What a sweet treat of a blog post!
This week at the Maine Arts Commission we have had the privilege of meeting Liza. I was thrilled when she agreed to write a blog post so you could meet her as well. Not only do you get to meet her but also to view her absolutely wonderful artwork! Thanks Liza for sharing your story!
Hi everyone! My name is Liza, and I am doing my internship at the Maine Arts Commission this week. I am a sophomore at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics (MSSM). In the beginning of January, we have J-term, a period during which the students are required to take classes at school or do an internship. I have decided to do the latter since I love art and would like to find out as much as I can about the work that the staff does. Four days may seem like a short amount of time, but I have already learned a lot about this organization and did some interesting projects. For example, just yesterday I worked on the 2014-2015 MLTI Screen Saver opportunity and saw some amazing paintings and photos!
Originally, I am from Kursk, Russia, which lies 280 miles south of Moscow. I have been studying in the musical school for 5 years and took a lot of classes: piano, chorus, musical literature, art history, theatre, and art. One of my biggest passions is visual art. I have been drawing and painting since I was 4. At the age of 10 I was accepted into the art school, and I have successfully completed three years of studying. I enjoyed working with different materials like, acrylics, oil paints, and watercolors. Making clothes is something that I became interested several years ago. I have participated in the National Festival of Russian fashion designers and received a certificate for preserving and developing the national traditions in modeling of modern costumes.
I moved to Georgia, USA 2.5 years ago. It was then when I started to do acrylics and fell in love with this medium! I did some works for the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, and completed interesting projects at school. One year ago, I moved to Waterville, Maine and went to Waterville Senior High School. I met a great art teacher, Suzanne Goulet, who found some art contests and encouraged me to participate. Some of my favorites are the Doodle 4 Google Contest and the Federal Junior Duck Stamp Program.
For my sophomore year, I was happy to be accepted to MSSM because I heard a lot of good things about this school, and I love math and science. Although I don’t do as much art as I used to do because of the lack of time, I take some great math and chemistry classes. During the second semester, I really hope to do some artwork and play tennis, as those are some of my favorite hobbies. Overall, I love the school and the great people that I met here. I encourage everyone to attend our next open house on January 19 & 20!
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