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Lincoln-Way students receive
recognition at art competition
T.J. Kremer III
Contributing Editor
If there was any question
about the abundance
of artistic talent students at
Lincoln-Way Community
High School District 210
possess, then those questions
were put to bed when
students from all three of
the district’s schools took
home 34 awards for their
outstanding artwork at the
The Scholastic Art Show
the week of Jan. 27.
Thirteen of those awards
were given Gold Key
Awards, 13 Silver Awards,
and eight Honorable Mention
Awards. Gold Key
Award winners’ work will
advance to New York to
compete at the national
level.
Locally, more than 40
area schools submitted
2,188 works of art with
only 638 pieces awarded
and accepted into the
show, according to a press
release from the district.
One Gold Key Award
recipient was Jenna Davis,
a New Lenox resident
and sophomore at Lincoln-
Way West, who said she
started painting pretty
much right after birth, and
attributed her skills and
success to her grandfather
Joe Rohaly.
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She also described how,
for her, art is a way to express
her feelings.
“Normally when I get
stressed or there’s a lot going
on in my life, I literally
will pick up a canvas or
a piece of paper and just
start drawing or writing,”
Davis said. “And I was really
stressed one day over
school, and family things
and just life in general,
so I picked up a canvas
and started drawing how
I felt. And, at that time —
the title of the painting is
‘When it All Falls Down’
— I felt like my life was
falling down in a way.
“I know that sounds very
dark, but my way of getting
my feelings out and
expressing how I’m feeling
is through art, and that
day I decided I’m going to
paint my feelings out. After
painting that painting,
I felt really relieved. Art
is like my therapy: It helps
me a lot.”
Davis said although her
artwork is very personal
to her, she is happy if her
work can connect with
others.
Melanie Piunti, a New
Lenox resident who is a junior
at Lincoln-Way Central,
took home her Gold
Key Award for a colored
pencil drawing she did
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that depicted three generations
of outstretched hands
touching each other. The
hands in the picture are
those of herself; her mother,
Karen; and her grandmother
Shirley Lundin.
Piunti said as part of her
art class, students have to
build a portfolio with a
theme, and she chose to
use a theme of telling a
story through hands.
“I wanted to show the
three generations of women
in my family with all of
our hands,” Piunti said.
Also taking home a
Gold Key Award was Angela
Farkic, a Mokena
resident and senior at
Lincoln-Way East. Her
colored pencil drawing
that won the award was a
class project from last year
where the objective was to
draw someone eating food
or drinking something. For
this project, Farkic chose
to draw her sister Tijana
blowing bubble gum.
“It was one of my favorite
projects I ever made,”
Farkic said. “It makes me
really happy because it’s
been in a lot of art shows
and it’s cool seeing it
around.”
Farkic said she may not
pursue art as a career; however,
she said she would
like to study medicine in
Angela Farkic, a Mokena resident and senior at Lincoln-
Way East, poses with her Gold Key Award colored
pencil drawing of her sister Tijana blowing bubble
gum. The award was part of The Scholastic Art Show
competition, in which 34 students from across Lincoln-
Way Community High School District received awards.
Photo submitted
college, specifically a career
in pediatrics, and that
art could be a useful tool as
therapy for children.
Davis, Piunti and Farkic
each attributed their
success to the culture and
personal freedom students
in the art department are
given by the faculty. But
Phil Labriola, district art
department chairperson,
was quick to focus the
praise back onto the students
themselves.
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“I think there’s a lot of
talent this year,” Labriola
said. “We’ve seen a lot of
talent at all three of the
schools throughout the district.
You have some kids
who are extremely talented
and, as usual, working
really hard. The talent
only goes so far. The kids
still have to put in a lot of
work, they put in a lot of
time on their projects. And
that’s really what pays off
in the end.”
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Poetry Corner
Mother Needs
Help – Husband
Need Not Apply
Marcia Horan
New Lenox resident
If the floors are in need of
a wax and a cleaning
Relying on my husband
takes a whole nother
meaning.
To scrub them he’d rarely
get down on his knees.
Only to propose did he do
homage to please
The family bathroom
looks an ultimate mess.
The toilet shows the boys
missed their targets I guess.
The curve of contention is
the ring in the tub.
He’d reject the contortion
to reach in and scrub.
The kids’ lunches he says
are easy to fix.
When PB & jelly is all he
can mix.
He helped with the laundry,
washing darks with
the white.
The finished result was so
ghastly a sight.
When red clothes fade, they
turn white clothes pink,
An awful surprise for my
husband, I think.
And his “lucky” shirt that
he wears cause its loose.
He’s shrunken to size
for our cute front porch
goose.
His socks with the holes
don’t get thrown away.
Air conditioning for feet,
his opinion won’t sway.
To dust is no use when
tomorrow its back.
Besides there’s a ball
game. It’s okay to slack.
What can I do when I
know there’s no cure?
My only concession is my
job is secure.
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