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Student: Molly Hill

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: I created a ceramic wall hanging. It is inspired by my love for nature, flowers in particular. I find it really peaceful being in nature breathing in the fresh air. I think flowers are beautiful. I love the scent that they produce. I like how they come in different shapes and colors. The phrase “I love you,” is creating a positive reflection for flowers.

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Student: Audrey Tan

District:    Pullman

School:     Pullman High School

Medium:  Digital

Inspiration: For the longest time, I felt ashamed of my Chinese culture and heritage as it was often mocked. Over time, I’ve grown to be more confident and see the beauty in my heritage. The clothing and her determined look portray my newfound pride in my culture. The lighting symbolizes blood, signifies that no matter how much people try to drag the girl or her heritage down, she will rise and remain strong.

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Student: Azmi Mawas

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

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Student: Nolan Orndorff

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

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Student: Dylan Schauble

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

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Student: Riley Krumbah

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

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Student: Mia Wallace

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

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Student: Charlene Garcia

District:    Wellpinit School District

School:     Wellpinit High School

Medium:  Acrylic Paint

Inspiration: What inspired me to paint what I painted was my family. It is a photo of us when we were younger. I painted it on a table surrounded by the things I loved when I was a kid. When I was a kid, I was at my happiest, I wanted to capture one of the happiest moments from my childhood. When my grandpa visited us for the last time. It's now only a memory from my childhood.

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Student: Jillian Davis

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramics

Inspiration: I wanted to combine my passion for ecology and ceramics to recreate habitats. My artistic process is combining throwing methods and sculpting techniques with an emphasis on texture and contrast. My goal is to pull the viewer in by using vibrant glaze color schemes that help show movement and tell a story about each animal in their individual environment.

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Student: Addison Johnson

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: Dedicated to my mom, who adorned Christmas with villages, my piece reflects her inspiration. It captures not just her festive villages but also our home and garden. Her unique touch fuels my artistry, aspiring to infuse nature's beauty into my creations, mirroring her impact on our home.

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Student: Addison Romey

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramic

Inspiration: This piece is a take on the fountain of youth and the circle of life and is meant to show the beauty and balance of nature. I wanted to focus on the perfect imperfection and delicacy of our world. Every element of this fountain has been organically added and interacted to emphasis form and the meaning behind life and death. I used glaze to exaggerate realism, not leaving a single piece as a flat hue.

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Student: Tess Fillmore

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: Growing up in a family with lots of medical professionals means anatomy has always fascinated me. Combined with my love of the Percy Jackson books and mythical creatures, building George: the Man was the perfect opportunity for me to visualize one of my favorite characters from the series and improve my understanding of faces and how to make them the most accurate I can.

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Student: Rebecca Gutierrez

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Glazed ceramic vase

Inspiration: Coming from a Hispanic family, I created a Greek inspired shaped vase with influences to Spanish decorative embellishments using vibrant and detailed chili patterns. The drips of black symbolize a cloaking effect Spanish cultures on society and how it creates new forms of living amongst communities.

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Student: Luis Galvan

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Ceramic Clay

Inspiration:

I created a flowing sculpture out of ceramic clay using an almond glaze. My inspiration for the piece was a sculpture entitled the Veiled Lady created by an Italian sculptor by the name of  Giovanna Strazza. I captured the flowing characteristics of the veil by letting my fingers feel loose to form the shape. The glaze and overall appearance feels almost historical. I am satisfied with the project.

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Student: Jovana Nozinic

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Digital ( ibisPaint X and Procreate)

Inspiration: The concept of death has left me with a lingering thought, ushering me to create a visual representation through my original character, Aina, as she heads into it herself. Throughout the piece, the colors shown as versions of herself goes through each stage.  With acceptance, she is presented in full colors, signifying the end of the grieving process.

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Student: Sophia Braddock

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramics

Inspiration: I love to sculpt off of wheel functional thrown pieces, so this set spoke to my creative process. My favorite things to sculpt with clay are monsters because they can be all sorts of interesting forms, and emotions can be portrayed so strongly on their faces. I enjoy giving each of my creatures a back story that expresses my creativity and gives the viewers something to connect to.

