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My name is Alexis! I'm a grade 10 student at Sacred Heart Catholic Highschool and an art lover! My main art discipline is dance, however I enjoy doing visual arts as well. Please enjoy my portfolio and remember I'm always adding to it as it's a work in progress.

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This is an art piece I created for my religion art cpt. This is a video of how I coloured a drawing I made with the theme "Jesus of the Pandemic." It was my first time doing colouring digitally so it's messy, but I'm proud of myself for trying something new and stepping out of my comfort zone. This piece includes an image of Jesus wearing a mask, as well as the covid virus behind him, and a gray background. This symbolizes how covid takes a toll on everyone's life no matter who you are. It is a gray and depressing world outside and this is a call for action to wear your masks because even Jesus isn't immune.

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This is an art piece I created on my own time called "Positions and Poses." It shows my main art discipline which is dance and to create this piece I used photography and drawing to create a ballet inspired posed artwork. I decided to take up two pages to fully express myself in this piece. The left side contains photos I took of my friend in various ballet positions and I outlined her body and copied those outlined parts into drawings that I glued over the photos. The right side is more of a free draw page where I also drew ballet posses, but decided not to add photography. My inspiration for this piece was the human body and how it moves in ballet. Ballet has many different positions and poses to fully showcase one's elegance while dancing so I decided to take this interpretation and put it into art.

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How can we use the arts to effect change in the world and bring about a more just world?  Draw upon examples where the arts have been used in the past.  How can religious institutions and/or community organizations make use of artists’ talents to bring awareness to their causes?

Art has an impact on society since it can sway people's minds and establish ideals. Art can be seen as a form of communication that allows people from many communities, cultures, and countries to communicate with one another through visuals and sounds. Art is frequently used to influence social change in our world and an example where art has been used in the past to demonstrate this is at churches. Many churches use visual art pieces to visually communicate stories of God and they also use many songs to verbally communicate. Many religious institutions and community organizations can make use of artist's talents by collaborating with them to create pieces that demonstrate both sides' core beliefs and values which will bring awareness to their causes.

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This is a poem I created for my religion art cpt. It features references to the stages of the cross as well as other historical events that were significant to Jesus. I also created the drawing of Jesus in the background, however the flowers were pre-made not drawn by me.

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Historical Jesus The son of God, sent down from the Heavens Brought to earth teachings of love, hope, and expressions The faith he brought was like a beacon of hope Which filled us with strength, so that we could 

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For this blog post, you can write about a topic of your choice.

My main art discipline is dance, but more specifically ballet. I have been a ballet dancer since I was five years old and decided to pursue it professionally when I reached grade six. In grade five I auditioned for The Canada’s National Ballet School and made it in for the full time program for grade six. There I could extend my knowledge of ballet to the limit as the dance and school schedule were interlaced. I always thought of how amazing the school system there was because you could earn art and physical education credits for doing your mandatory ballet classes everyday! I also enjoyed the smaller class sizes as they were very hands on and helpful with accommodating each student's needs. Going to a ballet school did however take a toll on me. I made lots of amazing friends there but the ballet world doesn’t have room for everyone and it’s a  very competitive school. So competitive that every year they drop students. The rules there were strict as it was an elite private school and to top everything off the school was in Toronto so I lived on campus there away from my parents. Living away from home at grade six to nine was both fun and scary, though I could always go home on weekends and holidays, it was very lonely sometimes. I think I realized I wanted to change my life when the pandemic hit. I wanted to try new things because all my life I spent time there dancing. In the end I left that school and came to Sacred Heart. I wanted to experience a more open school environment where I wasn't always pressured or competing to be the best. This year I am in grade ten and starting a new chapter in my life. I still dance ballet, but no one should ever feel stuck in one place their whole life. Plus it’s always fun to try new things!