BY MADDIE BECKER

Staff Writer

Art doesn’t always catch the eye of young students, but the new art installation in the third-floor stairwell has surely made a statement.

Senior Megan Harding created the piece, which she has named “Industrial Devolution.” She explained that the piece has two purposes.

“The garbage can be seen as attacking the tree,” she said. “It’s raising awareness for not only art, but also for environmental issues.”

Harding is using this as not only an art project, but also an English project.

“Dr. (Dan) Harrold assigned a project to find something that I see as a problem and try to fix it, and my art instillation fit perfectly” Harding said.

The problem Harding chose was how to raise art awareness.

“Not many people pay attention to art. I wanted my art to be seen, and I wanted to fix the problem,” Harding said.

Since the instillation has been up, many students have commented on it.

Senior art student Kaylee Waylonis said she was fond of the instillation.

“It makes me wish I would have done one myself,” Waylonis said.

“I’m glad more people are paying attention to the art. As an artist I understand the struggle of trying to make art more noticeable. I’m glad I got to see it,” she said.

The project began as an assignment from James Wodarek, art and design teacher, in which he allowed students to plan how they would make their art come to life.

Wodarek said he would like the artists to make “art off the canvas.”

The students were given a choice whether or not they would like to make their plans “come to life,” and many have accepted that challenge.

“An artist should always be looking to exhibit,” Wodarek said.

Harding’s piece is the third such installation in that stairwell this year.