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I used an image of Gorge Floyd, The American Flag, and a group of fists. I used these
images becauseI tried to send a message to people around the world to know that racism is not
ethical. I did use text to make the images more understandable with words that relate to my
experience as a kid. At least we could end unfortunate tragedies that were provoked by racism. I
want my audience to feel that racism shouldn’t belong here or neither any part of the world. I
stand for what I believe, that racism isn’t ethical to be practiced. That’s what I believe.
-Guadalupe Morales
01/28/2021 Thursday Per.7

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Art as Social Statement_Allison Castillo

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I decided to draw a person who is in need of help because of her color,  wanting equality and believing that black lives matter. I want people to see that voice has no color and they did not choose to be born differently than others . I also decided to add on some touches from history, like the female
is wearing clothes the black slaves used in the past, meaning that they were suffering for a long time, and made the person a female because in the past females did not have the same rights as men. I want people to see that if i don’t see color for equality, so can you. The flag shows that we should keep America more in peace, not start a riot over it, but we also need to show that peace
does not mean quiet as well, we need to speak up on what we disagree on and not make it violent, and not assume someone did a crime without full evidence.

Allison Castillo
8th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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Violet Sheffer-Stevens_Art as Social Commentary

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Artist's Statement - Violet Shefer-Stevens

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Artist's Statement - Violet Shefer-Stevens

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In my art piece, I wanted to depict the number of social injustices that one person can be going through at one time. I wanted to show that somebody can be oppressed in many different ways, and not just one. I chose to use words because I wanted to use phrases that would resonate close to home for some people, and I wanted to make my piece stick out among others. I used mixed media to show texture.

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Art as Social Statement_Zahira Adrianto_P7

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Women’s Rights and Equality
I made art based on what I thought was women’s rights and equality. I included 3 types of women I saw and thought of. I included a Muslim with a hijab, a trans woman, and a powerful black woman. I thought about how Muslims get a lot of hate and have to deal with racism. I realized that a woman (or man) part of the LGBTQ+ face discrimination for loving who they love or if they want to change the way they are. If you see at the top left corner, you can see a pride flag. I put that there to represent the other sexualities. I wanted to represent them as well. I also included a black woman because I wanted them to feel included and represented. I felt that all people deserve to be represented and we all should be treated the same way. This is what I based my art on.

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Camille Hoxworth_Art as Social Statement

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I really wanted to show what is happening in the world. I put color where all the words were because I wanted it to POP. I was hoping that when you look at it your eyes go straight to all the color. I want you to feel what I said with the color and the words. I included the capitol because what happened there was unbelievable and was huge. I also included a quote because I feel we
all need to feel some hope during this time. I made sure to include 'covid' because covid started a year ago and now we finally have a vaccine. Now I included the BIG 2021 because it's a new year and it's time to start over.

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Art as Social Statement_Pria Sharma_Jan2021

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I made the three pieces of art as I did mainly because I feel like a big issue is Racism so my art represented the BLM movement. In my first piece, I included a mask to show a few of the things that happened this year but the overall point I was trying to make was that it doesn't matter what color your skin is, we all have problems that we have to deal with and we are all getting through this together so we should work together.

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For my ‘Art as Social Statement’ piece, I intended for people to see the difference between these two sides because people think they are the same when
each side wants completely different things. The text on the side shows
what people of both sides say. In the art I made was one side with no mask
wearing a Trump hat (which is for the people who refuse to wear masks or
like the people who stormed the capitol, not saying all trump voters don't
wear masks and are like these people this side are for the people that are
like this.) The other side is someone wearing a mask (it’s the side who
voted for BLM and for equality, not the protest from the capitol that was out of
hate and gaining nothing from it).

Hailey Shin
8th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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As you can tell from my drawing, I am against racism. I don’t want anyone to get the wrong idea that I am only against racism toward Mexicans, when I’m not. I am against racism toward any person of color. I added the Mexican flag in the back because I wanted to add something applied to me and that could personalize the drawing. I added text to the drawing to emphasize the racist
things said to hispanics/latinos everyday. I think adding the text added to the meaning of the drawing. The portrait of a young lady’s face is supposed to represent the strength and hispanic/latinos hard work to persevere in this country. I want the audience to feel and understand the hurt of any person of color when looking at my drawing. I want people to understand that racism will continue evolving as we evolve if we do not fight against the stereotypes put against hispanic/latinos.

Nicel Cruz
8th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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Art as Social Statement_Yasmen Quintana_Jan2021

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I call this drawing "Forest of Monsters" because it depicts a person who feels like giving up. I made this in honor of suicide/depression awareness. Not many people like to take this problem seriously but the truth is that mental health is just as important as physical health. In the drawing you can see a girl that is inside a forest of their own monsters/demons. You can see the word ‘alone’ in Japanese and English. It represents all those people who feel like they can't go on anymore and just want to give up on life. But then you can see the light at the end of the forest and the word ‘hope’ also in Japanese and English. It shows that no matter how hard things get and when you feel like you can't go on anymore there will always be hope. Hope for things to get better. So many people struggle with these types of problems in silence so I made this for those people. For the people who feel like they have no one to talk to and that's why I wrote the words "Let's fight our monsters TOGETHER" To signify that they aren't alone and someone is always going to be there for them and that they should keep going no matter what.

Yasmen Quintana
Jan. 25, 2021
Woodland Hills Academy

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This is me in my room and my computer on my desk. In the drawing you can see I'm looking at the computer I also wrote a common saying that is said in most classes it is "Have your camera on". I wanted to communicate how I feel during online class. I love online school because I'm at home but sometimes staring at a computer gets tiring and makes my eyes hurt. In the drawing there is also a door that has cow drawings on it; I would like to paint my door like that soon and in my room there is a fake vine, on my desk is my computer. I have a light pink case and in the drawing you can also see me with my fist on my face that is usually how I sit during class so that explains my drawing. Thank you.

