BY KATELIN WILSON Bigfork High School has many great artist. Many masterpieces have been displayed on the walls. Everyone is an artist in their own way. Junior Danyell Guillot is one of the many great artist that are here at Bigfork High School. Guillot plans on getting an art degree and moving into the art of tattooing her own designs.Guillot’s style of art includes everything from anime to realistic and everything in between. According to Danyell she really enjoys picking up a pencil and “just letting her imagination fly.” Junior Shantel Calbick is another fantastic artist.She has been in Bigfork most of her life. Calbick enjoys drawing “whatever her pencil decides to put down.”Calbick does not plan on going to college for an art degree, and she is still undecided about what she actually wants to go to college for. Sophomore Kimby Moroldo is more into photography, but is also excellent at drawing. She does not necessarily want to go to college for art, still enjoys it as a hobby.Moroldo does all sorts of art styles from random drawings to finished masterpieces. No matter what the style is Moroldo just loves art. Sophomore Rachel Whitney may have a quiet personality but creates loud work. She is not quite sure about going to college for art but it is a possibility for her. After college, her plans are more than likely will include painting pictures that get sold in art museums much like the rest of her family. Whitney mostly creates quickdraws of people. She feels “it is more fun and better than copying someone else's work.” Senior Sierra Curtis that has a very unique way of expressing herself she draw little spaceships fighting crime that could be seen as real life problems. Curtis does not know entirely if she is even going to college, but if she does she would like to go into media art. She has other interests such as botany and queer studies if art is not suiting well. She has made up her very own style of art. Her favorite medium is pen and ink, and her favorite method is graphic. Curtis plans to travel and make art. “The world will take me, where the world will take me” Curtis said. She taught herself everything she knows. Curtis used to imitate others and with adding her own twist, but now she does mostly original work. Each one person with their own “mark”, and all people are artist some were just born to be conventional.
Beavers undercover
BY KATELIN WILSON Even though there are many styles of art woods art is one that doesn't get the attention of others. Steve Melkioty, woods instructor is determined to take his class to the top. Freshman Brady Pressentin is in first period woods and already has some great working skills. After highschool he plans on moving further with woods making. Pressentin enjoys making all sorts of things, such as tables, chairs, cabinets, and media centers. His interest in woods started when he was in middle school and was seeking a challenge. Pressentin said “ It's a great idea to have another class where it's more hands on than working in a book.” Junior Ethan Olson has many talents and one of the more compact talents is woods art. After high school, he plans on manufacturing wood and no longer making wood projects. He makes all types of things that may sound time consuming, such as tables and tree forts. Olson was first interested in wood arts because he always loved climbing and making things with wood. He said” I like having the choice of woods in school because it releases me from book work.” Junior Matthew Farrier enjoys working with wood and making beautiful pieces. After high school, Farrier does not plan on going further with woodworking but he believes that it is a good skill to have. He builds all types of things but is currently working on a gun cabinet. Matt first got into the interest of making projects with wood when he was about ten years old. “I’m glad there is the option of woods for a class,” he said. Senior Charlie Pierce is one of the many great woods artists here at Bigfork. After high school, he plans ongoing further with the making of woods solely because he has always been good at working with his hands since he could remember. Pierce loves creating things that are practical. He has been in woods for all four years of high school. The very first thing he made was a nightstand out of an old pallet. Last year he decided to go bigger and build a table for his sister. Now he has started working on a four and a half long computer desk that will soon have a dresser extension. Pierce was first interested in the art of woods when he was working as a finished carpenter and a farmer during the previous years. Pierce said, “ It is good to have an outlet for those who suck at painting or drawing, but one excellent at building and making things.” While others are good at painting and drawing and making paper art, these boys use their hands to make masterpieces. From tables to chests, they are experts on where to put every dynamic piece. While conventional artists sit and paint, woods artists saw and cut to perfection.
HOW MUCH TV IS TO MUCH?
BY KATELIN WILSON According to WebMD a surgeon general reported 61% of TV programs contain violence. American children spend an average of six hours and thirty-two minutes a day watching or using technology. While experts concur that television can entertain and inform many programs may have an undeniably negative influence on childhood behavior and values. Children watch TV after school and, with channels like MTV, children do not get to choose what they see. Violence and sexual images are just as big as peanut butter ads. On average, there are about 8,000 murder scenes that children see before graduating grade school. In a study of more than 700 children, Columbia University researchers found that kids who watch more than a hour a day of TV. However, it is more prone to aggression and violence once they reach their late teens early 20’s. Not 100% true that if you watch a lot of violence you will become a school shooter. American Academy of Pediatrics explains, “Watching a lot of violence on television can lead to hostility, fear, anxiety, depression, nightmares, sleep disturbances, and posttraumatic stress disorder. It is best not to let your children watch violent programs and cartoons.” The sexual content on TV can result in the children imitating what they see in order to feel older. “Kids don't learn much about sex from their parents, and there's not a lot of very good sex educations in school,” says Joanna Cantor. “What they learn about sex from TV comes in a vacuum. TV presents that it's cool to have sex with absolutely no negative consequences. As a result in the problems, companies have made a parent block option so parents can decide what their children can watch.”
Quote of the month
“Year-end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on, with all the wisdom that experienced can instill in us”-Hal Borland