CCA’s Art Exhibit

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October 22, 2009 • written by Avery Reeder  
Filed under Art, Fine Arts, featured

As classical music rings through the hallways of our Discipleship Building, students at CCA question the origin of the sound. When the song is traced, we find the source—an art exhibit portraying students’ hard work and passion in the form of paintings, drawings, and sculptures.

The basis of this art exhibit first started when secondary art teachers, Noemi Klipfel and Mark Merrill, wanted to show CCA students and staff what goes on in the art classes. Mr. Merrill tells us, “At present, this area is more of an ongoing showcase of what’s being created in some secondary art classes during the year as it is being made—kind of like a real-time display of an art class. Students, administrators, visitors, pastors, and workers stroll by even over-head from a number of different perspectives.” Mrs. Klipfel adds on and says, “The purpose is to glorify God by allowing the staff and church to see our students’ God-given talents, as well as encourage our students by giving them a sense of pride and accomplishment.”

If you’ve ever taken a look at the art exhibit in CCA’s “putting green” on the first floor of the Discipleship Building, you may be well-aware of the projects going on there. Mr. Merrill gives us some details to these projects, “Last week, students watched AP (Advanced Placement) students drawing profile self-portraits from life using double mirrors: a very difficult project. They also witnessed VE (Varying Exceptionalities) students drawing “Joe,” who is a full-sized wood mannequin. God knows what is next.”

Mrs. Klipfel clarifies, “This is not meant to replace the big, end-of-the-year CCA Annual Art Show.” The exhibit now is just displaying the work being produced in our art classes here at CCA at this moment. It must not be confused with the Annual Art Show later in the spring.

Art can be defined as “the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance,” according to dictionary.com. Art is not just art. It takes courage and passion.