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Maspeth High School students’ work to be
featured in Queens Borough Arts Festival
College in the fall for secondary
education. Ivovic said she will always
continue making art, but only
for herself.
“Art is one of my biggest passions,”
Ivovic said. “I feel the need to separate
my works and hobbies because
I feel like I might get the life sucked
out of me if I had to do it for any other
reason than my own.”
The annual festival takes place at
the end of each school year to honor
students in visual arts, theater,
dance, media arts and music. Each
borough has its own festival, working
with art directors and community
superintendents to select work
across the city.
Diana Ivovic with her piece, titled “Gerontocrocy Doesn’t Work.”
BY JULIA MORO
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Two Maspeth High School seniors
were selected to showcase their
work at the Queens Borough
Arts Festival, a Department of Education
event held to celebrate student
work.
Diana Ivovic and Kathleen Dappah
will have their work shown on the
Queens Borough Arts Festival website
for the virtual reveal Monday,
June 7.
Stephanie Lara, the art teacher for
the two students, said she could not
be more proud.
“I have worked with my seniors
for four years and have been very
emotional about them leaving, especially
because the last year and
a half with them was virtual,” Lara
said. “It’s incredible how much their
skills have developed. I couldn’t be
more proud to end their high school
career with an awesome acceptance
to this festival.”
Ivovic submitted a piece called
“Gerontocracy Doesn’t Work,” a
portrait in gouache, a painting
method. This piece shows Ivovic
with duct tape over her mouth, with
other mouths around mocking her.
Ivovic said seeing what’s been
going on in the news inspired her to
make this artwork, the capitol riots
in January setting her off.
“It’s hard to put your thoughts into
words,” Ivovic said. “The idea is that
the government is run by old people,
and it suppresses the voices of the
youth, and because we don’t have a
voice, all these policies are made in
the view of people who are kind of
outdated.”
Lara said she was impressed by
her students’ creativity and skill
and told her students always to use
art as an outlet.
“The subject matter was unique,
both had human figures but weren’t
just typical self-portraits,” Lara said.
“They were both playful but showed
a lot of skill and imagination. I hope
this means they are encouraged to
keep doing art no matter what they
pursue. I hope that they’re proud of
themselves and use this as motivation
to continue.”
Ivovic will be attending Hunter
Kathleen Dappah’s piece, ‘The Woman Through The Window.”
Photos courtesy of Maspeth High School
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