The Art-icle

A Wide Spectrum of Expression

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icle Summer 2019 An insight of Youtube Pg. 4 Journey of Artists Pg. 10 Dancing to dreams.

Pg. 16 The Art of Music Pg. 22

Graphic by Alexander Carrara

Table of Contents 2: Team Page 4-7: Pressing Play 8-9: How To YouTube 10-13: Sketching Out Dreams 14-15: How to Draw an Eye 16-19: Its Never Too Late to Start 20-21: How to Break into Pointe Shoes 22-25: The Classics 26-27: Classical Music Periods 28-29: Art Word Puzzle and Letter from the Editor

Meet the Team Alexander Carrara Loves movies, Loves videogames, Loves art.

Content Editor

Yunsuh Lee Loves drawing Loves eating, Loves ice skating.

Photo Editor

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Photo taken by Letizia Uresti.

Karen Padron Loves to travel Loves breathing Loves the art of classical music Final Editor

Natalia Hernandez Loves eating Loves dancing Loves taking pictures Text Editor

Still Art!

Graphic by Alexander Carrara

Believe it or not, this thing is still art! When we say a wide spectrum of expression, we really mean it! A piece doesn’t have to be neat or professional to be considered art, as proven by the picture above. Art can mean almost anything. Art can be an arrangement of food on a trash can lid, a doodle, music, and more!l Give it a try, regardless of skill or interests!

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Pressing Play

By Alexander Carrara

James Whitworth, also known as TechBaffle, is a Youtuber who makes videos about technology. Photo courtesy of James Whitworth, YouTuber.

YouTube becomes a bigger part of the film industry and society

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here is a universe of video entertainment from a world of people and of a variety of ideas, all at a fingertip, and it’s called YouTube.

YouTube allows users to stream a variety of videos These videos are made

by YouTubers, to whom the viewers can subscribe and keep track of when they make new videos to watch.

YouTube is growing big, and fast, possibly because of its diverse selection of videos and creators. There are many creators of varying ethnicity and cultures, explained James Whitworth, the product-reviewing YouTuber known as TechBaffle.

“Anyone can create a YouTube channel, which has meant new voices can be heard without requiring a large budget,” said Whitworth. ”You can also watch videos from around the world, so you can discover other cultures. YouTube also means you can learn more about what you like. If you have an interest, it’s more than likely you’ll find like-minded people on YouTube.”

Edward Johansson, a YouTuber under the name EdwardDZN that specializes in graphic design, also thinks that there is a variety of creators and topics on YouTube.

“Easy access to the internet and the fact that almost anyone can create or watch

the content from sites like YouTube means that there is something for everyone,” said Johansson. ”YouTube is a great platform to express who you are. You can’t define one person as the ‘model YouTuber’. It’s become a great way to share your opinion, and make your voice heard.”

Creators have an impact on their fans in many ways, and according to Jordan Ash, a YouTuber who reviews the latest tech, they can have more influence than characters in kids’ TV shows do.

“Where vloggers have become such a high percentage of YouTube, a lot of younger viewers watch them more than a character on a children’s or teenagers show on TV,” said Ash. “So a lot of people look up to creators as a role model/ peer, but that being said it’s not always a positive impact.”

These creators need to get a following and high ratings before having an influence. According to Johansson, in order for videos to have high ratings,they have to get noticed by people first.

“Highly rated videos are the ones that speak to the masses and managed to escape and actually be seen,” Johansson said. “Often times they have great quality, address a hot topic or send a message most people agree on. Simply put, they are great videos.”

Ash thinks that a video becomes highly rated because it attracts a wide variety of ages.

“Most of the trending videos have a mix of Entertainment for all ages. Ash said. “A few years ago it was more mixed and covering a full age range, but as YouTube has become for the most part a more

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family oriented website, it’s easier for such videos to gain millions of views.”

Or, according to Whitworth, creators could follow trends to get more popular.

“Sometimes videos are inspired by what’s trending either in the news, or on YouTube itself,” Whitworth said. “This helps videos be relevant.”

In 2017, many YouTubers made

videos about fidget spinners,popular spinning toys, in order to jump on the trend and get more views.

Let’s say a creator wants to have an original idea. According to Johansson, it can be difficult.

“Video ideas is probably one of the hardest part of any creators process.” Johansson said. “Some days there are so many you feel overwhelmed whilst you other days you can’t come up with one for the life of you. I usually just get my ideas passively and constantly draw inspiration from everything I see.

