Every year Sant Bani’s art students toil to learn new skills that will move them in new directions. At the end of the year we choose a theme and the students pursue it in diverse directions based on their own personal viewpoints.

This year’s theme…Figure It Out…has gone in directions I would never have considered. Some students interpreted it quite literally while others went out on a limb or way out on a limb with their own ideas. Because the theme is open, even beginning students are provided with an opportunity to express their ideas in ways that don’t require developed skills. It takes all the students a long time to really ‘get into it’, to quiet down and dig into the work. They get to that point with a week left and a feeling of desperation ahead of them. It’s fine. That kind of investment and hard work doesn’t come easily. So…come and see how they’ve done. Engage them in conversation about their pieces. YOU will be the missing link…the part where the artist has to confront the PUBLIC!