LAM

Sketching away and painting skillfully using cool and warm colors owing along the blank canvas. Yet another beautiful masterpiece created by Phuong Lam. At a young age, Lam has done many art projects and entered in many contests. As she entered high school, she never thought about considering pursuing art as a career because of fearing her mother’s approval and the dissatisfaction of hating her own artwork. She doesn’t want to disappoint her mother or begin to hate her own work, a er putting a lot of time and e ort into making a piece that won’t live up to her expectations. Although, a er some time resolving and considering what she wanted to do with her future, she decided to take the opportunity to pursue art because she realized it’s something that she enjoys doing and appreciates it more. “It’s also a great stress reliever and helps me pull out of a funk.” Lam said. As she’s the coordinator of the recent murals around the school, the murals are a project created by herself to help raise money to donate to a charity called Arts4All, a Florida based art charity that helps provide and support for art programs in schools. Each mural was commissioned by teachers to have an appealing artwork representing the class on the empty walls and windows around the school. “ ere are many blank spaces or un nished murals that need to be touched up, so I thought a great way to guratively and literally ’leave our mark’ on the school.” Lam said. To this, Lam wants to leave a creative legacy that tells the story about the school. She wants this service artwork to represent the NAHS club and contributions to the school. “Honestly, I just wanted to promote creativity and the idea that truly anyone who has a fondness or respect for art can be a part of it. Our school is a beautiful piece of art in and out of itself, but I feel many don’t really appreciate that and so by putting more art into the school itself I hope it brings an awareness about how much ‘life’ art can bring into a setting.”