A lot of what I do is also not set in stone and while creating my designs

I usually change stuff back and forth all the time.”

Your videos ideas might be based off of who you are, and according to Johansson, YouTube is a great platform to express yourself.

”...I think it in its core is a great platform where everybody can express themselves in their own ways to people whom feel and think the same,” Johansson said.

However, not all views are shared, due to YouTube’s advertisers.

Advertisers are what give YouTube and it’s creators money.

“With many videos needing to be ‘advertiser friendly’, it may prevent some views being shared, however

YouTube insists that it only restricts what isn’t appropriate.” TechBaffle said.

Whenever a viewer clicks on a monetized video, the site plays an ad clip. This will earn YouTube money, and they will give a portion of this money to the creator of the video.

In order for a creator’s video to get noticed in the first place, it has to show up on people’s screens.

It is a common guess that when determining whether a video will show up in a user’s recommended feed, YouTube uses a formula,or calculation.

“Youtube’s formula is very, ‘Meh’.” Ash said. “I’ve been around the platform for years now, and I’ve seen how it’s gone down in the years.

I look back at 2012 as peak Youtube, every video went to the viewer’s subscriber box without fail, views were really good, along with revenue

(though that wasn’t really applicable to me back then). So I think it’s taken a big plummet over the years. I’m holding out for a big change and it improving, but I’m reluctant to say I know it’ll happen.”

While we are unsure what exactly this potential formula is, one guess we can make is that it is based at least a little bit off of whether it is advertiser friendly.

“Recently, advertisers play a big part in what YouTubers do or say.

Videos are now more professional, but more restrictive to make them ‘advertiser friendly’.”

Advertiser friendly is a term that means a video does not have inappropriate language or footage and is ‘suitable’ for ads play in it. In order to have ads make money off of their videos, creators have to make them advertiser friendly.

A factor that might affect whether a video shows up in your feed is if it is relevant to you. For example, if you watch a lot of videos about gaming, you are more likely to see more gaming videos.

With these two things combined, millions will see more videos that they want to click that have ads scattered about.

The end result is that google gets millions and millions of dollars from YouTube.

Google is a giant when it comes to the tech industry, and it is possible that YouTube is a big factor in this.

“As YouTube continues to expand, which I think it will, it will simply

Edward Johansson, known as EdwardDZN makes video tutorials for graphic design and does speedart.

Photo Courtesy of Edward Johansson, YouTuber.

become better and better.” Johansson said. “Right now the platform is in the middle of it’s transition between the internet and being a mainstream form of media.”

According to Whitworth, as YouTube expands, it will branch to more technologies and mediums.

YouTube is already using VR technology on their site with the use of

Jordan Ash is a YouTuber who reviews technology in his videos.

Photo courtesy of Jordan Ash,YouTuber.

Google Cardboard, a cheap solution to VR headsets.

“With the growth of rivals like Facebook Watch, YouTube is always looking to improve the experience it brings to viewers and creators.” Whitworth said. With the introduction of 5G, YouTube will step up to 8K video and more virtual reality content.”

YouTube is also looking to provide live TV with their YouTubeTV service. You can use it to stream live TV networks to your device without a cable.

What will happen to traditional movies and cinema?

According to Whitworth, YouTube will be used more than the TV and cinema we know today.

“More professional TV shows and movies will use YouTube instead of traditional TV and cinema.” said Whitworth.

Johansson thinks that YouTube videos are more convenient than traditional movies.

“People constantly want to learn more and the short bite sized videos that you can watch on the fly is a more convenient method of entertainment for many than conventional 1 hour tv shows or even longer movies.” Johansson said.

According to Ash, YouTube could replace TV as we know it today, but only if it improves first.

“I think YouTube could host more TV shows and events, even possibly replace television if its done right, but I think that’s a little way off,” Ash said.

They need to fix the fundamental issues first, such as sub boxes, and making creators fully satisfied.

Without the creators being fully invested, it’ll be a lot harder to push YouTube into the realms of TV.”

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Step 1: Think To start production on a video, you first need an idea. Try to brainstorm unique and unused video ideas that will pop out to viewers. Also think about how you will carry out this idea. Make a plan. Think about what you need to make this video, and write a script if necessary. Many Youtubers have what is called a Youtube Personality, which is where they act a certain way for all of their videos.