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Student: Brooklyn Hurley

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: My piece entitled, 秋 (Autumn), is a platter with fall leaf prints. I collected them from the Japanese gardens, when doing a photoshoot for my sweet 16. I have always thought Japanese scenery was alluring. Fall gives me a sense of inspiration with scents, colors of the trees, and baking. My favorite thing to bake is my great grandma’s cinnamon sugar coffee cake. The platter now holds the memories.

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Student: Jadynn Price

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramics

Inspiration: I created a series of four vases that tell a story, each one with a pictorial window representing a moment in time. I chose to use my own calligraphy while carving the poem to help personalize the meaning behind this piece. The final step was using a variety of glazing techniques to bring the composition of all four forms together and show movement and unity within the story being told to the viewer.

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Student: Sienna Simpson

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramic

Inspiration: This piece was inspired by a home that I had seen once and dreamed about living in. I like my art to have some form of functionality, this piece is an incense burner. I used slab building methods and included a hollow chimney so the incense smoke could come out. I wanted it to look lifelike and whimsical. I wanted some sort of texture or decoration that the glaze could emphasize the tactile imagery.

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Student: Olivia Kneese

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Ceramics/Pottery

Inspiration: My love for cars started with my father’s purple Honda, that i drive now. I find ceramics a way to focus on the parts and immortalize my love for cars.

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Student: Zachary Higgins

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: I created a sculpture mimicking female anatomy. I've always been interested in the composition of the human body and using clay allows me the ability to express that. I chose a neutral glaze so the eye would travel to the form, instead of the color. The whole thing came to life.

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Student: Hadlee Zuercher

District:    Pullman

School:     Pullman High School

Medium:  Ceramic & Mixed Mediums

Inspiration: When you look at this piece you see a woman being consumed by overgrowth, mushrooms, and moss; feeling buried. But that's just the surface. This shows you can choose what you surround yourself with and be one with it. She's down to earth and one with the world, embracing herself.

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Student: Annika Palmer

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Ceramic

Inspiration: My piece of art is a eggshell-white plant pot with bubbles on the outside. This ceramic vessel was made through hours of carving, slipping, and scoring individual balls of clay of which were cut in half onto a slab of clay that I then put together a pot with. This pot was crafted for one of my best friends as a Christmas gift to hold precious flowers.

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Student: Marilyn Price

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

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Student: Rae Whitney

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramic

Inspiration: My inspirations came from an old wax melter that has been in my house for as long as I can remember. I wanted the holes to represent nature so I made sure to cut out pieces that looked like plants and flowers. I illustrated a scene on the back of my snail to depict the collaboration of elements; moss growing on rocks, nurse logs, and little monsters living in acorns.

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Student: Aliese Henneberg

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Inspiration: I created this piece over about a month, it is easily the most complex piece I have made. I loved how I was able to not only be creative with the clay, but also the glazing with this piece and how that all was able to come together.

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Student: Mia Clinard

District:    PRIDE Schools

School:     Innovation High School

Medium:  Color Pencils and Cotton Tips for Blending

Inspiration: This is a piece that we as humans hurt our world. We are poisonous and what we do affects the environment. This art shows poison ivy in our body. We should give back what earth made in the first place.

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Student: Amanda Moffat

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramics

Inspiration: Fluidity represents changes and paths in life. I showed organic shaping in a typically structural piece to express stages of life. The changes in size and shape give each vase its own identification and individualism but also as one to show the importance of a bigger picture. Making them fit together represents that even in different stages of life they all flow together to create the person you are.

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Student: Cecily Johns

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Pottery

Inspiration: This piece of art was inspired by my pet cat who passed about a year and a half ago. I wanted to create something to remember her by that portrayed her beauty and gentle personality. I decided on lots of colors and pastels to represent how I think she saw the world. In her eyes, I believe that she never saw any bad.

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Student: Korynn Roberts

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Ceramics

Inspiration: My artwork features a whale gliding through the sky, cradling the moon on its back through a sea of cotton-candy clouds. This ceramic slate is crafted through hours of carving tiny strokes to give a layered look to the sky, which enhances the colors of an implied setting sun. The star of this piece, the whale, represents sea life as a whole, and their endangerment, hence, "The Upward Journey".

