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JOY BLALOCK at video installation and custom neon at Mint Museum.

Walking Through the Light: Joy Blalock’s Journey of Creating Art

Riya Kolappa, Features Writer March 8, 2025

   The paint brush hits the canvas, and the creative process begins. Every stroke counts toward the final art piece. Similarly, every part of Art Department Head Joy Blalock’s journey has helped her...

Celebrating Scholastic Award Winners and the Teachers that Inspired Them

Zachary Choi, News Writer March 8, 2025

Five Pinewood students, eighth grader Tiffany Li, freshman Eddie Ling, sophomore Sophie Saibi, junior Soha Budhani, and senior Michael Shtrom, earned awards from the 2025 Regional Scholastic Art and Writing...

Talented Teacher: Ms. Vu’s Art Career

Talented Teacher: Ms. Vu’s Art Career

Aretha Liu, Arts & Culture Writer February 1, 2023

Though Pinewood art teacher Sasha Vu is beloved by her students and the Pinewood community, she does more than just teach art. In addition to having attended an arts high school and college, she makes...

Is It Modern Art or Just Modern? Examining the Centuries-Old Question

Is It Modern Art or Just Modern? Examining the Centuries-Old Question

Aretha Liu, Arts & Culture Writer October 5, 2022

You find yourself face to face with a piece of modern art. Shapes and popping colors in all the wrong places. A squiggly black line running through the middle of a painting. Random red rectangles under...

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