Step 2: Record Once you have planned and are ready, it is time to record your content. It is more than likely you will record your voice. You may also record your computer screen and/or film in the real world. Follow out the plan you made in step 1. Try to be confident and clear when talking. Try to act like your Youtube personality, if you have one. If you are recording yourself in real life, please look presentable.

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When editing your video, cut out spots that don’t have anything going on. If you want something to be shown, but it takes up too much time, speed it up. You can add special effects, short clips, and overlays to spice up your video.

Step 4: Publish You are finished with your video and are ready to publish it. When you are uploading a video, you need to choose Keywords and your title. Keywords are important because they help your video get searched or recommended in its category. It tells Youtube what your video is about, so that it can associate it with words or trends. The other thing to keep in mind is your title. Make sure your title is all telling yet not too long.

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Sketching Out Dreams

nything around the world can be art. From things people daily use to things that are especially categorized as “art,” they have some type of design or shape. Behind those, there’s artists that give them life.

“I took every art class offered at my high school,” said Sabra Ellis, a chalkboard artist for an Austin coffee shop chain. “I remember doing a lot of pencil drawing and pen and ink work.”

Art is a way to express creativity in a visual form using skills and imagination. Artists are formed by their childhoods appreciating the beauty of art around them since they were young.

“I was able to visit many of the world’s great art museums and galleries, and I’ve been exposed to art since I was very young,” said Gretchen Johnston, an artist who runs her own painting business in Austin.

There are lots of art-

museums, big and small art-related places, and artists in Austin.

As there are lots of artists, there are various kinds of visual artists too.

Ceramicist for a pottery, chalk artists for a nice and neat menu board, painters for an aesthetic picture, and designers for software like app or website. They are all so different, but they all create art with passion by using their talent and ingenuity.

Robin Cheers is a full time artist in Austin who mainly does oil paintings in an impressionistic and

loose style, representing people in familiar settings. Cheers is a member of the American Impressionist Society, American Women Artists, Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Austin and Austin Visual Arts Association.

“I try to say the most with the least,” Cheers said about her paintings.

“I do not want to render everything but to leave impressionistic color and strokes that make the viewer want to explore the painting. I want to express that there is beauty in the simple.”

Before Cheers began to paint full time, she worked in advertising and publishing and then did web design for a few years. In the meantime, she took a fine art course in painting offered in Austin.

“I always loved art and wanted to be in a creative field but didn’t pursue fine art full time until about a decade after college,” Cheers said. “I actually was not sure about making a living as a fine artist.”

Cheers’s long term goal is to have a studio or gallery space dedicated to representational art that would bring artists and students together in Austin and create a community art center.

“I love painting,” Cheers said.

“I love the oils, the way the color builds up, the choices I make, the problem solving, the development of the painting from blank canvas to completed work is so energizing.”

Luisa Talamas is a software designer working for Dell Technologies and mainly works with

user experience design, which is a design that uses art to make apps or websites visually nice, easy to use and user friendly.

“One of my friends in high school introduced me to his sister, who studied industrial design in

Arizona,” Talamas said. “After a call with her, I looked more into it and fell in love with the idea of a designer that can work across any field in any product, and so my carrier as a designer begun.”

Before Talamas started to work as a product designer for such things like physical products and software, she had been working as a freelance graphic designer since high school.

“To design something, you have to understand who you are designing for, what are their goals, motivations, and challenges,” Talamas said. “Then based on those findings you can make requirements for a solution and start exploring ideas.

At this stage I do drawings, user journeys [diagrams for stepby-step instructions], and mockups of what something should generally look like.

Once there is good

feedback on a solution I prepare very nice final visual designs for the engineering team to build and once it’s built, it’s going to be sold to customers!”

When Ellis was working part time as a barista while a student at a local coffee shop, she asked her boss if she could do a small chalkboard to promote a drink of the month.

Starting from that, the majority of their coffee shops now have chalkboard menu done by Ellis.

“When working on a chalkboard, I sketch out on paper the layouts, the number of lines of type,” Ellis explained. “Next I make guidelines with Painters Tape and a TSquare where all words will go.

Then I do all type and headings. Last I add illustrations and details.”

Ellis said it takes about 40 hours to complete one 8’x4’ menu board.