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Student: Alaina Asan

District:    Spokane

School:     Joel E. Ferris High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: This project has easily become one of my favorites I’ve done during our first semester of school. I loved the details I was able to put into the pieces and into the board. The cohesiveness of the design is one of my favorite aspects; the cheese pieces matching the board and the theme of mice and cheese. Over all I believe this piece is cute, usable, and portrays my love for small details and color

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Student: Claire Bresko

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Pottery

Inspiration: Is it perfect? No. Are there cracks and chips? Yes. Just as there are cracks in the walls and chips in the paint of your own home. Is life defined by the material items we own? Or is there more beyond the walls of the place I call home?

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Student: Lilly Sotin

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Clay and Glaze

Inspiration: Dragon, once in a chest, sought change. Still greedy, it perched atop, embracing openness. Treasure now holds all loved things. I crafted it to mirror our attachment to material joys, like a dragon's love. Like the fiery yet tender dragon, my personality too unfolds.

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Student: Evelyn Cobb

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: In my creation of Binx, I was inspired by holidays around fall. The black cat was used by inspiration of texture and it’s innate experience with fall weather.

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Student: Zay Stewart

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Pottery

Inspiration: I had the idea to make a starfish but covered in eyes, like how an octopus has suckers on its tentacles. I started with that concept and went with wherever it would take me. I love making weird or unsettling art, it's fun.

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Student: Rachel Carpenter

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Ceramic

Inspiration: I created a ceramic box that has a vampire inside. The top consists of circular patterns that I created with underglaze. The Nightmare Before Christmas movie was my main inspiration. I used dark neutral colors similar to the movie. I wanted to create a whimsical piece that made me think of how through hard times of feeling lost in this world, there will always be someone that has your back.

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Student: Megan Price

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: My art piece is a ceramic sea turtle brought to life through the sculpting of detail, texture and balance. This was a long and tedious process. Through this, a deeper meaning was revealed. In life, the effort we add can seem small and meaningless. When we step back, we see how the colors and shapes tie together. Our art reveals the true beauty of our lives.

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Student: Rahni Greene

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Pottery

Inspiration: Late fall 2023, inspired by a recent anatomy lesson, I crafted a replica of the human heart. Fascinated by cardiology, my dream is to become a dedicated cardiac surgeon. This heartfelt creation is a belated gift to my science teacher, a beacon of knowledge and inspiration in my life. She deserves to know the profound impact she's had on my journey as a student and aspiring surgeon.

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Student: Finley West

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: This is a ceramic mug made in the shape of a lovely robot named BMO. He comes from a show called Adventure Time, and he loves to talk to his reflection named “Football.” I think BMO may be immortal, because there are many times when he is fully submerged in water, and ends up just fine. BMO always comes back.

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Student: Savannah Born

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: When each person has the opportunity to make a choice, they also contribute to their path, their own road. Good or bad, all decisions will affect the rest of their lives. They are all important, and will contribute to an endless time. The earthy tones represent the different paths that each person will take, and the teal color represents the wonderful surprises that are discovered along the way.

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Student: Maryrose Kilei

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Ceramic clay

Inspiration: My piece is a bunny ceramic mug. As a little girl,  bunnies have always been my admiration; the way they look, feel, and live. When I think back to my childhood, stuffed bunnies appear. Stepping into ceramics is like stepping into old times when I was a child. Making this mug was like reliving my childhood.

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Student: Juliana Lozko

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: From Below, my clay slab-box, fuses my love for the ocean and art. Sculpted, carved, and adorned, it embodies the mysteries and beauty in both. This creation, named after its inspiration, reveals my profound connection to what I love, showcasing my passions and captivation.

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Student: Marcus Mitchell

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Clay and Glaze

Inspiration: This piece represents the beautiful creatures of tropical islands and how the Island is reflected in their beauty. I was excited to create this piece for the exhibit and glazed the piece to have the shell represent the water that the turtles live in.

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Student: Brianna Crane

District:    Spokane

School:     Joel E. Ferris High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: Clay shoes with white black and red acrylic paint.

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Student: Navy Caldwell

District:    Spokane

School:     Joel E. Ferris High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: The piece submitted was a work made of evenly rolled out coils stacked up one by one & smoothed after each coil. The goal was to eliminate all marks of the coil lines & end the process with a small, sturdy & spherical or oval shaped vase. I then painted the vase with a colored slip & carved out my design.

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Student: Morgan Weathers

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: My Flower Jewelry Catcher is a green dish with pink and purple flowers that has a center ring where rings and earrings can be placed.  It is a functional piece of art that can be used to store miscellaneous jewelry. Wearing jewelry is a fun form of self expression, so why not creatively store it!

