complain about how our musicpicks awayat our teens todayblame it on the rap, because we like to sit andpapabout how anything that’s black is notsomething to haveThey say our future lies in the youth’s handyet we pay our entertainers more than oureducatorsdamnAmerica are you sure you can handle this?because on the news it seems like it’s a messwith all of this “rioting”you make your money off our backs,and when we turn you pull out your gun and allyou hear is pap.They became rich for free, I know the brotherswill understand mebecause now they out in the streets, looking todefeatthe forces that have always knocked them offtheir feet.damnAmerica, the home of the brave and the free,the ones who look out for you and meat least that is what they saybut to me it sounds like they just playa game that would blow us awayuntil we wouldn’t see the next day.damnAmerica, I’ve gotten luckyI’ve dodged your bullets you see,but its only because of what I could do with myfeetif not, you wouldn’t have paid attention to me

and I would have been locked within the samepenitentiaryin which you put my familythat is the penitentiary of not living lovelyor worse living lonely.you failed at putting me 6 feet deepI knew myself was all I needed to keep.damnAmerica, I won’t lie, you had been good to mewhen we were going through some strugglesyou fed us free,even though I hate you, you don’t know howmuch that means to meI didn’t know what it meant to be successfuleconomically,but I do know the value of the simplest ofthings,money doesn’t always make you a king.damnWelcome to America the land of hypocrisywhere there is so much of a difference betweenyou and meyet we preach that America only has onemeaning.Liesthere all liesthey are just not truthswe live within a world that prefers a picture ofa white maleabove anything else because that was the wayto prevailand America wasn’t the type that liked to fail.damnAmerica does what’s right and fights what’swrongthey even put it in a song,and they ruin the lives of those who don’tbelongsimply because their backgrounds don’t fitalong.America stop pointing fingers at everyone elseand look at what you are doing to yourself.Welcome to America, enjoy your visit.

Welcome to America

By Sergio Lopez, WPS 2016

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One by one,They step to the forefront of the crowd, and say their piece.

This energy is not something that can be created or described,The power in each day that we must seize to create a change,For all in this room are young, all are powerful,All are not alone,Here is some of the largest love a soul will ever experience,Here are some of the fullest emotions to exist,Here is how to keep the fire alive.

Have you ever lived your life how you wished?Have you seen how the world could be?Have you seen how the world should be?

Love, itself, is a revolutionary act,This I believe.The family in the room is not connected in biological terms,The family in the room is not connected in any way,The family in the room has known it was a family for mere days,I have found love within myself and other people,I listen with rapt attention and raise my hands in celebration,To be empowered in this world is an act of rebellion in itself.

They snap their fingers in agreement,They snap in agreement, in appreciation, in respect, in acknowledgement,The snapping sounds like the patter of a thousand raindrops,Feet thundering, bodies, souls, hearts, minds shaking, words mingling, livesentwined,The power of fingers contains all of these in a single motion,It says I feel what you feel, it says I know what you know, it says I love whatyou love, it says I love who you love,It is powerful, it is the fire growing within me.

I have found love within myself, within others, within the world;Have you?

By Simmi Israni

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A dandelion grew from concreteIn the shadow of my home.Under my new bikeThe dandelion bursts.All the petals fallUpInto the stars.

I celebrate myselfmy passions

my fears.I know what they don’t

that I am beautifulthat I don’t need them to tell me

who to bewhat to wear,

how to actI know that their cookie cutter life is a

liethey can never be perfect,

so they actthey make us believe that we are not

good enoughthat we will never be

good enoughI know they are wrong

I know that they will never understandhow to accepthow to change

how to be differentbecause they love their power too much,

the power to tell uswho to be

They know that without theirpower

they are nothinginsignificant compared to us!

they are no longer godsjust peoplepeople with

flaws and fearspeople who can

feel painwho can breakwho can die

So I am humanI can feel,

I can feel heartbreak and I canfeel love

and I knowI know with every cell of my

beingthat I am beautiful

and for that I celebrate myself.

A Dandelion Grew From Concrete

I Celebrate Myself

Poems by Kylie Harrison

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NATUREa touch of

Photo by Kylie Harrison

Photos 1, 2, & 4- Kylie Harrison

3- Miranda Prince, WPS 2018

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The Earth

without ART is

just "Eh"

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4- Mirthia Prince

5 & 6- Miranda Prince

7- Kylie Harrison

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Mirthia & Avery

Alejandra Sanchez

Curie Park

Gigi de Fort-Menares

Kalonee Wiggins

Kenny Park

Kylie Harrison

Margot Heron

Micah Aguila

Miranda Prince

Mr. Matson

Mr. Riebhoff

Mr. Sullivan

Mrs. Briggs

Mrs. Riebhoff

Mrs. Sargent

Mrs. Sullivan

Mrs. Thayer

Paulette Ma

Sergio Lopez

Simmi Israni

Thank you to everyone who contributed in

some way to our magazine. Without your help

our project would not have been able to turn

out as seamlessly as it did. We hope that you

enjoy seeing your seeing work published and

that this has inspired you to continue making

your art.

Many thanks to: