Over the course of our summer we will feature various artists and art pieces from each Jenison elementary school as well as the Junior High and High School. Each piece was carefully chosen by our art teachers and we hope you will enjoy the talents and hard work of our students while you also enjoy a beautiful and relaxing summer!

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By: Marissa Swanson
Jenison High School

Students like Marissa Swanson often see art projects as a way to express their own thoughts and opinions about the world around them. She chose her mother’s favorite flower to draw: Bird of Paradise. Behind the flower she wrote in the Korean word ganan, poverty. She then explains about how poverty is all around us and brings up the illusions we have of paradise. It is amazing to see through art the artist’s personality and expression of emotions.

Marissa Swanson and her artwork were selected by her high school art teachers, Sara Buzzitta and Melissa Ellis.