DMA exhibits a gallery of young talent
A good showing by local art students
12:00 AM CST on Thursday, March 16, 2006
The Young Masters Juried Exhibition honors art created in Advanced Placement Studio Art classes. In this 12th year of the program, the judges chose 38 finalists from 260 pieces of art nominated by AP art teachers from 18 schools.
"At first it didn't sink in," says Kai'li Taylor, 17, of Episcopal School of Dallas, who won second place for "Bees." "Then you see it and you go, 'Wow, people are going to look at this! That doesn't always happen. Part of it is cool, but part of it is scary."
Her work, and that of other students, will hang in the Dallas Museum of Art through March 26.
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BEST OF SHOW
"FORCED PERFECTION"
Sydney McCaslin, 18, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts Inspiration: Sydney created her artwork to make a statement.
"I noticed how a lot of kids are on antidepressants. It seems to me they are so overused – that if a kid has some minor imperfection they are given medication."
FIRST PLACE
"CROWDED"
Liza Pflughoft, 17, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Inspiration: For Liza, art is healing. "I like to draw when I'm going through stressful situations," the Dallas teen says. "It clears my mind. It makes me feel a lot better."
When she created "Crowded," the Dallas teen thought about how nervous and scared she gets in crowds. "I definitely need time alone, as a person and as an artist."
SECOND PLACE
"BEES"
Kai'li Taylor, 17, Episcopal School of Dallas
Inspiration: Kai'li has been fascinated with bees ever since she heard a Mary Kay Ash story about them. "Mary Kay told people that the bumblebee's wings can't scientifically support its body. It flies because it doesn't know it can't. I think that's a pretty cool idea."
THIRD PLACE
"PALO DURO NO. 1"
Will Jopling, 18, Episcopal School of Dallas
Inspiration: Will is a fifth-generation Texan and proud of it. The Dallas teen travels around the state, trying to capture different Texas landscapes in his photographs.
"I spent the whole day down at Palo Duro Canyon, which is south of Amarillo. I thought that showing how the field of flowers went all the way back to the mountain would give a sense of perspective of how far back and how large the mountain is."
HONORABLE MENTIONS
"BAD HAIR DAY"
Gustavo Galvan, 18, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Inspiration: Gustavo knows what it's like to wake up in the morning and find your hair "all over the place." So do a lot of other people when they see his bamboo and copper wire mixed-media piece.
The best part for him as been watching people check out his work at the museum. "People look at it funny at first and then they start smiling," the Dallas teen says. "I like seeing their expressions. I prefer the kind of art that makes people smile."
"SELF-PORTRAIT NO. 1"
Jeremy Taylor, 18 , Newman Smith High School, Carrollton
Inspiration: Jeremy has always liked capturing people's personalities in the pencil-and-paper portraits he gives as gifts. But he had never done a self-portrait or a painting before. The award has been "very surprising and very encouraging," he says.
ON DISPLAY
WHAT: The Young Masters Juried Exhibition
WHERE: Dallas Museum of Art, l7l7 N. Harwood
WHEN: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Exhibit runs through March 26.
TICKETS: $10, adults; $7, seniors; $5, students with ID; 11 and younger, free
FOR MORE INFO: Call 214-922-1200 or go to www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
MORE ART ONLINE: Log on to see the works of additional honorable-mention winners.