Walking through the second floor hallway, passing the auditorium, a room with glass doors is noticeable, dedicated as an art gallery. Although many know that this room is there, filled with students great work on display, few people stop in and take a look around.

This mini-museum of art displays everything from the work of Photography I students to that of Advanced Drawing and Painting students. The range of work is striking. In the gallery, one may find a print of a basketball player dunking a ball in a crowded stadium, sharing a wall with a black and white photograph of a student on a bicycle.

Upon the viewer’s first step into the room, attention is called to the back of the room, where windows with shelves below them are covered with clay pots from Ceramics I students . Many of the pots have words or depictions on them, such as the Nike swoosh that graces the front of a piece by Sophomore Billy Pierre-Louis. Most of them are covered in a white glaze, lining the shelf. Each with its own set of unique characteristics: height, width and shape varying bowl to bowl.

Some of the other artists, like Sophomore Tristian Geary, whose works decorate the walls of the Art Gallery, say that having art in the gallery and being able to see their peers art, should be an inspiration to students who have a love for visual arts.

“I’ve definitely been inspired by my classmates art in the art gallery. If art is your thing, you should definitely go, you can get inspired” Geary said.

Moving to the left wall of the gallery, a drawing of a mushroom with calculations on it is right near a painting of the contents of a breakfast table. Directly across from the two is a painting of a person, with so much pressing down on her head, the veins on the forehead are almost popping out and are easily visible.

The gallery is calling out for people to step in and explore the world of art at the high school. Although most people in the school have walked by it and maybe popped in for a brief second once or twice, taking a long look at some of the pieces on display, could have a great effect on you one way or another.

Even if art is not “your thing”, many of the works that line the gallery are breathtaking. As you look across the names of some of the pieces you like, you may be surprised by some of your friends and peers’ names you see. You never know, with so many great pieces of art in this one room, you may just get inspired.

Edmund Geschickter can be contacted at [email protected]