“Chalkboard art is just unusual enough from other mediums and

isn’t a common choice,” Ellis said. “Art is an escape, a gift of silence and self expression in the midst of a stressful world.”

Leslie Smith is an artist in Austin that paints landscapes in oil and acrylics on canvas.

“I take pictures on my phone when I’m walking on trails and something catches my eye,” Smith said. “Sometimes I begin by trying to paint exactly what I see in a loose way, but it usually looks cartoon like. Sometimes I change it, trying to capture a feeling of being there.”

She also painted murals and special faux finishes on walls off and on for 15 years.

“I was able to get jobs by being on mural painter websites as well as by visiting shopping centers, talking to business owners about considering a mural or giant border on their wall,” Smith said. “I enjoyed

this while I did it, but now in my 50’s I want to express myself more creatively.”

Things don’t always turnout as perfect. Sometimes, Artists may have to restart what they were working on and start again by making better touches. Smith had to pull off some canvases that don’t work and start again.

“There have been times that I fear that I won’t make a decent painting, and I just want to avoid it, but when I do start painting again, there are successes that make me want to continue,” Smith said. “Being successful to me means that you feel you have made good work and that people are wanting to buy and enjoy your art as well.”

Yeong-Tae Kim is a member of Korean Fine Arts Association and had done watercoloring for 20 years.

Kim received many art awards since elementary and also had won from a lot of exhibition.

“Anyone can understand my paintings, and they’re natural, bright, and peaceful. Also I don’t

add decorations in them,” Kim said. “In an artwork, the emotions and feelings of the artist should be contained honestly without adding or taking out anything. I want to be remembered as an artist who makes people feel peace in their hearts when looking at my works.”

Kim began painting in watercolor after retiring from his military life. His daughter, who majored in visual arts, handed him her college years’ art supplies and asked him if he would like to do art.

He had a desire to draw and paint too, thus marked the beginning of his art career.

“When the inner part is filled with nature’s greatness and beauty, life becomes joyful and fun,” Kim said. “I learned to love nature. I love all nature scenes but among them I especially love snow scenes the best because the snow itself is so refreshing.”

Johnston took art classes and developed herself as a canvas artists as well while working for her painting business which is mainly

about faux finishes. She also had worked in watercolor, pastels, acrylic and oil besides faux finishes.

“After college I worked in nonprofit administration for several years before staying home to raise children,” Johnston said. “One day, while I was working for The Austin Lyric Opera, I attended a designer show house and saw my first faux finish. I was totally blown away by how interesting it looked, and after that, I purchased any books I could find on faux finishing.”

“Faux” means “fake” in French, so the term “faux finish” refers to any way to distress or change a painted surface to make it look like something else.

“In 1996 I found myself needing to go back to work but, having young children, did not want to be in an office all day,” Johnston said. “During a house remodel, I met a local handyman who let me apprentice to him.

I learned all kinds of practical remodeling techniques, such as how to hang drywall, how to tape and float, how to use a paint sprayer, how to bid a job, etc. After working with him for a few months, I decided to start my own painting business, and, to be very clear about who I was and what I did, I called it

‘Gretchen’s Painting.’”

Good communication skills are vital in any business, but especially with one so subjective as faux finishing.

“I have done painting in homes from Belton to San Antonio, although most of my jobs have been

in and around Georgetown, Canyon Lake, and New Braunfels,” Johnston said. “By this time I could drive into almost any neighborhood in Georgetown and point out at least one house I’ve painted.”

In 2014, Johnston decided to learn how to make jewelry, and now she has a line of jewelry called, “Gretchen’s Collections.”

“Regardless of what kind of art I’m making, I am most proud of my ability to create things that people love,” Johnston said.

Artists express themselves and experiment with their art or style. They all have different methods of expression, and different stories to tell.

“The best thing working as an artist is being able to share my view of the world and show people the beauty all around us,” Cheers said. “Making them pause and rest a little bit during their hectic lives.”

There are lots of creative artists in the world, and appreciating their work could be valuable.

“As an artist, there will always be someone better than you and someone not as good as you,” Ellis said. “Be okay with that and stop comparing yourself to others. Admire the work of those better. Support and encourage those behind. We are not authors of our own talents, but stewards.”

How to draw an eye 1

Basic Sketch Outline the shape of an eye and an eyebrow.

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More Details Darken the eyebrow/ creases and go over spokes & lashes with thinner lines

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More Sketch Fill in the eyebrow and add more lines along the previous sketches.

