Wylie ISD Proudly Presents Its Annual “Celebrate the Arts” Event

Wylie ISD's annual Celebrate the Arts event, held at Wylie High School, proudly showcased the incredible talent of art students from across the district. Artwork spanning all grade levels was displayed for the community to enjoy. The event highlighted a diverse array of artistic expressions, in 27 judged divisions of art.

“Celebrate the Arts is our big yearly art show where all the campuses in the district come together to display the work of our incredibly talented and hard-working art kids,” Jennifer Thompson, art teacher at Wylie East High School, said. “Students have the opportunity to win prizes for their pieces, and parents and community members get a chance to see all the amazing artwork that our Wylie ISD art students have been creating throughout the year.”

Over 4700 works of art reflected the creativity and hard work of students district-wide.

Sixth-grader Bana Mehari created neurographic art in Shannon Morris’s art class at Draper Intermediate.

“It’s based on shapes and patterns and colors,” Mehari said. “It took me about a week to make. I'm proud of it.”

Using colorful yarn, Akin third-grader Harper Jackson created a God’s eye in her art class with Les Basset.

“It was kind of hard to make,” she said, “like when we were trying to weave it together.”

Sixth-grader Asher Shannon created a unique book in Joy James’ art class at Davis Intermediate.

“It’s space-themed and folds up into a square,” Shannon said.

More than 600 ribbons were awarded at this year’s Celebrate the Arts.

Music was also a major highlight of the big Celebrate the Arts weekend, not just visual art! Throughout the weekend, students from band, choir, and orchestra programs took the stage, filling the space with incredible performances that showcased their hard work and talent.

High school art students used their unique talents to paint creative designs on children's faces and taught passers-by the art of origami.

Celebrate the Arts features the work of all levels of students in one place, from kindergarteners to senior AP art students planning on majoring in art in college.

“It's so fun to see how our students' abilities develop and grow over the years, and I love that our younger art kids and their families get to see some of the fabulous projects they might be able to do in the future,” Thompson said.

Taking part in Celebrate the Arts leaves a lasting impact on these talented students.

“Participating in this show has become a tradition for our art kids,” Thompson said. “We have high school students who proudly still talk about Celebrate the Arts awards that they won back in elementary school.”