From January 17th through February 8th, Arapahoe Community College hosted the Littleton Public Schools Art Show, featuring the art of many LHS students.
Fourteen students had their artwork in the show, including Henry Menges, Natalie Leuker, Erin Koverman, Hayden Hopkins, Aliya Hoffman, Charlie Craver, Juan Lopez Villa, Lilyanna Ruybal, Bahana Darwesh, Sofie Anthematten, Kalli Lucas, Ruby San, Reagan O’Connor, and Julia Luzietti.
Junior Hayden Hopkins not only had a painting in the show, but also won a scholastic art award earlier in the year. Hopkins shares her inspiration for her paintings.
“A place that I really loved, it inspired me in the moment so I decided to honor that by painting it,” said Hopkins.
For Hopkins, sharing art with others is just as important as its personal value.
“It’s important to me to be able to share things with other people. I like that I can take something that I care about and share it with others,” said Hopkins.
Senior Erin Koverman submitted a sculpture of a fish head on a human body to the art show. Koverman says she was inspired by drawings of others, as well as a desire to create something humorous.
“We had to do it based on a drawing that someone else did. I think I was inspired by the silliness of him, I wanted him to be a little goofy,” said Koverman.
Koverman shares why this particular project was an important endeavor for her.
“It’s special because I usually don’t do a lot of soft sculptures, I usually paint. It’s validating to have this new thing in the show,” said Koverman.
Freshman Julia Luzietti was influenced by her art teacher, Mrs. Verbos, to submit one of her drawings to the show. Luzietti’s drawing inspired by Einstein’s space-time theory, which is often represented by a loaf of bread.
“There’s this theory of Einstein’s called the space-time theory. It’s basically a way of visualizing space time. Depending on how you’re moving in relation to each other you see each other differently. The theory is usually visualized as a loaf of bread. Depending on your perspective, you cut different slices of the bread and that’s what you see of the universe,” said Luzietti.
Come view the artwork of talented students across Littleton Public Schools at the show’s closing reception on Thursday, February 8th from 5-7pm.
Cover photo courtesy of Hayden Hopkins
