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Simone Alba performs a dance to “To Build a Home” by The Cinematic Orchestra. As a rising senior, Boehm hopes to push the continuation of Arts Fest into the coming years. “I think that Arts Week is important because art has never been one medium,” Boehm said. “Art is so much more than a song or a picture. It’s an experience.”
Photo credit: Gabby Kaplan
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Wong and other upper school flutists play “The Bar Talk Trilogy.” This song was also played at the Winter Concert last week. Sophomore Camden Forster is a member of the upper school orchestra and plays violin. Forster said that playing in the Zeller Student Center affected the quality of their sound. “It allowed less people to be in attendance because it was a smaller space,” Forster said. “I also think the acoustics were worse in there.”
Photo credit: Gabby Kaplan
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Emerson Cohen (’26), Gemma Wyles (’25) and Chloe Kirk (’26) perform the song “Jonathan” by Adrianne Lenker in the Zeller Student Center. Ceramics teacher Sally Chung said Wyles and Choir Director Bri Holland led the organizing of Arts Fest. “Props to Gemma and Mx. Holland,” Chung said. “I think it’s so necessary to have that torch to pass around and create a culture and community where arts is an integral part of being an Archer.”
Photo credit: Gabby Kaplan
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Holland observes the Black Student Union’s Eastern Star Gallery showcase, “At the Door Steps of Culture: Black Spaces as Sanctuaries.” “I really enjoyed it. You’re seeing your culture all put together in one setting,” junior Isley Bonney said. “What really got me was the incense smell. [There] was a ’70s smell, so it puts you in that time period.”
Photo credit: Gabby Kaplan
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A ceramics student sculpts a pot on a wheel. “I think it’s been my favorite week from this semester,” Archer Council of Artists Visual Arts Director Olivia Boehm said. “I liked how involved everybody was and how every medium [was] represented.”(Photo credit: Bri Holland).
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Olivia Broock (’27) and Bernice Wong (’27) perform their dance to “Doomsday” by Lizzy McAlpine Friday, Feb. 7, in the Zeller Student Center. “I like how it’s in person and casual and how there’s something happening and you might not even know about it,” Boehm said. “You go to get your food and there’s somebody in there performing.”
Photo credit: Gabby Kaplan
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The upper school choir prepares to sing “Si Verias A La Rana.” The name directly translates to “If Only You Could See the Frog” and is a song about enjoying the little things in life.
Photo credit: Leani Al-Midani
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Ceramics pieces are displayed in the historic courtyard during lunch Monday, Feb. 3. Chung said she loved how Arts Fest gave teachers a chance to see her ceramics students’ work in a different light. “Any opportunity for students to show off their work to the school community is so important,” Chung said. “Sometimes in the basement, we’re in a little bit of a hub in which other people might not travel as often if they’re not into the visual arts.” (Photo Credit: Bri Holland)
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Simone Alba performs a dance to “To Build a Home” by The Cinematic Orchestra. As a rising senior, Boehm hopes to push the continuation of Arts Fest into the coming years. “I think that Arts Week is important because art has never been one medium,” Boehm said. “Art is so much more than a song or a picture. It’s an experience.”
Photo credit: Gabby Kaplan
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Wong and other upper school flutists play “The Bar Talk Trilogy.” This song was also played at the Winter Concert last week. Sophomore Camden Forster is a member of the upper school orchestra and plays violin. Forster said that playing in the Zeller Student Center affected the quality of their sound. “It allowed less people to be in attendance because it was a smaller space,” Forster said. “I also think the acoustics were worse in there.”
Photo credit: Gabby Kaplan
The Archer Council of Artists hosted a weeklong Arts Fest during lunch from Feb. 3-8. The event was hosted in the historic courtyard on Monday and Tuesday, but with the forecast predicting rain, it was moved inside to the Zeller Student Center for the remainder of the week. Arts Fest aimed to showcase different art forms and the creative styles unique to Archer students. It featured performances from theatre, choir, dance and orchestra as well as displays from ceramics, visual arts and photography classes. The Archer Council of Artists also held another community Song Share on Saturday, Feb. 8.
