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VOLUME 109 ISSUE 7 APRIL 28, 2023
IN THE NEWS
SOUTH PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL 1401 FREMONT AVE, SOUTH PASADENA, CA 91030
JAZZ NIGHT
AP EXAMS
SPHS PROM
The SPHS Band department will be conducting their Jazz Night on Friday, April 28.
AP Subject Exams will begin through campus on Monday, May 1 and continue until Friday, May 12.
SPHS will host their annual Junior/ Senior Prom to the theme of Supernova on Saturday, May 6.
Student Artwork Displayed in Museum Exhibition
STORY ETHAN KWAK PHOTOS EMIKO (EMI) ESMILLER
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he Autry Museum of the American West, located in Griffith Park, held their annual high school student visual arts exhibition on Saturday, Apr. 22. The exhibition also showcased the 2D visual artwork of 12 SPHS students, a striking increase in student recognition at the prestigious competition. This year, the exhibition was held in-person, unlike last year’s digital exhibition on the Autry Museum website. Dedicated to exploring an inclusive history of the American West, the Autry Museum is on a mission to provide world-class art galleries showcasing diverse heritages. The 2023 theme is Visions of Solidarity, and the Autry prompted students in the Los Angeles area with the following questions, “What does solidarity look like to you? How do you support others through solidarity and how are you supported in return?” The competition accepted submissions from November 2022 through March 2023. The 12 honored SPHS students are seniors Hanna Preston, Sirius Mackie, Jonathan Chiu, Allison Lee, Basil How Tung Sang, Luna Encinas, Jenny Pietrzik, Celeste Shuton, and Madison Chase, juniors Lorenzo Guerra and Enzo DeFelice, alongside sophomore Ella Petrunia. “It was very eye-opening. I was very proud that at least the judges considered my piece. It was very fun to know that I’m actually getting my first exhibit. The theme was visions of solidarity, meaning uniting or being together. I portrayed that through different emotions in my photo,” Guerra said.
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Guerra’s photo, a self portrait titled, Seclusion in Myself, originally taken for his sustained investigation in AP Photography, explored emotions of anxiety, stress, and pressure. He used long exposure, a technique that keeps the camera shutter open for a long period of time, allowing the photographer to capture stationary elements while blurring movement in between poses. “My work shows the solidarity of oneself through fragments of feminine and masculine merging together into one body. To be authentically myself and shine in that way I have to let myself live in authenticity amongst a society that tries to break or erase me,” How said. How took a self portrait of themself, titled Iridescent Fragments looking into a mirror with their hand reached out and used Photoshop to create a collage of colors that symbolized their identity. “I feel proud that my work was chosen out of the many amazing works. I’m proud that I was able to showcase a piece of my culture…and I’m glad my work gave space for conversation about the beauty of Chinese culture,” Pietrzik said. Pietrzik took a photo, titled Wishing Tree, of a Chinese New Year (CNY) wishing tree. Particularly in the context of America’s current political climate, Pietrzik communicated solidarity through this CNY tradition. The Autry Museum will exhibit the selected works for a year until the new winners are announced in 2024.
GACHA GAMES
KUUB TOURNAMENT
Tiger analyzes the expansion of youth gambling that has rooted itself into video games in an engaging form known as gacha.
Tiger covers the LA Kubb Club’s annual tournament that took place on April 23, focused on the popular European sport Kubb.
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