Painting the woman in red

Posted on March 2, 2010
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Written by Jordan Aman, Staff Writer

At 27 years old, San Francisco native Silvia Ji has created a blend of intensity and beauty that is both provocative and macabre. Through her highly technical work, Ji creates an emotion in the faces of her subjects that makes the... Read more »

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Artist in the spotlight: Jay Levanthal

Posted on March 2, 2010
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Written by Jordan Aman, Staff Writer

Senior Jay Leventhal is a spunky artist who is currently enrolled in the IB Visual Arts program. She has created her IB portfolio around the theme of reduce, recycle and reuse. Much of Leventhal’s work is created using old cardboard... Read more »

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Musician Spotlight: Gwen Levey

Posted on February 18, 2010
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Written by Aishwarya Venkat, In-Depth editor

With a pink scarf imprinted with black musical notes, and a wooden acoustic guitar named Iggy, freshman Gwen Levey is one of the most recent musicians in AHS’s vibrant music scene. Independent, confident, and melodic, her songs... Read more »

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Is photography still an art?

Posted on January 28, 2010
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Written by Katie Masters, Staff Writer

Is photography still an art form or has its accessibility undermined its status as a serious study? A question posed in a recent article in the Washington Post spurned a wave of discussion throughout the artistic world, with photographers... Read more »

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Art with a lasting effect

Posted on January 20, 2010
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Written by Jane Aman, Arts Editor

It’s an art form set on an unusual canvas. The canvas may have different hues, textures and is ever-changing. That canvas is skin.Body art, or more commonly, tattoos, is a form of expression that has become increasingly commonplace... Read more »

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The art of movement

Posted on November 19, 2009
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Written by Katie Masters, Staff Writer

  Dance has been present in human society since primitive man, producing an outlet for religious ceremonies, creative experimentation, and the pure joy of expression through physical movement. As long-time dancer Deanna Epley puts... Read more »

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Artist in the spotlight

Posted on November 19, 2009
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Written by Jordan Aman, Staff Writer

Senior Anna Lynch is one of many AHS artists currently enrolled in IB Photography. Her porfolio theme for IB is “fashion photography” making fashion the main focus in her works. However, Lynch’s work outside of her theme (as... Read more »

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Reinventing modern photography

Posted on November 19, 2009
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Written by Jordan Aman, Staff Writer

Alex Prager is an artist with a unique taste for the unusual. Prager uses bright colors to intensify her somewhat controversial topics. Her bubblegum, candy shop, pinup girl approach is a product of Prager’s experimentation with... Read more »

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