Advanced studio art students are painting on school walls after gaining permission from administration. As part of a February assignment, art teacher Jelena Robbins is having her advanced art class paint Egyptian art on the walls. 

“It’s a great outlook for creativity and allows us to express artistic freedom in a way that is more permanent than just a random canvas on the wall,” senior Noah Horne said.

Horne created his piece, “The Eye of Horus,” based on a previous assignment. Horne said painting on the walls was challenging because it would be difficult to fix if he messed up. He said he was still excited to gain permission to contribute something that will have a long-lasting effect on the school.  

“I think it’ll make it a lot more cheerful and sort of artistic because you can see these works of art that past students have done and you can be inspired by them,” Horne said. 

“Just like the ceiling tiles made it feel more like [an] art classroom,” Menendez said. “I feel that the walls will also have the same effect by not only having like our own roof, but having it literally all around you so it further shows this is the art classroom and that’s what we do here, and it’s like everywhere.”

Robbins said she has wanted to do this for years and was excited for her students to have a hands-on experience. 

“I think it’s more of an impact than just reading about it in a book or hearing about it from me or seeing a PowerPoint or doing it on a piece of paper,” Robbins said. 

Robbins said she believes her advanced art class was ready to paint on walls. Compared to her other classes, she chose this one because it is her smallest class and she has very little wall space. For the future, she said she wants to have the resources to do similar projects with more of her students. 

“I think it’s neat to leave a mark of your creativity behind for future students to see,” Robbins said. 

By Mili Patel