Art students largely have the freedom to create in whichever ways they see fit at the high school level since Spring Hill offers a variety of different classes and opportunities for those interested. Rosemary Mader, 12, has taken full advantage of art classes offered at the high school. 

“Art has given me an outlet to express my feelings when I can’t say what I’m thinking. It brings me joy because sometimes I have a hard time explaining things. Whenever I put them down on paper in a drawing or make shapes in ceramics people can understand me,” Mader said. 

Ceramics especially has provided a safe space for Mader, allowing them to freely express how they are feeling and process emotions. They are currently working on a sculpture that is their favorite creation thus far. 

“I have a lot of different personalities when it comes to certain things. The pot [represents] when I try to bottle them up; this is how my insides feel. The faces trying to come out of the pot shows how my different personalities try to explode” 

Throughout the last four years, Mader has enjoyed creating pieces from clay; however, after high school they plan to shift gears. Mader’s passion above all is art, which is why they still plan to incorporate it into their plan following high school, but in a different way. 

“After high school I am pursuing cosmetology, and then after that I will be going into being an understudy in a tattoo parlor and get my tattooing license. I want to be a tattoo artist,” Mader said. 

Overall Mader is looking forward to keeping art as a part of their career and wishes that that everyone could find their “niche” like they have within the community. 

“I feel like everybody [should experiment with] art at least once. Who knows? Some people have a hidden talent and are good at drawing or hands-on stuff and don’t realize it, so it just turns out to be a wasted talent.”