Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2010, Page 13

Description:	hidden talentGraphic designer andChang developed artiSouths artAfter graduating from BloomingtonSouth in her second trimester, seniorDa Hye Chang made a visit to theNew York School of Visual Arts. Shewent there after being offered acollege tour while visiting a portfolioexposition in Indianapolis.Chang moved from South Koreato the United States with her fatherand brother when she was 14. A thattime she had no interest in art, butduring her sophomore year shesigned up for a photography classand found [her] talent. 5^ ^She continued to pursue art bysigning up for various art classes atSouth from photography to graphicdesign. My favorite thing to do ispatterns, said Chang, who usedphotographer Da Hyestic ability throughdepartment.simple photos and images to makeeye-catching designs.Chang still made yearly visits toSouth Korea to visit her mother, whoworks in the movie industry there.During the summer before her senioryear, Chang visited an art school inSouth Korea where she continued towork on her art. The school brought ina different model every week and thestudents would draw them with anytechnique they wanted, from paintingto sketching. Charcoal is my favoritething to draw with because it blends sowell and can look realistic, Changsaid.Several months later, Changcreated her website, aliveartist.com, sothat her work could be viewed online.-AMON FOWLERvtfc.*tsawutc)inspirationSouth students share what gives theminspiration to create works of art.Ms. Jennings and my girlfriend,Chloe Neuschwanger, and mymom because she majored inphotography. Also music becauseits a big part of my life.— sophmore Ryan ConnellyWF!XInteresting blogs or looking atamateur photography. A lot of thetimes sharing ideas with friendshelps.— sophomore Emile BrandonI often create my owncharacters by basing them off ofcharacters in video games,books, etcetera. Its interestingto see what happens when I mixand match them.— senior Jeffrey McCordhonored atSenior Zachary Feltssphotography washonored after winning a national award.Before senior Zachary Felts won anational Scholastic Art Award forhis photographic print, he was notaware that the winning imagestood out among his body of work.Looking back now its the best butat the time I didnt realize it. Idseen it so much it didnt seemquite as interesting, Felts said.The print won Felts a silver medaland certificate to be presented tohim at Carnegie Hall in New York.Felts planned on entering thephoto (along with a second imageand a clay model camera) intoanother art contest with thepotential of sending him on a tripto Hong Kong.- CAITLIN ADAMS
Source:	http://cdm17129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hs-bloomsouth/id/8316
Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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