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Student: Clara Kardonsky

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: Sentimental sculpture: swam in the Great Barrier Reef at 7 and 8, sparking my passion for marine life and conservation. Depicts ocean beauty, raising awareness about global coral reef decline and its impact on marine and human lives.

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Student: Brooklynn Park

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Ceramic/Mixed Media

Inspiration: I am intrigued with unique items. The body anatomy is a challenge. I wanted to see what I could develop. Bringing multiple materials together, I created a unique piece to look at and is also functional.

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Student: Rowan Agnew

District:    Central Valley

School:     Mica Peak High School

Medium:  Acrylic and String

Inspiration: I feel my thoughts form outside of my own body, my muscles moving at their own will. Never feeling whole, but as a part of me, the rest of me residing in touch. This piece was created with the pursuit of visually showing that feeling. That emotion I feel almost all too often. There, but not quite.

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Student: Elise Osmun

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramics

Inspiration: I created these mid-evil themed bookends because I wanted to combine my passion for 3D art with my love for fantasy literature. I carved each stone in order to accentuate the imperfect beauty of mid-evil architecture. By adding overgrowth, the piece embraces the feeling of being connected to something timeless.

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Student: Nathaniel Poshusta

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: I’ve been bending cans like this for 3 years and wanted to recreate it in clay and paint it as an Arizona iced tea can. I want to try and create different bent designs for future cans.

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Student: Addison McGee

District:    Central Valley

School:     Mica Peak High School

Medium:  Glass

Inspiration: I have loved lions all my life, they are my favorite animal, so I made one out of glass for a mosaic art project.

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Student: Josiah Lathem

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Clay

Inspiration: My ceramic set was thrown on the wheel. It took me a long time to finish the set because I didn’t know what type of glaze. Two months of procrastinating, I finally chose shiny black and Malachite. After I fired the set the first time, I didn't like how it came. I added several more layers of black until I got what I was looking for. Loving my new piece! Finally, I finished my set Procrastination.

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Student: Ben Hampton

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Clay and Glaze

Inspiration: I dove into the fascinating world of colorblindness because I am colorblind. Through my vase, I aimed to capture the essence of this condition, where perception diverges from the norm. Mixing and matching colors, I explored how individuals experience the world in unique ways. The landscape on my vase reflects the journey of adaptation and resilience, symbolizing the triumph over obstacles.

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Student: Zoe Monroe Tapia

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Cone 6 Clay, Fabric, Wire, Wood

Inspiration: My sculpture is based on Tupac Amaru II, the son of the last Inca who was the leader of the biggest rebellion in Spanish-American History. This sculpture represents his death being pulled apart by 4 horses by the conquistadores. When sculpting I intentionally separated his arms. The gold painted cracks represent his honor and symbolize the reason of his execution, the Spanish quest for gold.

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Student: Jordyn Williams

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramics

Inspiration: This piece is a way for me to express my culture. I found inspiration from my family in Hawaii, originally from Western Samoa. I used earthy colors to emphasize the relief carving and to exaggerate textures that connect each one to nature. Greens and browns for the land and the life, blue for water and sky, and red for fire and lava. The facial features express wild emotions providing the backstory.

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Student: Finley Sicilia

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ceramic

Inspiration: I draw inspiration from my surroundings and bring them to life three-dimensionally. The focus of this piece is realism which I developed through the use of texture and form with the addition of glaze to emphasize important aspects of each piece and further develop contrast and balance within the composition. My goal was for the viewer to be enraptured by the nostalgia of their childhood dreams and imagination.

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Student: Sophia Gwynne

District:    Pullman

School:     Pullman High School

Medium:  Acrylic Paint & Mixed Collage

Inspiration: This piece may represent many different things, but the artist’s intention is to portray the journey of growing a healthy self-esteem and recovering from a negative mindset.

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Student: Annaka Hansen

District:    West Valley

School:     West Valley High School

Medium:  Acrylic Paint

Inspiration: My painting “The Gathering at the Willow Tree” is a piece that has taken my love of historical art and fantasy and combined them into my biggest piece yet. I’ve always loved renaissance art and incorporated that style into my own painting while still adding my own style.

