Timber Creek students hosted and competed in the Regional Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Of all 55 Keller ISD students progressing, Timber Creek has 30 pieces of artwork advancing to the 2018 State VASE. The State VASE will be held in San Marcos on Apr. 27-28 at San Marcos High School.
Regional Director, Mikaela Jaros, volunteered to hold the event, inviting the surrounding schools of Region 11 to Timber Creek.
“I really wanted to change the way VASE was seen by my fellow teachers,’ Jaros said. ‘I wanted to host this huge art competition in a way that would encourage students to continue participating in the arts. I also wanted to showcase to the community how incredibly talented our student artists are.”
Art teacher, Marcy Gardner, details the day occurrences.
The milestones that participants go through determine the scoring on their pieces. They begin by having certain forms while undergoing a qualification check. This criteria review includes authenticating the artist and whether they are within restricted size limits. Afterwards, students are assigned a room and sit down with a juror for an interview. Here, Garner describes how students are encouraged to speak profoundly about their artwork.
“They should talk in a kind of art language. This shows their understanding of the elements and principles of design they might have used,” Gardner said.
Throughout the process, the various pieces are sorted by the art levels into their according sections. The artwork is then graded into divisions of one, two, three, or four. Many guideline points attribute to the simple result. Finally, only a certain percentage of the “Fours” would advance to the State VASE.
Meeting all requirements and surpassing the scrutiny of judges, the State Qualifiers include:
Pinto, Jolene
Wiggins, Meredith
Baker, Gracie
Gopffarth, Karson
Hempen, Haley
Kuchar, Jacob
Leal, Tomas
Levine, Gabriella
Levine, Gabriella
Rush, Nina
Schmidt, Valerie
Smith, Tamara
Boggs, Hannah
Fernandez, Janae
Howard, Jake
Uribe Lopez, Isabela
Xie, Ziqian
Xu, Victoria
Dunn, Meleya
Lewis, Adrienne
Mejia Lopez, Danna
Aguirre, Destinee S.
Allen, Paige
Bisso, Steven
Levie, Katee
Martinez, Jose-carlo
Pagan Marcano, Mariangelis
Uribe- Lopez, Grecia
Everett, Grace