Congratulations to all the WPHS Art students who will have art on display at the Placer County Fair this summer! Four groups of students designed and painted photo cut out boards for the fair. And over 50 pieces of art will be on display as part of the Teen Fine Arts Exhibition. Please visit the fair June 22-25th to see the cut out boards and art on display!

Last week, over 200 of Mrs. Bowman and Ms. Reynoso's art students had artwork on display as part of our school's 4th art show! Students visited the art show during the day and brought their families to see the art in the evening. Art from all levels was displayed including our school's first AP art students.

Congratulations to all the artists that entered the Anti Vape/Anti Tobacco Art Contest with our Wellness Center and Blue Line Arts in Roseville. On Saturday, May 20th, hundreds of pieces of art were displayed as part of the Roseville Art Walk, and a ceremony was held for the winners. A big congratulations to our West Park winner, Elanor Jensen!

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the US Congressional Art Competition. Students from all over Congressional District 3 submitted art to Kevin Kiley's office, including many WPHS artists. Winners were from other schools in Roseville. Participants received a congratulatory certificate in recognition of their participation in the event.

Congratulations to four West Park artists that were selected by the Kingsley Art Club to have their art  on display in the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Oliver Wood, Jasper Erikson, Reese Joy, and Melina Mantell created art in the style of, or inspired by, a work of art that is either in the Crocker Art Museum's permanent collection or a temporary exhibition. Their pieces will be on display on the first floor of the historic Crocker Museum from May 4 - July 23. And the third Sunday of each month, Museum entry is free.

Art Teachers; Mrs. Bowman and Ms. Reynoso, participated in both the Panther Preview Night and the Elective Fair at WPHS. 8th graders from local middle schools visited WPHS to preview class options and got to speak with Mrs. Bowman and Mrs. Reynoso about art classes. A lively Elective Fair was hosted at lunch where students got to visit with teachers from elective classes. At both events students' art was displayed to show the wide variety of art projects in art classes.

On December 15th, 2022, Mrs. Bowman and Ms. Reynoso hosted West Park High School's 3rd, Bi-Annual Art Show, as part of the Winter Visual and Preforming Arts Showcase. Families gathered to admire Mrs. Bowman's Art 2 and 3 students' work and Ms. Reynoso's Art 1 students' work, which was all very colorful, creative and unique. Both art teachers gave students many opportunities to create pieces unique to who they are, and reflect their interests and passions. Mrs. Bowman and Ms. Reynoso are excited to be working together this year, and thrilled to be working with so many creative and talented young artists. View more photos from the event here.

Dog portraits is one of the most popular assignments in Art 1 as students study realism, texture, and get to paint and draw their own dogs. This year students had the option to choose from one of our West Park High School teacher's or staff member's dogs. Many students opted to paint their teacher's dogs, who seemed to be quite the characters. Teachers excitedly accepted these gifts during a staff meeting, and graciously thanked the students for their work.

Congratulations to all the students who won ribbons for their art at the Placer County Fair in June! 

Ms. Reynoso encouraged students to enter the Placer County Fair, Fine Arts, Youth Division, and facilitated the framing, and delivery and pick up, so that students could be a part of this great opportunity. Art is currently displayed in the Panther Arena trophy display cases.

Best in Show, Best in Division and 1st Place: Reese Joy

1st Place: Carl Andrei Dizon, Airah Shua, Tochi Asagwara, Taylor Watts, Isabella Ballesteros, Michelle Lau, Tiffany Chan, Anne Lumactud, Nina Pitao, Sophia Everett, Mya McGavock

2nd Place: Ally Locust, Pratham Kumar, Cade Wood, Irene Yadanar, Liam Singson, Serenity Bledsoe, Ysabel Chan

3rd Place: Kendall Jones, Evelyn Saephah, Ezekiel Jingco

In May, West Park High School hosted their second, bi-annual, art show. Over 200 pieces, from over 100 artists, were on display in the Panther Arena as part of the WPHS VAPA Showcase. View more photos from the event here.