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Student: Olivia Norton

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

Medium:  Acrylic Paint and Oil Pastels

Inspiration: My work displays the outer beauty of the world, nature and color, through a perspective in which we are one with the world. I have found it is easy for people, like myself, to ignore or forget that we are connected to nature more than one thinks. My work represents a reminder to not take advantage of the exquisite beauty around us.

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Student: Sonja Baumgart

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Acrylic

Inspiration: Sometimes it's better to reach out.

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Student: Ellis Benson

District:    Spokane

School:     Lewis and Clark High School

Medium:  Oil

Inspiration: I made this piece in an effort to explore post-impressionist portrait making techniques and styles. I kept the brushstrokes loose and fast in order to achieve that. I created this piece on a snow day, painting over a previous portrait in the process.

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Student: Lilia Tarasiuk

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Medium

Inspiration: For me art is sharing my creativity with others, expressing my emotions and inspiring people with my art. My goals for the future are to come up with ideas even more and more beautifully .

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Student: Zoe Sherman

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Acrylic

Inspiration: This painting is a visual representation of victim blaming. I used the story of Medusa's beheading to depict how truly agonizing the feeling of victim blaming is. She was never the monster as is often wrongfully thought, but was the victim who was never able to find peace. I want this artwork to provoke viewers to learn more about the story of Medusa and victim blaming in society.

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Student: Katie Gelhausen

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Acrylic

Inspiration: When I paint, I can feel the canvas telling me what to create. I hear soft little songs of the brilliance they could be. I use acrylic paint occasionally watered down to create an opaque look. My art represents the vibrancy and beauty of our natural world, and I like to leave the meaning vague so people can create personal relationships with my art.

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Student: Majik Wasson

District:    PRIDE Schools

School:     Innovation High School

Medium:  Acrylic

Inspiration: This piece depicts a person being pulled into darkness by their own mind. the hands representing their thoughts, dragging them to a place where only the judgements of others matters. In the pupil, you can see the light of a hand that is reaching down to help. this can represent anyone, it is the relief that you feel when you finally get a gasp of air after being submerged.

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Student: James Domitrovich

District:    PRIDE Schools

School:     Innovation High School

Medium:  Acrylic on Canvas/Colored Pencil

Inspiration: This art represents the ways in which the world is broken, the cubes represent the groups that people divide themselves into and how they eventually breakdown. The vines represent the thin twine that hold us together in common social agreements and connections.

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Student: Quinn Troye

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Jelly Gouache

Inspiration: This painting is meant to represent America’s consumerism personified. The girl depicts American beauty ideals resigned within the Americana aesthetic. The mix of her pin waves, heart sunglasses, and Coco-Cola bottle in hand gives the painting a vintage feel, along with slightly diluted colors. The Coca-Cola bottle represents the capitalistic grip major brands hold on the American people.

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Student: Matt Jarvis

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Watercolor, Marker

Inspiration: Ego Death represents the vulnerabilities, beauty, and sudden awareness a person gains when they look through an unbiased lens. The individual experiences an ego death and can see right and color in all sides and perspectives in a world that people usually like to paint as black and white and simple.

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Student: Allison Warner

District:    Kettle Falls

School:     Kettle Falls High School

Medium:  Oil and Acrylic Paint

Inspiration: I aimed to capture the stillness in the loss of our loved ones, the moments we question if they're really gone. Painted with oil and acrylic paints to create a contrasting dynamic where the background is more muted and the foreground is saturated. Devotion is about holding onto someone that isn't there and faith that they might come back

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Student: Ariel Cline

District:    Central Valley

School:     Ridgeline High School

Medium:  Canvas and Water-based Tube Paints

Inspiration: This art was made for a project about de'via, it’s made to portray how being deaf can affect school and work relationships, and how ASL seems distracting or looked down upon in social situations. The subject feels like no one can see them past their communication barrier, and they’re a walking distraction, Thus the hand for a face.

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Student: Mia Ressa

District:    Spokane

School:     Lewis and Clark High School

Medium:  Acrylic Paint

Inspiration: In this piece I wanted to express the relationship between humans and the environment. The hand reaching out of the bushes symbolizes what nature provides for humans with and the match symbolizes how we abuse that relationship. I wanted to have greenery surrounding the figure to show how nature is all around and that eventually the flame will catch on and spread.

