What the world needs now is love, right? Check out the artwork created by PRP Visual Art students for the American Love Project 
Click on the link below to see work created by students:-)
Student Political Cartoons Use Creativity to Unpack the Issues
by Paxton B., 11th 
by Theresa S., 11th 
by Mia L., 11th 
by Makena T., 12th 
by Jewell F., 11th 
by Jacob F., 11th 
by Elijah S., 11th 
by Danielle R., 11th 
by Cregory A., 11th 
by Caroline S., 11th 
by Caris C., 12th 
by Brooke H., 11th 
by Ben S., 11th 
by Benedic D., 11th 
by Amiria S, 11th
PRP Visual Art students’ work was featured recently in KQED’s Political Cartooning Youth Media Challenge. Jacob Farler (11th) was spotlighted on KQED’s media blog (see link below). His cartoon comments on the loss of jobs when the Biden administration canceled a key permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline project. Check out Jacob’s cartoon, along with the work of other students who participated in the project this spring, as a part of NTI! Many of the cartoons shown here were part of the KQED Media Showcase, which featured student work from across the US. Way to go Panthers!
https://www.kqed.org/education/535100/student-political-cartoons-use-creativity-to-unpack-the-issues
PRP’s Mia Langford wins 1st Place in TARC/Derby Festival Design-A-Bus Contest
Kudos to Mia Langford for her First Place entry in the 2021 TARC/Derby Festival Design-A-Bus Contest! Her painting features an impressionist style rendition of downtown Louisville with a heart containing the words “REDISCOVER.”
Traditionally, the Student Art Contest is centered around the Derby Festival and its events, but the theme of this year’s competition emphasized a broader message of hope. TARC and the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Foundation joined forces and merged their annual art competitions for the first time, as part of a special partnership in 2021.
Students were asked to reflect on the challenges they faced in 2020 and the changes in their day-to-day life; choose a word using the prefix “Re” (e.g. Re-imagine, Re-start, Re-build, Re-cover, Re-birth, Re-organize, Re-connect, Re-unite, etc.); and then create an image based on that word. The goal is that each artwork will share a message of optimism for the future. (For example: Re-imagine favorite Derby Festival Events, Re-connect with friends, Re-build the community.)
Be sure to watch for Mia’s work to be featured on a TARC Bus near you! Student artwork will also be included on buses during the “Touring Pegasus Parade” this weekend (April 10-11, 2021)
WAY TO GO, MIA!!
Congrats to 2021 KyAEA Derby Region Art Competition Winners!
The following PRP Visual Art students received awards in the 2021 KyAEA Derby Region All State Art Competition! Congrats to all, and also to the many talented students whose work was included in the online exhibition. All first place winners will move on to the statewide contest.
Please click here to view the Online Exhibit.
DIGITAL ART
Paxton Barnard, 1st Place, Day at Dino World
Dallas-Anna Estabrook, Digital Art, Earth and Sky
Molly Minton, 3rd Place, Eclipse
DRAWING
Jasmine Lewis, 3rd Place, Fridge Still Life
Graphic Design
Jasmine Lewis, 2nd Place, Let it Go
Jasmine Lewis, 3rd Place, You Bored Yet?
Jasmine Lewis, Honorable Mention, “In Utero” Skateboard Deck Design
MIXED MEDIA
Reese Hill, Honorable Mention, Roadside Attractions
PAINTING
Jasmine Lewis, 3rd Place, Still Life with Mason Jar
SCULPTURE
Jasmine Lewis, 1st Place, City Words
Virtual Frazier Magazine Features Student work in Breonna Taylor-themed Issue
Congratulations to Cregory Avery and Amiria Smith, whose artwork is featured this month in the Frazier Museum’s Virtual Magazine. Their inspiring artwork and essays were created last fall for the Cool Kentucky exhibit.
