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Guadalupe Bueno

Guadalupe Bueno is a senior in the STEM small learning community at Trenton Central High School. They have been playing percussion since fourth grade and glockenspiel and marimba since sixth grade. They have also been drawing and singing since they were little. Their art piece was inspired by tenThing Brass Ensemble: “I was really moved by the tenThing performance, so much so that was seeing the place in my drawing as they were playing.” Guadalupe wanted to push themself outside of their comfort zone by experimenting with landscapes. “I’m not used to backgrounds, so trying to have the composition look mystical instead of messy took a lot of time and micro-adjusting,” they say. Guadalupe has dreams of one day becoming a professional illustrator and animator.

Olivia Keith-Henry

Olivia Keith-Henry is a senior in the Visual and Performing Arts small learning community at Trenton Central High School. She plays both violin and piano. “I love the sounds of music in all ways: dancing, singing, and performing,” she says. She enjoys writing stories and drawing images that match music, as a way to process and connect with what she’s listening to in a more personal manner. Her entry was inspired by Gillam’s rendition of Kurt Weill’s “Je ne t’aime pas.” She created original lyrics for the song and painted a scene to go along with the story she was trying to convey. “It was one of my first times painting. usually draw, so it was nice to change my style once in a while," she says. In her free time, Olivia is often found listening to her favorite bands or looking for her next favorite song.