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Student: Rowan Jeske

District:    Spokane

School:     Lewis and Clark High School

Medium:  Watercolor on watercolor paper

Inspiration: I wanted to explore a different style with this work, looking into what the subject could be seeing, how everyone's perspectives are different and how imagination is limitless.

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Student: Renaee Spearchief

District:    Wellpinit

School:     Wellpinit High School

Medium:  Print

Inspiration: This photo reminds me of an old-school toy like back in the 1990’s. I used dish soup in a bowl with water to take this photo; we had a straw, we blew bubbles, used a light source, and took as many photos as possible

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Student: Beau Pratt

District:    East Valley

School:     East Valley High School

Medium:  Photography

Inspiration: Photography allows us to translate to others what we can not translate with words. This particular photograph has several factors contributing to it and is beyond words. The dark terrain, the reflections on the water, the clouds around the sun. All beautiful aspects that add to the brilliance of nature photography.

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Student: Martin Schulz

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Digital Photography

Inspiration: This photo is a still-life arrangement in my bedroom. The quality of the light cast on these favorite items of mine captured my attention. I love that the red line on the wall, yellow on the photo frame and lamp, and blue pin on the frame create a triadic color scheme but that the rest of the photo is very neutral. Also depicted in this still life is a self-portrait photo of my girlfriend and I.

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Student: Sara Suprise

District:    East Valley

School:     East Valley High School

Medium:  Photography

Inspiration: Soccer is life. A long, tiring game of keeping the ball between your feet. You run back and forth, you slide, you dive, but you will find your chance to shoot your shot. Like soccer, life takes practice. Your ball will be taken, you will be knocked over, but you get back up, and you keep running. Sometimes you'll miss, sometimes you'll score, but someone that never gives up is hard to beat.

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Student: Macy Moore

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Acrylic- Oil pastel- Embroidery thread

Inspiration: Jealousy is a strong force that can leave two people feeling conflicting emotions. One person may feel upset, while the other is confident, and rather prideful. I chose tigers to symbolize the beauty and complexity of this human emotion. The lives of others can seem so much better and brighter than ours, but we all come from different stories and have different, great things about us.

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Student: Alex Agius

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Oil

Inspiration: I've always been interested in art and plan to incorporate it in my job when I get older. A big part of art that I enjoy is learning, there's never a limit to what or how much you can learn.

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Student: Daimon Duran

District:    East Valley

School:     East Valley High School

Medium:  Photography

Inspiration: A moment of pure bliss and connection with nature. The vast expanse of beach and open sky create a serene backdrop, inviting us to pause and reflect on the beauty of the world around us. The image evokes a feeling of freedom and the joy of embracing infinite possibilities that life has to offer. Serving as a gentle reminder to appreciate the simple joys and find solace in the natural world.

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Student: Joseph Dittrich

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Digital Photography

Inspiration: This photo is of my Subaru Legacy Outback, I had just washed the car that morning and left early to attempt to capture a good sunrise photo with it. I had an idea to try and make it look like it was hovering so I took a photo of the landscape to use. With Photoshop I made body lines and reflections to achieve a convincing photo of a hovering car while still keeping close to the original picture.

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Student: Art Wojcinski

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Digital Photography

Inspiration: I have made a triptych using 3 of my photos taken from various points around the United States. The photos depict a traveling family vacation on a warm summer day in the Texas area and western Washington. I was compelled to take these images because I saw a composition that I will only ever see once and I wanted to capture the moment and feeling to share to others.

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Student: Sophia Womack

District:    Pullman

School:     Pullman High School

Medium:  Oil Pastel and Watercolor

Inspiration: Through the vibrancy of oil pastel and watercolor my piece portrays the energy of euphoria. The goal of this piece is for the viewer to understand and relate to the expression of the figure, the way it conveys the clash and entwinement between intensity and calmness, and the fervent feeling and experience of euphoria through my color choices and artistic techniques.

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Student: Tianyi Chen

District:    Pullman

School:     Pullman High School

Medium:  Acrylic Paint

Inspiration: The female body is dictated by many things – religion, men, and society’s watchful eye. This surrealist piece is intended to critique the many standards placed on what a woman’s body should be, while calling attention to its roots in nature. The viewer should take away personal reflection from this jarring image on what they define as WOMAN.

