District Art Showcase demonstrates artistic prowess
Senior Kenzie Herbert is standing in front of her art piece “Love and Bubbles” which was chosen to be on display in the front window of the Vita Art Center.
June 12, 2023
The Ventura School District Art Showcase was held at the Vita Art Center for the first time May 25 and for several days, people were able to visit and view the works of many of the talented young artists in Ventura Unified, from kindergarten through highschool.
“The thing that is really important about art is that it’s a [way] we can express ourselves [and] can process our experiences,” art teacher Nicole Rapattoni said. “It’s a place where we get to be creative and figure things out, and not always have a plan, and if sometimes [things] don’t work it’s a happy accident.”
Stargazing by Kenzie Herbert
Herbert's AP portfolio this year was focused on hiding faces in paintings, so for this piece “Stargazing”, she strived to capture the feeling of longing and simply wanting to be at peace, by displaying an image of two people laying by one another and looking at the stars.
