Lower Campus students participate in Art of Healing

We began the class by discussing why humans need art in their lives, and the types of art that we are attracted to individually. We also discussed how strongly color impacts our emotions, and how specific colors make us feel a certain way. We further discussed the impact that the colors of the walls in our homes have on our emotions, or how we gravitate to specific colors in the foods we eat, and how specific types of line design/line weights make us understand how a character is feeling in a cartoon or comic.

We discussed how art can be used in the creation process, as well as the viewing process. We discussed our importance in our communities, how we treat others, and how we should be finding ways to serve others in all sorts of forms and formats. We talked about how we feel when we are sick and/or injured, and how it makes us feel good when somebody makes something for us, gives us a card, or lets us know we are wanted and needed during these tough times. Creating art is also therapy, because it allows the body to move, the brain to think and make connections to the world we live in, in a meditative way.

Students made the decision to make a piece of art for this competition knowing full well that they may not win the contest, yet the general consensus from the students was that they wanted to create the art to make the people in the hospital happy, and to make the world a better place.

Sierra Canyon is proud to announce that two students, Zoe Swinton ('25) and Dean Gofnung ('26), placed in the competition.