Poems are Interpreted by Computer Graphic Artists
Art teacher Kasmira Mohanty teamed up with English teacher Kelly Quintero on a nifty interdisciplinary project at Huntington High School during National Poetry Month.
The activity started with creative writing students penning poems. “Those poems were then given to me,” explained Ms. Mohanty. “My advanced computer graphics class selected one of their choosing and used it for inspiration to create a piece of artwork based upon the poem.”
Mrs. Quintero said the poems were “rife with imagery.” The computer graphics students proved adept at creating a visual interpretation of the theme of each work. The creative writing students saw those interpretations for the first time at the district art show last week and were floored.
“When I looked at the picture that was created to match a poem that I had recently worked on, I almost felt a little star struck,” freshman Katie Fleming said. “The picture matched my poem so perfectly, it astounded me. I was so happy that someone wanted to use my poetry as a part of their art artwork.”
“I had the privilege of working with an amazing writer,” junior artist James Okula said. [Junior] Dylan Grasso’s poem had a lot of great imagery that helped me develop my art piece. The title itself, ‘A Snapshot into a Dying Man,’ fills my head with many different ideas. I just simply put these ideas on the computer.”
The interdisciplinary project was a popular exhibit at the art show, where some of the poems and their visual interpretations were displayed side-by-side.
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