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Color in the Iris Shade in the iris, but leave out spaces for the glare reflected from external factors.

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A Pupil/Spokes Place small black circle and draw straight lines going outward from the pupil.

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Add shadows Add shadows under the eyelid to add depth.

Eyelashes Draw eyelashes using curved lines. Don’t forget to draw under lashes too!

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allerinas can dance on the tips of their toes. Pain is turned into an elegant, graceful, and beautiful dance, which might seem intimidating to people that are new to this chaotic world.

“Ballet is one of those things that are very intimidating and it can seem very exclusive,” said China Smith, performer, director, dance teacher, producer and founding director of Ballet Afrique.

Not long ago, 14-year-old Savi Kulkarni began learning ballet, but she has been a tap, contemporary, and lyrical dancer for 10 years. She started dancing at a young age.

“I have been dancing for maybe 10 or 11 years now. It’s just really fun and it’s something I’ve always enjoyed doing.” Kulkarni said.

It hasn’t always been easy for Kulkarni, since all her classmates started ballet at a very young age compared to her.

“Ballet was really hard because I started at such a late age that to keep up was complicated because most of the girls in my class had been doing ballet since they were 3 and i quit when i was 3 because I hated ballet and so it was really hard for me to catch on but im getting better now”

Her advice for young dancers is to hold on, eventually it will be better.

“It might seem hard at first but in the end it’s

is A Stage of view really worth it you just need to keep practicing and keep trying and eventually you’ll get better,” Kulkarni said.

Although a lot of people say you need to start ballet early, it’s not true according to Eugene Alvarez. After all he did begin his ballet journey when he was 19 years old.

“It’s never too late to begin learning ballet,” said Alvarez, retired dancer and current manager for Austin Ballet.

“The physical aspects are rewarding at any age. If you’re goal is to do it professionally, then you should start as early as possible.

There is a lot of competition for professional jobs so you have to be at your best.”

Alvarez danced for 13 years in total. The

he last 7 he danced professionally. But how did he know he wanted to make this his life time career?

Although Alvarez enjoyed his dance career he is now retired, but he never gave up his love for dance.

“Retiring is so bittersweet for most dancers,” Alvarez said. “The older you get the more maintenance your body requires to keep doing the job of dancing every day. That maintenance ranges from massages, physical therapy, doctor appointments, cross training, etc. … all to keep your body in good working condition to meet the demands of your daily schedule.”

Luckily he still gets to work with ballet dancers.

“So when I retired, my body was very relieved but it was also a very emotional experience to say good-bye to the people and experiences that consumed your life for so long. When you do something so intensely demanding for so long there is a sense of withdrawal that you have to work through when you stop. It can be a rough transition. Luckily, I landed in an administrative position at Ballet Austin where I work very closely with the dancers every day so I still get to share their experiences but in a much less physical way, of course.”

Josie Heisel has danced ballet since she was little.

“I started dancing when I was 3 at my old preschool. After that I fell in love with dance and I’ve now been dancing for about 11 years.”

Heisel would often doubt her ability as a dancer because she would often compare herself.

“When you can’t think of anything else

“As a dancer many times I would you’d rather do and when you wake compare myself to others and tell myself ‘I’m up and look forward to going to work, not as good as them’ or ‘I’m not good enough’ then that’s a pretty good indication and I almost quit dance when I was younger, but I decided to push away the negative energy you’ve made the right choice.” and tell myself ‘“I am good enough.’ Heisel said.

-Eugene Alvarez, Manager of Ballet ‘Keep encouraging yourself and never give up. I Austin would not be the dancer I am without these two attributes.”

challenging. It takes time, effort and a lot of practice. There is a lot of competition to live off as a dancer and it takes a lot of years to master the technique.

“Dance is extremely demanding, physically,” Alvarez said. “If you don’t enjoy it or are not committed to putting in the work and time it takes to improve, then perhaps you should find something else you like better.”

For professional dancers, a regular day of practice could be around 6 or 7 hours a day, which is almost 42 hours a week of ballet dancers on pointe. This is the sacrifice required for perfection in the ballet world.

“In dance, you are constantly working on ‘skill’ or the technique of it,” Alvarez said. “The most difficult thing to learn is to appreciate and enjoy the journey.”

Dancers also need confidence. It’s easy to get inside their heads and just look at the negative.

