a t e l i e r VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 FALL 2021
Hello fellow appreciators of art! Since this is our first issue of the magazine, we decided that we ought to introduce ourselves and explain our vision for the future of this publication. The journey began in 2020 when, amidst the craziness of the pandemic, Art Appreciation was started as a Breaking Ground club. Since then, the club has taken on a new form, setting a new goal to create an art udent made as you flip ll edition of Letter from the Editors Scan for a History of Halloween: Table of Contents Page One........................................Table of Contents/Letter from the Editors Page Two....................................Why Horror Movies Suck/Halloween Playlist Page Three.....................................................................................Lower School Art Page Four......................................................................................Middle School Art Page Five.........................................................................................................Inktober Page Six...........................................................................................Upper School Art Page Seven.....................................................................................Upper School Art Page Eight.......................................................................................Upper School Art Page Nine........................................................................................Upper School Art Page Ten.........................................................................................Upper School Art To submit art for a future magazine issue, email: Kaitlyn Xu and Hailee Spoor @ cdsartappreciation@gmail.com 1 What to include in your submission: Photos of your artwork Your preferred name A title for each piece Your grade level
Why Horror Movies Suck
Almost everyone has watched a horror film, and almost everyone knows someone who is obsessed with them. But why? To me, horror movies are uninteresting, and pretty much all the same. They’re just easy-to-make movies that will bring in some money every halloween season. They all follow the same format too, in which a group of people find something strange or notice something suspicious, someone says that it’s not a big deal, and it of course turns out to be a very big deal. People probably die along the way, and there’s almost certainly a chase scene.
People like horror movies because they scare them, but they know they’re safe. It’s the adrenaline rush that makes the movie interesting, not the movie itself. The movie could have a terrible plot, terrible effects, and even terrible acting, but with dramatic music and a jumpscare, people will like it.
I’m not saying that every single horror movie ever is bad. Some have interesting plots, or maybe a plot twist that you actually don’t see coming from several miles away. Or sometimes, a horror movie can be so
What I am saying is that on the whole, horror movies are overdone and overrated. The plots are poor and the ideas are repeated, but somehow people still love them. Maybe it’s just not for me, or maybe it’s because I haven’t found one that actually scares me, but I just find them boring.
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Every year on the last night of September, artist's everywhere bring out their pens and markers and prepare themselves. For what? Inktober! During October many people participate in this challenge by creating a drawing out of ink every day. Some people follow prompts, like the official ones posted online, while others just let their creativity flow by making whatever they want. Regardless, the art people make during Inktober is typically out of this world no matter the subject matter!
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Hailee Spoor Our take on this years's InkTober prompts: "Player 67" by Hailee Spoor Grade 11 5 "Raven" by Michael Viera Grade 10
"Untitled" by Lola Burril Grade 11
"Eye" by Kaitlyn Xu Grade 11
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"Vuuuuuu" by Vu Pham Grade 11 "Title" by Micheal Viera Medium: Ink on Paper 7 would you rather...? walk through a graveyard at midnight or spend a night in a spooky abandoned old house? dunk for apples or carve a jack lantern meet a vampire or meet a werewolf? go trick or treating or stay home and watch a scary movie? be a ghost or a zombie? be absolutely terrified of the dark or be afraid of the the thing underneath your bed eat candy every day for a month or have no candy for a month be scared or make someone else scared? be a ghost or a zombie? have everyday be Halloween or never have Halloween? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"Killua Zoldyck" by Tejas Raxwalディオ by Tejas Raxwal
"Untitled" by Kaitlyn Xu Grade 11
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9 "Untitled" by Abigail Anderson Grade 9 " F r e e d o m a n d P e a c e " b y J a d a C a p o r i c c i G r a d e 9
"Rocket League 3D Blender Scene" by Jack Villanova Grade 9
" U n t i t l e d " b y A b i g a i l A n d e r s o n G r a d e 9 10
Art Appreciation Club Members: Hailee Spoor Kaitlyn Xu Kyra Olson Maddie Miniati Lola Burril Kelley Mulfinger Jack Senel JD Bondurant Alex Kleiman Madison Shea Samantha Hsu Gabrielle Anderson Micheal Viera People who submitted art: Vu Pham Tejas Raxwal Jack Villanova Abigail Anderson Jada Caporicci Elias B Ava K Sohm B Mauri S Bode Schmidt Gia Sanfilipo Aurielle Xiao Avery Wallace Additional Supporters: Seth Firestone
"Self-Portrait" by Elias B
"Self-Portrait" by Sohm B
"Self-Portrait" by Ava K
"Self-Portrait" by Mauri S
"Van Gogh Pumpkins" by Bode Schmidt Grade 7
"Surrealist Room" by Aurielle Xiao Grade 7
"Red Lips" by Gia Sanfilipo Grade 8
"Koi Pond" by Avery Wallace Grade 8