Art House 310 First Friday – Tyree Williams & NE Magnet Students

Opening Reception | First Friday June 3rd, 2022 | 6-10pm

This event is free to attend and open to the public. Show hangs through June 19th, 2022.

Art House 310 is located at 310 S. Laura. Two blocks SE of Douglas & Washington in downtown Wichita.

TYREE WILLIAMS – Artist Statement Poem

He broke you.
His heart shaped hands that used to cradle your emotions
smacked you across the face,
And in the place of his fingerprints read the word trickery.

He tricked you in believing that you could count on him,
up until you had to count on him,
his numbers read matrix code and you couldn’t understand who the “1” was if not him.
It amazes you how he’s just not…
…”Him”.

They say actions speak louder than words – which was fine you see,
because honestly,
his words never came across kindly.
Plus your love for him never could translate to words properly.
Truth is,
you knew he was no different.

You knew he was like all the other boys whose voices were as soft as Charmin,
gently wiping any sign of doubt off your face.
Pretending to flush down your trauma along with his guilt.

You continued to ignore the red flags like your friends ignored the shakes in your voice when they asked about him.
“Everythin- *mmhmm* Everything’s fine,” your body would always rebel.

You needed to find Love.

You needed to find love so you began searching,
searching for that love that mimicked Grandma’s Sunday morning hugs,
or Momma’s care on sick days. (although you’re gonna need more than vapor rub and sprite)

In the end, you found love to the right of healing
and left of lessons learned,
inside the one person you should’ve looked to first…

…yourself.

See more of Tyree’s work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jhermall.jpg/

NE MAGNET STUDENTS

MELISSA VALENZUELA

I do the work I do because I think there are many beautiful things around me that need to be captured. I’m still learning but going through this project and my sustained investigation has really helped me to think more creatively with my photography and for me to start branching out from just the basic business photography. My goal and aspirations as an artist are to be able to create photography as my job not as a hobby. My favorite thing to photograph is people. Whether that be candid or a formal portrait I love it. Every person is different, and every person has a different vibe and I kind of like to incorporate that in the work. To create a piece, I produce an idea I choose an outfit, a background, and a model that all complement each other and from there I kind of just let the posing and other things flow as I take them. Sometimes, I go in knowing which shot I want to get and I try other different ones so if that one does not work out, I have others. I like to get everything pre-production so that post-production runs way more smoothly for me and I can just do minor things. My work is different from others because no matter the person I take photos of I’ve noticed I like to have a regal look to the person/people I’m photographing. My current work is a series of photographs that is kind of a mixture of different things. It is a depiction of immigrant families and how we all look different but also showing how immigrating changes each generation and how we pass down all of our traditions. This project grew out of me wanting to try more studio work and messing around with lighting.  Also just enjoying the event or place I was at and capturing the moment. I am still kind of new to photography, so this project was a chance for me to photograph the things that were the reason I bought a camera in the first place. All the parades and traditions and the people that are rich in culture that deserve to be photographed because of how beautiful they are.

See more of Melissa’s work online at https://melissavalenzuela.myportfolio.com/ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissavalenzuelaphotography and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_.mvphotography._/

ARIANNA HARLAN

A great deal of expressionism, meaning, and a stylistic interpretation resides within the works I produce, and will continue to produce, in the future. I find it is important to continue to explore differences in media as well as meaning, and experiment with the unknown to gain an emotional understanding of what it truly means to create as an artist. I aspire to create works that encompass my style and stand out as the exploration of the unknown becomes more apparent throughout each piece or set of pieces.

Much of the designs I create start out as a “brain dump” and then become recrafted as I progress in specific piece and/or project. I would love to say that many of my pieces are planned, but that would be a lie. I love the idea of creating without a specific motive or objective. It seems to bring out a sense of urgency and illumination in what can be crafted in the spur of the moment. A lot of the materials I use consist of oil paint on canvas. Recently I have been experimenting a lot with denim material, acrylic paint on gessoed paper, and collages on mixed media paper. I love to use oil and mixed media because it creates a smooth and interesting surface to elaborate on creatively. Much of this media allows me to truly “brain dump” my ideas and then have them turn into a desired piece or aspect I maybe haven’t tried or would like to stay open to.

My current works encompass emotions disguising themselves through distortion of the figure as well as the human face. This Sustained Investigation has brought to light how humans interact or interpret both physical and emotional aspects and how those can be connected within themselves. I also have always been drawn to physical abstraction in art and its concepts, so I felt that my current works should explore a side of my style that seemed more personal and challenging.

See more of Arianna’s work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arianna_harlan/

EMILY RUEDA

My name is Emily Rueda, and I am an artist. I like to create art because it allows me to express stories and themes in an interesting way. Everything thing has been done before, but the exact process has not. I experience a unique creating process and have control over a perspective of a subject that is important to me. The artwork creates a conversation. I want to create artworks that have a clear message or leave the viewer asking more questions on the meaning of it. I want to expand on how I do art currently.

I create art to express myself and to tackle subject matters that interest me such as transformation, growth, fantasy, lore, mystery, and other subjects that connect to the human experience like mind, body, and soul like dreaming, religion, or beliefs. I lean towards these subjects because human experience is a major inspiration of mine. A person journey is complex and intriguing. Miles Johnston is an artist that I look up to. My work is different from others because I use a variety of mediums. When I create a piece, I sketch sometimes and while I am doing that, I imagine the work  as a character to give a Personality. With that I create the color scheme and materials I want to use. Once I have an idea, I like to go straight for it which can be frustrating. plan, so I revise many times while working, but it sticks to the concept at the end. At the end I see a piece that is well organized, cohesive, and charming. Others have said that there’s a visible high level of technique and creativity behind it.

My interest in art was always there, but it wasn’t until my middle art teacher push the students there to actual develop art skills. I was best at graphite at that time noticing this she pushed me to be better and try other mediums. She even recommended that I should attend Northeast Magnet. With encourage and determination I wanted to and still want to improve. Technical skills can always improve, but I want to focus on storytelling. I have started wanting to write a story to expand more on the narrative part of art. I have experimented with creating books to story tell and different types of art illustrations like comic book or mixed media. In the future I want to be like Eric Carle. I aspire to do so.

See more of Emily’s work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emilu_ily_/

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