“The most difficult thing would be getting out of your head, you know it takes years and years of training so if you go in thinking your going to master right away,” Smith said. “It takes a lot of practice, patience and focus.”

Dancing is a very competitive sport, so its a lot easier to enter a studio with kind and uplifting people according to Smith.

“Qualities I look for in a dancer are people that one, don’t quit,” Smith said. “I like people that are kind to each other because when you are in a studio it can be very vulnerable so it’s important to soround with people that are encouraging and uplifting you know

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I think that the biggest thing people that are willing to work with other people.”

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Dance isnt always a choreographed dance in a fancy stage. Savi Kulkarni and Josie Heisel are young dancers that enjoy the art and have fun.

How to Break In Pointe

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By Natalia Hernandez

STEP ONE: Get your fresh and new pointe shoes

STEP THREE: Use your foot to crush the box at the front

STEP TWO: Then sew the ribbon on the pointe shoe

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Shoes for Begginers

STEP FIVE: To make your expierience more comfortable stretch them out on demi pointe

STEP FOUR: Next to have a clean arch, bend the shank

STEP SIX: You are good to go, you have broken in your shoes and can stand on pointe

The Classics

By Karen Padron

Photo Courtesy of The Austin Symphony

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The most underrated type of art

lassical music is an art form that translates from a simple sheet of music to a whole team of artist bringing emotion and beautiful, composed sound to a room.

There is a lot of perspectives to this, from a conductor, to a student. Everybody’s experience with music is different from start to finish and that is what’s unique about the orchestra

“I saw a very famous conductor named Leonard Bernstein on TV when I was nine years of age and he inspired me to become a conductor,” Peter Bay said.

Peter Bay has been the conductor of the Austin Symphony Orchestra for about 21 years which means that he has dedicated most of his life to the art

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of conducting.

“That is the most exciting part about being a musician its standing in front of that incredible sound that they make and leading them into some of the greatest music that’s ever been written,” Bay said. “To me there’s nothing more exciting than that.”

”He seemed enormously excited to be in front of the orchestra,” said Bay. “He loved conducting the music with the orchestra, and he especially enjoyed explaining music to people on television, he used to broadcast concert as a conductor on television and that’s how I got to know him”.

There are many teachers out there that pass down the skill to the following generations. Mary Alexander is a private class instructor who teaches the violin. Thanks to her and many other teachers, young people get the opportunity to learn a string instrument.

“About 20 years ago, I started teaching violin in AISD at O’Henry and Lamar middle school,” Alexander said. “I would go to the school one day a

Photo courtesy of The Austin Symphony Peter Bay is conducting The Austin Symphony Orchestra through out a performance (left). Peter Bay is standing in front of an audience after conducting The Austin Symphony Orchestra (right). week and pull the orchestra students out for lessons during their orchestra class and I did that for a year or two, since then I’ve just taught at home.

Liam Green Musselman is a current violist at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy. He started playing in fifth grade and that led to his middle and high school career.

“It has been there for me during the best of times and the worst of times.

Music has .this extraordinary ability to communicate feelings without using words and I think makes it a very powerful thing” -Peter Bay, Director of The Austin Symphony Orchestra

Graphics by Natalia Hernandez

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“I decided to start playing because I needed a challenge and progressing through repertoire was exactly what I needed,” said Liam. “Music is a release to me, and allows me to spend as much time as I want making beautiful music”.

“If I had to give up playing, I’d be a lot more stressed and have a harder time in school” said Liam.

“Orchestra provides a nice setting to get used to the school, and having that release makes having nowhere to go to be comfortable in school that much easier”.

“I say go for it”, Alexander said. “In my opinion, there is not an instrument that is too hard for you. In the almost 20 years that I have been teaching, I have never ran into a child that i couldn’t teach because I believe every child is born with the capacity to learn music and all you need is to be exposed to it and taught and you’re gonna learn it so everyone should feel like they can be a musician”.

“For people wanting to learn an instrument, try something, and assess along the way if you think it’s really for you” said Liam. “Stick with your passions, and make sure you’re happy”.

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Dear Reader, Thank you so much for going through our magazine. We genuinely had so much fun during this process. Thanks to this magazine, some of our best memories were made.

Our magazine focuses on forms of different types of art, from drawing to film.

We hope you have a creative journey while reading this!

-The Art-icle Team