Janell Alford
8th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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Art as Social Statement_Saige Gordon_Jan2021

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I created this piece of art because if someone saw it I would want them to think¨OMG we are actually ruining our world.¨ That's because our world does not deserve this. Iwant the person who sees this to understand this is actually happening and it's not fake.This is actually happening thousands of poor innocent animals die every year and not many people seem to care. That's why people NEED to do something about this. Another thing I tried with the painting was one side to look like before and then after. Like before we ruined it and then after we ruined earth with pollution. Originally the left was going to be the before and the right was going to be the after. But then the right side was starting to look better so I made that the before and the left side after. I really like how it turned out and I also like the explanation behind it. It represents a good problem in our world that we should do something about.

Saige Gordon
8th Grade Student - Woodland Hills Academy

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Art as Social Commentary_W. Brooks_Jan2021

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My “Art as a Social Statement” states that I am in support of “Black Lives Matter.” The fist in the air is the symbol for my statement, and there’s a sign above that says “BLM.” The lightning in the background stands for the anger of BLM supporters who are disgusted by the racist human beings that walk this Earth. The goal of this artwork was to state that we are angry and desire equality.

William Brooks
8th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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The reason I drew this was because i think animals should not be treated badly and they shouldn't be abused .

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The images I used show a BLM protest and a LGBTQ+ protest. I combined these two issues into one art piece because I feel strongly about both issues.The text that I added to my art piece made it obvious what the protesters were making a stand for. I wanted my audience to think about the two issues, wherever their mind takes them when they see my art. I wanted to communicate to my audience that these two issues have really impacted our world, and that these two issues are serious. Overall my art is a symbol to show my support to both issues.

Hailey-Ann Enright
8th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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For my image, I used the black lives matter fist. I drew it with a variety of different skin tones. The reason is that I think that we all should stand up for what is right and never feel the need to stay quiet. In my art, I used text to represent African Americans who have died of police brutality. The names in big letters represent the most devastating and most cruel. For example, George Floyd was in big letters because protests started for his justice.  I wanted to show what I think is right. I wanted to showcase black lives matter because I personally know multiple African Americans. I may not be an African American but I am pretty sure I would be scared and frightened if I could die just for the color of my skin.

Liliana Hernandez
7th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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I wanted the use of text in the image to represent what the rioters were attacking for. They didn’t believe that Mr. Biden won and thought that the votes were rigged and that violence was the answer. I wanted people to see that America is split in two and that one side is thinking the wrong way by thinking that violence is the answer. I wanted people to think about how America is currently broken in half and that we need to try to unite into one whole.

Rafael Rivas Montes
7th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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I drew an eye being stretched out, being forced open. With hooks and sharp needles being poked into it and forcing it to be open and dry out. The iris says "HELP." because, well, they need help. This is my eye, I used pens and markers, I wanted to make it messy, sort of dizzy looking so you would feel the other person's panic and fear. What did I want to communicate? Online school. My eyes, they 're so dry I feel like it's being dried out and being forced to stay open and not close. The headaches and just the overwhelming sense I get. Like no matter how many times I blink it's still dry and there's nothing you can do. I made the pupil small, for two reasons. One, the amount of bright light. Two, the panic. The hand is 'mine' trying to crawl out of this place I feel like I'm stuck in. So, that's my statement. Speaking of eyes, mine are really dry because I've been doing homework for hours. But that's all.

Olivia Givhan
7th Grade - Woodland Hills Academy

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Art as Social Statement_Karla Garcia Fuentes_Jan2021

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My drawing was about Mr. Trump wanting his supporters to attack the capitol.
I drew Mr. Trump's face and on the sides I drew some people wanting to climb a wall to get inside and people yelling for Mr. Trump to be president. I decided to add text because I wanted the person seeing my drawing to know what was actually happening on that day. I wanted the audience to experience the things Mr. Trump would do to make himself the best and make himself president again.
I wanted my audience to feel more aware of what trump does in case they don't know much about him so people can learn from the picture.

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I had a great idea at the start of the assignment and wanted to mainly make use of text to show the difference for me between online school and normal school. I made the text make an impact by really making the person analyzing my art think about not spreading the virus so things might be able to go back to normal and almost everything may be better once more.

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I used a picture of a guy drowning in the water but not noticing the life preserver next to him because he was too busy being mad at the person who pushed him into the water and left. I just came up with the example to illustrate how people sometimes dwell on the past too much and don't get over it to do the best they can in the present. This is a problem because people hold grudges over simple things, people pick fights for ridiculous reasons, and many other things. People are just not being nice to others in general. I did use text because people wouldn't understand if I didn't. If I hadn't used text the picture wouldn't mean really anything, so the text pulled the pieces together I guess you could say. I really could care less about how my audience could feel, I mainly just wanted people to be mindful or at least try to be mindful in the future because the world needs a lot of fixing, I might not be able to fix anything but I could at least entertain the idea. I'm obviously not the best artist but I like to think that I understand what needs to be fixed and how it could be done in the most impactful way even if I can't do it myself.

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In this image I went for a woman/girl falling out of society and sort of into her own world of imagination and happiness. That’s how I feel in quarantine right now. I haven’t really interacted with anyone and so I’ve kind of been building my own world of imagination. It also helps when I’m stressed with the work I get from classes. It helps being able to escape reality for a while.