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Creativity springing forth Students showcase end-of-semester work at the Art Gallery

student and studies art at Pierce. He created a magazine collage as a self-portrait.

“It’s a cutout of a bunch of magazine papers to resemble a self portrait of myself, but it’s also a portrait of my inner self, so it’s basically my physical and emotional self,” Diab said.

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Dalaanii Cochrane and Sharyn Field also won awards at the event.

Field’s piece was a ceramic teapot.

“My professor Melody Cooper asked me to give a theme. My inspiration began when I started building the teapot, and when I finished it, it looked like the Mad Hatter teapot from ‘Alice in Wonderland,’” Fields said.

As the spring semester comes to a close, the Pierce College Art Department celebrates with its last Art Gallery presentation of the semester.

The Art Gallery showcased more than 100 pieces, including ceramic sculpting, graphite on paper, pencil drawings, cardboard 3D design, oil paintings, art made out of clay and acrylic paint and wood sculpting. For most of the art students it was their first time seeing and interacting with not only their peers but their professors because classes have been online.

The was also an award ceremony held for students for their outstanding work and perseverance throughout the semester. The students also received checks with the awards.

Art professor Constance Kocs said students have been “troopers.”

“They showed up online, they did in many cases really great work even though they had to do it at home,” Kocs said. “They were committed and they did their best through some really difficult times.”

Cesar Guandique, won $3,000

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