https://www.fraziermuseum.org/virtualmuseum
Say Their Names
Amiria Smith
11th Grade
PRP High School
For my Cool Kentucky project, I have decided to take a picture of the big mural on West Main Street in Louisville, Kentucky entitled “Say Their Names.” This mural depicts Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, David McAtee, Sandra Bland, and others. One thing all of these names have in common: the injustice and violence present in the world today has cost them their lives. These young, black men and women had their life unfairly taken from them for the simple fact that their skin isn’t white. But the tragedy that has happened to them has opened the world’s eyes and caused a lot of people of all different races and backgrounds to stand up for the Black Lives Matter movement, which is truly a beautiful thing. Being a young, black female in today’s society is scary. Especially when you read and see all of this injustice occurring right in front of you. Taking a picture of this mural, I found it so moving that in a hard time where some people are angry, some people are sad, or tired, or even unbothered, Braylyn Resko Stewart still found a way to create something so beautiful. I wanted to be able to capture this inspiring work on camera as a reminder to myself and everyone else that tragedy doesn’t have to come with sadness. From this tragedy we can persevere, move forward, and strive for better things for ourselves and our community. This mural is a representation of Kentucky’s growth and unity. We’ve faced tragedy, now we have to work hard to not only make sure justice is served, but to make sure that something like these incidents doesn’t happen again. My goal for this artwork was to take a picture that represents current events in Kentucky. I thought it would be cool and different to take a picture of this mural because to me it stands for the future of Kentucky. It represents unity and the changes we are trying to make at this time. As a state, we are going through a time of growth and reflection, that that’s exactly what I want people to think of when they see this image. Taking this picture, I learned a lot about the background of each person depicted in the mural. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t taking the picture just for the purposes of this, but taking in each person’s story. Seeing this artwork in person was an amazing experience. It moved me to know that someone could take something so terrible and turn into something beautiful for the world to see. It also made me proud to know that this wonderful mural is now a part of Kentucky. It inspires me to want to create an artwork in the future for BLM. Especially seeing that it could actually have an affect on people just like Stewart’s work did for me.
Life Support
Cregory Avery
11th Grade
PRP High School
My artwork is titled “Life Support.” I wanted my piece to revolve around a topic that has gone on within my community. In my artwork, there’s a graphic of Breonna Taylor; a former Louisville EMT. Behind her, you can see support and love for the former EMT. Lastly, toward the bottom of my piece, there are multiple fists in support of her behind rows of clouds. My piece was made digitally. For Breonna, I used a different technique from my usual form. I used a sort of pattern method for creating her face and facial features. For her hair, I filled it in and added the small details after. (Hair shine and jewelry) Her top also consisted of two colors and glitter effects for the overall shirt. I created the clouds with an airbrush tool and highlighted the tops of the clouds with a lighter color. For the fists, I sort of used the same pattern method and added a glow effect to them as well. Lastly, the background consisted of support “the people” showed in regards to Breonna’s passing. My artwork was sparked by a major tragedy that took place in my community. I’ve witnessed throughout the world the hurt and disbelief that her passing has brought to the forefront. I had to honor her in some way. With that being said, my artwork is intended to focus not on the negative, but to highlight the millions of people throughout the world who honored her, who came together to support her loved ones and who came together to celebrate her beautiful life. My main goal as an artist is to create. Not only just to create, but to create for a purpose. Art is what my life revolves around and it’s what sparks my creativity. Not only that, it is a way for me to be expressive when I sometimes don’t have the words to do so. It’s a great way to get my voice heard and my craft out there. With that being said, this piece definitely helped me with expression and to me, shed light on the beautiful concept of people coming together to reflect on Breonna Taylor’s bright life. Something I’ve learned from this piece is that being able to show love through any medium is really important and having the courage to express myself through something I love to do is an amazing thing to accomplish. With that being said, “Life Support” turned out better than I expected it to. All of the ideas in my head were put onto a canvas. This will affect my later artwork by giving me the drive to continue to bring my ideas and experiences to life and to convey a message whether it’s light hearted or sensitive topics that people may not want to touch on. Much like this one.
