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Six TFS Students Place First In GISA Virtual Art Show
Tallulah Falls School art students won six blue ribbons in the Georgia Independent School Association’s (GISA) 2024 Virtual Art Show. Three upper school students and three middle school students were honored.
Junior Marina Dumas of Clarkesville won first place in high school pottery with her “Bowls,” Junior Raegan Duncan of Martin won first place in high school sculpture with “Let Them Eat Cake,” and junior Ava Hamon of Mount Airy won first place in high school open media with “Written in the Stars.”
Seventh grader Owen Earp of Cornelia won first place in middle school painting with his untitled painting of a daffodil, eighth grader Ellie Shaw of Baldwin won first place in middle school open or mixed media 2D with her collage, “Seahorse,” and seventh grader Henry Dumas of Clarkesville won first place in open or mixed media 3D with his untitled Harry Potter inspired collage.
Upper school art teacher Stephanie Stuefer helped upper school students prepare their artwork for entry into the contest. "We are so proud of our winners and all of the hard work that they put into their projects in the studio,” said Stuefer. "TFS won more awards of any other school in the show!”
The three students from the middle school made their creations in art teacher Cat Schappach's studio art class. "They developed their own strategy, found their own materials, and designed their own work," she said. "I am so proud of them."
GISA received 230 entries from 24 schools. Winners will go on to compete in the regional SECIS South Eastern Commission of Independent Schools (SECIS) Art show.
Marina Dumas
These bowls were a series of forms on the potter's wheel, and I worked to create surface designs that would flow well with the forms, on the inside and out.
Raegan Duncan
Other ceramic artists and trompe l’oeil inspired me. I thought it would be a good challenge, and I also decided to play with non-realistic colors.
Ava Hamon
I got the inspiration for this piece from my environment while in New York City, I felt like everyone around me was there for a reason and had a bigger goal in mind. It sparked the idea that wherever your future holds is “written in the stars.” This idea is equally terrifying and comforting. The people in the image’s colors correspond with the stars’ colors, enforcing the idea that their future is already determined. This piece is an image I took, and I used paint pens to add color and rhinestones for texture.
Owen Earp
My vision as an artist is to help other people see the beauty in nature. This can be seen in the animals, the fields of flowers, and even the woods. When I painted the flower, I aimed to embrace the beauty, color, and light in nature. I used a student-grade Prang watercolor pan and Strathmore cold-press paper.
Ellie Shaw
I had never done a collage before and wanted a lot of freedom with whatever would be my next project. My favorite part of making it was finding the elements to create it. They reflect my personal taste in color. My favorite part of it is the gorgeous rope and all the shells. This piece reflects on me and my love for the ocean. This was the most fun and
freedom I have ever had in a piece, and I absolutely loved the process and how it turned out. It is made of fabric, paper, string, shells and beads on a chipboard.
Henry Dumas
I was inspired to create something ominous and full of mystery by the living books found in the Harry Potter series. The books have their own personality or curse, and my book represents the moment that an unfortunate soul murmured the forbidden words printed on the page of the book, and allowed an entity from an unknown place to emerge from the book itself. The eyes were painted with a flat, black paint to symbolize a void. The face and hands of the emerging entity were darkened with soft pastels. Some pages surround the hands like flower petals. Around the face there are curved pages to show that the face is ripping through the book from an unknown place. I would like the viewer to imagine their own story and leave wondering what the next moments would be.