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Green & Gold
Volume XXV, Issue VI
A Publication of Wesleyan School
NEWS
“A Night in New York” takes over prom night for seniors. Page 6
EDITORIAL Christ is risen! Happy Easter!
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April 16, 2021 FEATURES
The faculty fellows reflect on their year at Wesleyan. Page 3
SPORTS
Congratulations to all of the spring signees. Page 9
Wesleyan hosts “A Night in New York” for senior prom Anna Grace Bowling Wesleyan seniors are getting excited for prom “A Night in New York,” on the quad in front of Wesley Hall on Sat, April 17 from 8-11 p.m. The event is highly anticipated, as the class of 2021, along with the class of 2020, did not get to have prom last April due to COVID-19. Senior grade chairs, faculty, staff. The Wesleyan prom committee are doing everything in their power and within reason of the precautions put in place by the CDC to make this year’s senior-only prom feel as normal and special as possible. Seniors Caitlin Kelly, Riley Bingham, Fletcher Morris, and Isabella Martin are the four seniors on the prom committee this year. Many students are worried that prom will look very different this year and will not be as fun as years past because of the restrictions put in place by the pandemic. Kelly reassured the grade and said, “Prom really will not look different than other years besides mask-wearing. Masks are the only guideline that we are required to follow and because it is going to be all outdoors this year, we are able to have a lot of our usual traditions.” This year’s prom is obviously going to be unique, since it is seniors only. Martin said, “We are going to have a dessert food truck this year and we are very excited for that because we have never had anything like it before.”
The prom committee sent out the official invitations to the seniors. Llyod Prom committee is striving for as much normalcy as possible. Bingham said, “We are still going to be able to do the senior-stair picture near the end of the dance. Although there will be no decorations inside, the outside of Wesley Hall and the quad are both going to look stunning. This year there will be no tent but rather an open dance
floor so that more people can fit together without having to stand outside the tent and wait their turn to go inside. And of course, the senior song, ‘Graduation’ by Vitamin C, at the end of the dance will happen!” Kelly, Bingham and Martin said that “the sponsors are going out of their way to make this year’s prom amazing. They recognize that it is our only opportunity to have prom, so we must make it count. We have a decent budget since we did not have a dance last year.” Senior grade chairs Adam Griffin and Kendra Morris have been working vigorously since summer 2020 until now to make senior year special for the class of 2021. Besides graduation, the main thing that Griffin and Morris both agreed that they wanted to make happen was prom. After exploring options and keeping up with the precautions put in place by the CDC and Wesleyan School, they were able to collaborate with prom committee and administration to make it happen. Senior students were ecstatic when the email was sent out that prom would be held at school this year. Morris said, “We want seniors to get excited for prom. It is going to be so sweet and memorable for the senior class. It [prom] is truly a night to remember.” Senior Fletcher Morris is head of the prom committee this year, and he is urging seniors to get excited for prom. The theme for this year’s prom is “A Night in New York” (Con’t on pg. 3)
Wesleyan showcases 23rd annual Artist Market virtually Kendrick Archer
The 23rd Annual Wesleyan Artist Market will be held this April through a virtual platform. Each year, the Artist Market hosts approximately 80 professional artists from across the region as well as student artists in middle school and high school. However, due to COVID-19, they will be pivoting to a Virtual Artist Market event for 2021. 2021 Artist Market board member Kristin Scott said, “The Wesleyan Artist Market is a fine art, jewelry, and fine wares show.” Scott has been working with the Artist market for 7 years and began working as a volunteer and a board member for the Arts Alliance. Scott has been a co-chair of the Artist Market for 2 years.
Sophomore Kate Adent sells prints for Artist Market. Adent
Wesleyan’s Artist Market is one of the premier school sponsored art shows in the Southeast. Exhibiting artists are usually in attendance for the entire duration of the show. For 2021, the artists will be represented through Wesleyan’s virtual marketplace platform and available to buyers via email. Scott said, “Wesleyan’s portion of proceeds from the show benefits the Wesleyan Arts Alliance.” The Alliance is a parentrun, faculty-guided organization that supports student programs, facilities, and arts education at Wesleyan School. The Artist Market is important because it helps support the fine arts programs for the Wesleyan Arts Alliance. With those funds, Wesleyan is able to support scholarships, purchase new equipment and costumes for the plays, and help create a new program called the Dream Big Program. When asked why the Artist Market is important, Scott said, “Opening the gates and letting the community come in and see what an amazing place we have here matters.” Scott continued and said, “There are multiple families here at Wesleyan because of the Artist Market, and we love that connection with the community. The other reason why the Artist Market is so important is the art. It gives us the opportunity to support local artists, and now we are nation wide with the virtual platform, which has helped bring in more artists.” Student artists play a large role in the Artist Market.
Students get involved with the Artist Market by selling food, products, and pieces of art they made. Students submit their applications to sell in the market in November and go through a checklist to make sure that they are ready to go by April. One of the student artists, freshman Dane Scott said, “I think the virtual artist market will be different from the previous artist markets in the way that we can’t have physical relations with the customer, I am glad we can at least have a market.” Scott is selling waterproof, heat and scratch resistant, super sticky, stickers at the Artist Market with his artwork displayed on them. Another artist, junior Kaitlyn Bobo said, “I think the Artist Market it important to the (Con’t. on pg. 3)
Senior Katherine Graddy sells earrings for Artist Market. Graddy