2021 Scholastic Art Awards Online Exhibition
Check out the exemplary work of local high school art students now on view in the virtual exhibition. PRP students Jasmine Lewis, Molly Minton and Paxton Barnard have multiple works exhibited via the link below. Congrats to all!
https://sites.google.com/jefferson.kyschools.us/scholsaticartawards-louisville/home
2021 Horsing Around With Art Awards Ceremony
Project: Stop Motion Animation
We kicked off the Spring Semester of NTI with a two-week Stop Motion animation assignment in all Art 2, Art 3 and Art 4 classes. Students began the project by learning about the work of animation artist, Kirsten Lepore. We watched some of her short films using inanimate objects and claymation, and then listened as she described her production process. Next, we learned about artist Hugo Crosthwaite’s stop motion drawing animation entitled, A Portrait of Berenice Sarmiento Chávez. This powerful video is part of a series of works based on artist Hugo Crosthwaite’s interviews with people who are living in or are passing through Tijuana. The drawings in his video represent the collective memories and oral histories from that part of the Mexico-U.S. border. In studying this work, students learned about the power of animation to convey a visual narrative. Crosthwaite’s animation was first place winner in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Annual Outwin Awards. Students learned in his interview that he had no prior experience with technology or animation, and this inspired some students to try his method of using drawing to animate their own project! Finally, we learned about other animation processes, easy animation apps to use at home…and students were challenged to create their own 8-10 second animation video. Students had to learn new technology and develop problem solving skills, work with limited at-home supplies, and they had to improvise without the benefit of one-on-one instruction. Keep in mind that this was a short assignment, with only a one week time frame to finish. A longer film could take a whole semester or more to complete. Please click on the link to view a compilation of everyone’s animations. I’m so proud of them and I’m very pleased with their projects!
Students Recognized in 2021 Regional Scholastic Art Awards
Congratulations to PRP Visual Art students who were recognized for their artwork in the 2021 Scholastic Art Awards. The nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have inspired bold ideas in creative teens throughout the country for nearly a century.
PRP junior Paxton Barnard won a Gold Key for her digital artwork entitled A Day At Dino World.
Senior Jasmine Lewis earned a Gold Key, a Silver Key and two Honorable Mentions for her artwork.
Senior Molly Minton earned two Silver Keys and 2 Honorable Mentions for her work.
Gold Key Artwork will move on to National level competition in New York City. Stay tuned for more info about the awards ceremony, and upcoming online exhibition of area student work.
KY Derby Museum Honors Student with Outrider’s Award–Cast Your Vote for Viewer’s Choice!
Congratulations to Mia Langford, 10th, whose painting (created during NTI) received a special award from the Outrider’s Society in the Kentucky Derby Museum’s 2021 Horsing Around with Art Competition.
Mia shares in her artist’s statement: “…I knew that I wanted to do something with hats, which is definitely a large part of the Derby tradition. I decided that the race might as well run around the hat! And of course, you can find this fashionable lady with a mint julep in hand, right in front of the twin spires.”
Mia will receive art supplies, a plaque, a ribbon, and a certificate to commemorate this honor, along with a donation of $100 to Pleasure Ridge Park High School’s Art Department.
The entire HAWA exhibit can be viewed at: www.derbymuseum.org/hawa/ The link will be active and the exhibit will be on display at the Kentucky Derby Museum until Sunday, March 14th. Please cast a vote for the “Viewer’s Choice Award” in the virtual exhibit. The student who receives the most votes will win a Fast Track Family Membership to the Kentucky Derby Museum. Winner will be announced at the conclusion of HAWA.
The HAWA Awards Ceremony will be held as a virtual event during the evening of Tuesday, February 23rd
Way to go, Mia!
PRP Visual Art + Design / Ms. Webb 