Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Student art: Once again on display

In September, some controversy arose over student art no longer being on display in the halls of Burton. In particular, one student, Destiny Powers, began to make suggestions and push for student art to once again be displayed.  It appears as if the controversy has been resolved with a compromise.  In the middle of October,  bulletin board strips suddenly appeared on the walls in the cafeteria. A week later, students arrived to see art displayed on each of the strips.  However, student art is still not on display in the front hallway.

For Ms. Powers to get the art displayed in the cafeteria, she had to get the approval of both Mr. Williams, and Mrs. Bonnie, a cafeteria worker, to agree to let her hang it up. This deal also requires that all artwork must be approved by Coach Williams and both  of the Guidance Councilors  and it must avoid vulgarity.

As an advocate for student art, Destiny Powers gets to choose what artwork is put on display. Although she has the choice to pick what she believes is the very best, she likes to have a piece from every art student. Ms. Powers plans to change out the artwork every month. She plans to still hang up artwork, even after she completes all three art classes. Destiny would still like to see art hanging in the halls in the future.