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Student: Aly Vanderpool

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Oil Pastel, Colored Paper, on Cardboard

Inspiration: No Peeking centers around the idea of feeling trapped. The unsettling colors and jarring perspective serve to emulate the feeling of displacement. The subject is seeking help whilst simultaneously trying to keep the viewer from seeing what is behind. I created this piece based on a month of my life in 2023 when my home became a hostile environment as my parents were months away from a divorce.

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Student: Leilani Moses

District:    Wellpinit

School:     Wellpinit High School

Medium:  Print

Inspiration: This picture was taken by an iPhone. This cats name is Kiki, she loves looking into the mirror. This is the first time I caught her on camera.

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Student: Lily Stefanski

District:    Wellpinit

School:     Wellpinit High School

Medium:  Print

Inspiration: This photograph shows the cute, fun, lovable side of pigs. I made it black and white because it really brings out the bubble, and makes the pig more vibrant.

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Student: Shayla Grant

District:    Wellpinit

School:     Wellpinit High School

Medium:  Print

Inspiration: This picture is a representation of the gloomy state of weather on my reservation of the Spokane tribe. This picture also represents the calmness that can come from such a place.

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Student: Annabella Everano

District:    Central Valley

School:     Central Valley High School

Medium:  Acrylic Paint and Chalk Paint Pens

Inspiration: My piece is about my father when he calls. He has been in and out of my life and I used to think it wasn't affecting me in any way. I was wrong. My mom actually made me realize that I've been walking around with a chip on my shoulder, bringing out this hatred and distrust in men. I was completely unaware of it. My SI investigation is my self-awareness of what i'm feeling because sometimes I don't say it.

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Student: Serendipity Gooley

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Colored Pencil

Inspiration: This piece depicts the three pet rats I had in my elementary school years. Living in an apartment at the time, these rodents were the only acceptable pets. Rats don't live too long however I used the soft blending and light colored pencils to remember them and their eccentric personalities.

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Student: Emily Johnson

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

Medium:  Watercolor

Inspiration:

I love the seasons and the beauty of each one.

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Student: Eleanor Artemov

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

Medium:  Acrylic paint

Inspiration: I do art because it makes me feel good, also it is very relaxing.

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Student: Madison Stojevich

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Ink Pen and Colored Pencil

Inspiration: The slaughter of animals for human gain is all around us. This piece explores the killing and marketing of an animal's life. The definition of life and death of this antelope is made clear through the dramatic differences within the life of color and lack thereof. The price tag on the life antelope emphasizes its marketing value before being killed. Both are drawn from direct observation.

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Student: Daniella Zetchov

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Acrylic

Inspiration: This piece features how even in your own bedroom, you can be surrounded by greenery and comfort. The tall city buildings in the background represent that through even the tallest, most intimidating structures, you can find peace in your own way, and in your own space. While making this piece, I tried to incorporate many greens and light yellow shades, that show comfort and a sort of messiness.

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Student: Bee Pope

District:    Reardan-Edwall

School:     Reardan High School

Medium:  Watercolor and Oil Pastel

Inspiration: This project is a collage of my feelings and every piece has been carefully thought out, from the colors, to the subject herself. Red hues of my love bleed into the blues of the world around, and violet blooms here. This is a peace, this is what it means to be undisturbed, our love is violet.

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Student: Hunter White

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

Medium:  Pen

Inspiration: This is meant to be a sort of end of the world event, depicting a humans transformation from being human to being turned into an almost plant-like state as roots start growing from their bodies, and they grow new sets of eyes and teeth, the eyes hemorrhaging, leaving only the irises.

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Student: Mackenzie Davis

District:    Central Valley

School:     University High School

Medium:  Acrylic paint

Inspiration: This is my adorable little kittie!!

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Student: Madison Cannon

District:    Mead

School:     Mt. Spokane High School

Medium:  Gouache and Colored Pencil

Inspiration: This piece demonstrates the light of Christ and letting his love envelope you. The girl in the painting is holding the "golden" light of God and letting it spread all around her, instead of staying lost in the darkness.

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Student: Tiana Storey

District:    Cheney

School:     Cheney High School

Medium:  Colored Pencil

Inspiration: This piece is titled, “Skull”. I used a variety of colored pencil techniques to create the piece. My inspiration was a ceramic sugar skull. I was drawn to the shape. Vibrant colors rather than neutrals were important to me. I wanted it to be eye-catching.  I spent many days working on it.