The Whitefield Fine Arts Department is proud to announce that seniors Ansley Guthrie and Samara Huggins will be attending art universities this fall to further their studies in the visual arts. Samara will be attending Pratt Institute in New York City, while Ansley is still deciding which school to attend.
Both students have been highly sought after by art schools across the country and have received scholarships from School of the Arts of Chicago, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Pratt Institute. In addition, Ansley received a scholarship from Ringling College of Art and Design, and Samara received a scholarship from Parsons School of Design.
Ansley's and Samara's passion for art led them both to participate in a summer program last year at Pratt, where they received four college credits. They are thrilled to continue their studies in college this fall.
Read more about their dreams for the future below:
Why did you decide to attend an art school?
Samara: I do not consider myself simply an artist; I am an innovator, a masterpiece maker, a dreamer, a magician. I am a conceptual, intellectual, and skeptical thinker, and a dauntless, limitless, and ceaseless creator. Art is my language of expression; it is how I communicate to the world around me. So I do not merely "do art." I live for it.
Ansley: I am attending an art school because I believe those that are best at their job love their job, and I love art. I want to be the best artist I can be because I value communicating well with the world around me.
What do you intend to focus on in college and/or what are your career aspirations?
Samara: I elected the fashion design major primarily because that is where my heart is, but also because I have a gifted eye for garments and how they complement the human form. Along with fashion design, writing is my safe haven. I exist to share stories, to express emotions, and to offer advice. I exist to write what I feel, to write what you feel, and to write what the world feels, but cannot say. At Pratt, the literary arts minor matches these interests seamlessly. I will be able to enhance my poetic voice, as well as venture into different genres of creative writing as a student within this department. During my years at Pratt and beyond, I will combine my creativity, my literary voice, and my passion for foreign cultures by venturing abroad to third-world countries and volunteering as a teacher of either the arts or of the English language or of both, where I would educate children.
Ansley: I am unsure about my major. I know I want to make things. Creating communicable work is a passion of mine. Good stories are so powerful, and art is my gift in communication. I will find a career that utilizes as many of my artistic passions as possible.
What has been your favorite part about Whitefield's art program?
Samara: Whitefield's art program has allowed me the opportunity to explore and master various artistic techniques under the expertise of Mrs. Brown.
Ansley: I love the teacher (Mrs. Brown). She genuinely pushes and mentors me in life and art. Art is all about love, so in pushing me in the real work, she pushes me in my art. Also, I love having one class full of people pursuing what I love. It is like sharing taste in music with someone: it makes you feel less alone, and in feeling less alone, I am inspired to communicate through art with the world around me.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Ansley: Art should never become a chore. If it begins to feel like a chore, let go for a while. It should be the love of my life, and if it truly is for me then I will always come back to is desiring it, and I always do.
Both students have been highly sought after by art schools across the country and have received scholarships from School of the Arts of Chicago, Savannah College of Art and Design, and Pratt Institute. In addition, Ansley received a scholarship from Ringling College of Art and Design, and Samara received a scholarship from Parsons School of Design.
Ansley's and Samara's passion for art led them both to participate in a summer program last year at Pratt, where they received four college credits. They are thrilled to continue their studies in college this fall.
Read more about their dreams for the future below:
Why did you decide to attend an art school?
Samara: I do not consider myself simply an artist; I am an innovator, a masterpiece maker, a dreamer, a magician. I am a conceptual, intellectual, and skeptical thinker, and a dauntless, limitless, and ceaseless creator. Art is my language of expression; it is how I communicate to the world around me. So I do not merely "do art." I live for it.
Ansley: I am attending an art school because I believe those that are best at their job love their job, and I love art. I want to be the best artist I can be because I value communicating well with the world around me.
What do you intend to focus on in college and/or what are your career aspirations?
Samara: I elected the fashion design major primarily because that is where my heart is, but also because I have a gifted eye for garments and how they complement the human form. Along with fashion design, writing is my safe haven. I exist to share stories, to express emotions, and to offer advice. I exist to write what I feel, to write what you feel, and to write what the world feels, but cannot say. At Pratt, the literary arts minor matches these interests seamlessly. I will be able to enhance my poetic voice, as well as venture into different genres of creative writing as a student within this department. During my years at Pratt and beyond, I will combine my creativity, my literary voice, and my passion for foreign cultures by venturing abroad to third-world countries and volunteering as a teacher of either the arts or of the English language or of both, where I would educate children.
Ansley: I am unsure about my major. I know I want to make things. Creating communicable work is a passion of mine. Good stories are so powerful, and art is my gift in communication. I will find a career that utilizes as many of my artistic passions as possible.
What has been your favorite part about Whitefield's art program?
Samara: Whitefield's art program has allowed me the opportunity to explore and master various artistic techniques under the expertise of Mrs. Brown.
Ansley: I love the teacher (Mrs. Brown). She genuinely pushes and mentors me in life and art. Art is all about love, so in pushing me in the real work, she pushes me in my art. Also, I love having one class full of people pursuing what I love. It is like sharing taste in music with someone: it makes you feel less alone, and in feeling less alone, I am inspired to communicate through art with the world around me.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Ansley: Art should never become a chore. If it begins to feel like a chore, let go for a while. It should be the love of my life, and if it truly is for me then I will always come back to is desiring it, and I always do.