Artists ranging from elementary to high school students will have their artwork displayed in the cafeteria on March 1 from 6-7:30 pm.

“The district art show is truly just a showcase of work so there will be art work on display in the display cases and also on professional panels,” Kristen LaJeunesse, art teacher, said. “There will also be collaborative drawings. We have these doodle boards for high school, middle school, or elementary [so they] can all work on a collaborative drawing together.”

The event will also feature a photobooth. The photos from the photobooth will be uploaded to twitter to help show the intergenerational community that art can hold. This couldn’t help create interest towards this event for next year by showing age diversity and that everyone can try to be an artist or appreciate art, LaJeunesse said.

“I think that any art show within the district is extremely important because it represents the art community and the more creative side of people,” Grace Bejnarowicz, junior art student, said. “I feel that tends to be forgotten or lost among the matters that people find more pressing, such as academics. I think the arts are just as important as the core classes. I think that everyone should encouraged to at least take one art class to help develop that side of their brain because working both sides of your brain for more balance, [which] in turn, will lead to a more successful person.”

Balance and success is exactly what organizers hope to encourage through the event.

“[This art show] means a lot to me because I used to teach art at the elementary level and I saw the excitement and then the pride that a student has in displaying their work, and now I get to see it at every level,” LaJeunesse said. “We district art teachers make sure all of the work is displayed together so there may be a first graders’ painting next to a seventh graders’ photograph next to a seniors’ mixed media piece. To me, there is something very very special about that.”

Everyone’s artwork is respected equally in this show and can help inspire young students to continue with their craft through high school, according to LaJeunesse.

“I would encourage everyone to stop by the show,” Bejnarowicz said. “There are some extremely under-appreciated artists in our school district and I think that by stopping by to see what they’ve been doing is a nice way to spend the night. We need a little more appreciation for what is typically not in the forefront: that being art and the work that goes on behind it.”