Arts

Richland High School's choir Resonance/VocalRiot!, directed by Rachel Dennis, performs Carol of the Bells.

The theatre students at Northwest Rankin Middle School recently performed their monologues at the 17th annual Actors Showcase. This year traditional students video tapped their performances with the help of WJTV and choice students performed for a live audience of more than 100 viewers via Zoom. 

by Melissa K. Magee

Four NWRHS students placed in the RCSD Visual Arts Contest.  Their artwork will be featured in the RCSD Secondary Connection newsletter in March. Pictured left to right: Jamie Ferreras, Chloe Easterling, Aubrey McLellan and Skylar Smith

by Delwin Wallace

Several local schools participated in the Chimneyville Arts Festival this past weekend as they held a HS art competition. 

Amelia Fitzgerald from Northwest Rankin High School received one of the special awards with a $50 cash prize. She entered a ceramic work of a Jellyfish. 

by Melissa Magee

Drew Winter, a 12th grader at Northwest Rankin High School, won 200.00 and the cover design contest for Hometown Rankin magazine.  15,000 copies will be distributed throughout Rankin County during the month of December.

by Melissa Magee

NWRHS Art and Community recycled their candy costumes for Keep the Rez Beautiful's annual Project Rezway fashion show. We added 2 new costumes: Mardi Gras and an original piece. We had 2 winners...1st place 18 and above Shawn Mackey, Harlem Globetrotter and 3rd place 17 and under Olivia Carley, Barbie in a box. Both students won cash prizes, as well as, money for our art class. 

by Delwin Wallace

This past summer, I was fortunate to take a group of NWRHS students on the “Artists of France and Spain” tour. I do this every other summer and this is the second time I was able to do this trip. I will be taking a group to New York this Spring break for the Broadway and the Arts tour.

We visited Paris, Provence, Avignon, Arles, Barcelona, and Madrid. Our Highlights included the Louvre, Musee D’Orsay,  The Rodin museum, Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse, Monet’s Gardens at Giverney and Notre Dame (2 months after fire) in Paris. While in the Provence region in south France, we visited the Pont du Gard, Paul Cezanne’s house and studio as well as the cafe Van Gogh painted in the Cafe Terrace at Night. We then traveled over to Barcelona for the Picasso museum and the Dali museum. We saw great architecture in Antonio Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia and Park Guell. We finished in Madrid with The Reina Sofia to see Picasso’s Guernica, and the Prado Museum. 

by Mark Edwards

Richard Smallwood (Alto Sax; Brandon High) and Mark Edwards; Director of Bands at Brandon participated in the MS Lions Allstate Band. They competed in the International Lions Parade In Italy, and won the International Lions Band Champions!