Views of the Neighborhood – Lake Travis High School Student Art Exhibition – Lakeway City Hall

~ John W. Howell
Today, we are visiting the Lakeway City Hall to view the high school students’ art exhibition. We are catered by the Cypress Grill in Austin. Our entertainment is Alice Cooper.
Menu
Creole Eggs Benedict – English muffin, poached eggs, Cajun tasso ham, Creole hollandaise, served with one side (also available with classic hollandaise sauce)
Eggs Napoleon– English muffin, poached eggs topped with crawfish etouffee and cheddar-jack cheese, served with choice of one side
Loaded Biscuit – Buttermilk biscuit open-faced, topped with Cajun tasso ham, andouille sausage gravy, and two eggs your way
Shrimp & Grits – Gulf shrimp, andouille sausage, and red peppers in a traditional low country gravy, atop our creamy garlic cheese grits with crumbled bacon
Spanky Special – Sandwich with fried egg, American cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomato, red onion, and mayo on toasted whole wheat
Jambalaya -Country-style – Jambalaya with chicken and andouille sausage. Add two eggs any way you like them to make the Jambalaya Breakfast Bowl, add $2.50
Trout Meuniere – Fresh rainbow trout, dusted in seasoned flour, pan-sauteed, topped with lemon-parsley-butter sauce, served over white rice with choice of one side and garlic bread
Picture of an old time school bus
Let’s go
Here we are at the full exhibition. We need to look closer at each. A word about the photos. The lighting in the city hall is conducive to art photos, especially if the pieces are under glass. Also, the art is hung at different heights, so it is challenging to get a straight-on shot. (Crawling on the floor is not in my toolkit.) So I have cropped the pieces as best I can to eliminate glare while trying not to eliminate large portions of the art. I mentioned to The Producer that this may be my last art feature from City Hall.
Split Identity by Sunetra Rho
The Peacock by Vaishnavi Senthil
The Magpie by Joy Zhou
Self Reflections by Carolyn Hall
Parade of Onion by Harper Garrison
A Sweet Mess by Carolyn Hall
Late Night Ride by Vincent Sullivan
Unholy War, Holy Light by Daryna Singh
The Apple of His Eye – Charlotte Ahrendt
Fractured Intentions by Harper Garrison
Mother’s Love by Caitlyn VanderMeer
Ofa by Sunetra Rao
Illuminated by Pretty Green Lights – Sunetra Rao
  Perfectionist by Caitlyn VanderMeer – No description of materials
Becoming Still by Harper Garrison
Nyxaros by Ayushi Sampath
Our Heroic Journey by Ayushi Sampath
I hope you enjoyed the art and are impressed with these high school students’ work. It is time now ro relax and have some food and listen to the music.

78 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Lake Travis High School Student Art Exhibition – Lakeway City Hall”

  8. Dear John
    Interesting how conventional some of this artwork is. Some works follow interesting ideas, but all have something naive. We like best ‘Becoming Still’.
    Thanks and cheers
    The Fab Four of Cley
    🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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  9. My favorite is A Sweet Mess. She is very talented. And I’d lot know how they got that dog OFA to sit for that painting. Amazing. Anyway, some pretty good artists. I seriously want the eggs Napoleon. And a to go box with the trout. Amazing food. Have you eaten there? What did you each have ??

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  15. John, I think you did a great job capturing these pieces of art … despite challenging circumstances. Lots of talented students in your area. I find I particularly like A Sweet Mess, Mother’s Love, and Ofa; the colors in Unholy War, Holy Light are absolutely gorgeous, too.

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  17. Wow, thanks John!

    There’s a lot of talent on display here. Along with talent and ability there is a fair bit of messaging.

    It seems young people have a lot to think and say.

    Thinking back, they always have.

    Fab post, John. Thank you! (luv the vid)

    🎨𝔛 🎨𝔛 🎨𝔛

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  20. Some serious talent on display here, John. I love knowing that art is still being encouraged. Every generation needs to praise its artists.

    I’ll have those loaded biscuits, eggs over medium.

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  22. Hi John, these are some talented artists featured here, representing a lot of deep thinking. I particularly like Fractured Intentions because it makes me imagine a story behind it. Thanks for sharing them!

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        3. I read your post about your grandfather. I didn’t know my grandfather since he died before I was born. He is buried in Arlington, and I wish I could lay flowers on his grave. At least there are folks planting flags.

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        4. Thanks for reading John and I wish that for you too. My hometown cemetery was a sea of waving flags. Touching. I don’t know if they are placed by the cemetery or a separate group. I am going to inquire. It is very nice. I brought one for my grandpa – he now has two. 😊

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  24. Beautiful work by very talented students! I was especially taken with Nyxaros by Ayushi Sampath. A van Gogh-ish feel to it attracted me instantly. Thanks for the tour, John!

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  29. I wouldn’t know these were created by art “students” if you had not told me. I love the colors in so many of these, and even more, the soul-full expressions in the creations. Thanks for sharing.

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