Pinellas County Center for the Arts Junior theme based exhibition highlights contemporary work in a wide variety of media by the student artists with the Visual arts Program. The work is further adjudicated by animator James Ham.
A HARROUN
9 Month Advance
Digital
" The Great Peace March for Globle Nuclear Disarmament, aka the great peace march, took place in the 80s and was a cross convention movement to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. The cross country march was physically draining, but worth it for all the 9 months it took place as they were raising awareness for the cause."
ISABELLA JIMENEZ
Acrylic & Oil Pastel on Canvas
KAITLYNN DUKE
Magma Mangrel Squabble
Digital
" Canines are very active creatures, so movement through a fight could work well for this. Plus, making the canines out of liquid -like substance helps bring out the flow of said movement."
MARCUS RIDEOUT
Evisceratio Gingivarum
Acrylic on Canvas
“I have never had perfect oral health, something I've been aware of for most of my life. Recently however, it has taken up more and more of my thoughts. A recurring dread that my mouth will rot away, my gums recede, and my teeth will fall out into my own hands. Societal expectations have convinced me that if my teeth and mouth aren't perfect, then they'll decay and slip away through my fingertips.”
KAYLEE RANDOLPH
Relief
Digital
" The movement shown by the butterflies leaving their body is a symbol of when you finally find something or someone you love and they release a feeling of anxiety or anxiousness with you. Similar to the saying "Butterflies in your stomach." "
ALINA LIASHCHOVA
Devoured
Acrylic on Hardboard
" Moving from Russia to America had the biggest impact on my life. After the move my culture had disintegrated and transformed into a more Americanized culture."
JAMES PECK
Leading to Nothing
Digital
" He's been searching for the wending, but hasn't made progress in months. He's stuck in place, not having moved in days. He's in the same loop again and again, leading to nothing."
JJ LENTZ
Hot Stuff
Acrylic on Canvas
LUKA MARKS
Through My Eyes
Acrylic on Canvas
" This piece represents moving on to a new person in your life and feeling like they can't understand you. It shows a literal interpretation of "seeing through my eyes"."
AMELIA PERRON
Procession of the Stars
Digital
" i want to emphasis letting go of the part hardships rather than weighing yourself down with them. The ability to let go of things you cannot control is a pivotal achievement for everyone."
TERRAN LEWIS
Ei, Ouef, and Ubh
Color Pencil
" This piece is to document the potential movement and the transition between emotions and expression."
AVA HINDSLEY
Still Beating
Acrylic on Hardboard
" This piece is a visual representation of the conflict that moves across the heart and the mind. I constantly experience a stark difference between what I "feel" verses what I "think." I wanted to show to me confronting this."
MALYSSA OLLAR
Body Bag
Acrylic on Canvas
" When people commit crimes, their DNA is immortalized at the place. It becomes stuck within evidence bags, carried around and moved through the investigation without, sometimes, being identified. Knowing who is trapped within that fateful plastic bags can impact someone's entire life - move or halt any advancements made after."
AMANDA VEHORN
Catharsis
Acrylic on Canvas
" I convey the feminine forms in emotional transition. In this piece I am exploring transition between love and nurture by reimagine the concept of being "raised by wolves.""
GABE DETONE
Carnage Incarnate
Digital
" This piece is about an alien living among humans on earth. It is moving out of its human disguise and revealing t's true form."
ISABELLA PIAZZA
Free Indeed
Digital
" My piece is about letting your self free of traditional mundane rules others set for you in your life."
ALEX REYNOLDS
Personal Achievements
Marker on Paper
" My body of work is about my movement throughout "Teenage-hood." In this piece, I am depicting a happy moment I experienced receiving an award, with my friends present. I wanted to show this moment in time as a snapshot, so I depicted it as a polaroid picture."
ADJUDICATING JUROR
JAMES HAM
James Ham was raised in St. Peterburg, Florida and was always interested in art from a young age. While attending Gibbs High School, he realized that he wanted to combine his artistic talents with technology, and learned of Full Sail University. James graduated Valedictorian of his class at Full Sail with a B.A. in Computer Animation.
Since then, his focus has been animation, and expressing himself with movement by bringing characters to life. He found his niche in game development after getting his first job in the industry at Naughty Dog working as an animator on Uncharted 4. Afterwards, he went on to work for Infinity Ward and became an animator on Call of Duty. Since then, James has found his work home in Insomniac Games and has worked on Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and currently Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 as an Animation Lead.