VA WAM Middle School
WAM, SAY Sí’s multidisciplinary middle school program, is a year-round Saturday program in visual arts, theatre, media arts and new media. SAY Sí employs its junior and senior high school students to work as student instructors, allowing for reciprocally beneficial peer-to-peer mentoring.
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The Tears of the World are Pouring Over MeMixed mediaVictoria RubioAge: 14
The red symbolizes frustration and anger. The black symbolizes depression and anxiety. The gold represents the fear of failure. The white handmade paper was to represent my mind being foggy and lost.
Hold Onto Memories Mixed mediaKyle HarrahAge: 15
I wanted it to be about the fear of losing friends by growing apart. You will see on the piece that there is text saying “I'm happy for you” and text that says “don’t leave me;“ basically, both sides of the coin. You're happy your friends are doing well, but conflicted about them growing apart.
Un-creative Mixed mediaKaydence SaucedaAge: 14
There are a lot of colors in my work which are there to show my creativity, thoughts, and feelings. The person in the middle just sitting there shows how I haven’t really done much while school has been out even though I have so many I ideas. It's mainly because I just don’t have the right energy to create.
Midnight MoonMixed mediaLillith ChildsAge: 13
I made this piece under pressure of not turning it in on time, so this piece shows that I can do anything in a limited amount of time. When I finished the project it became one of my best art pieces.
My Successful ArtworkMixed mediaMadeline MoranAge: 12
When I paint or draw I like to draw what I like to do, which is something like Fortnite skins or bt21 or just something that has cartoons in it. Also, I like Disney, but sometimes I can't enjoy those things. If I can’t enjoy those things, then I like to go to the forest, the beach, or do something like watch the sunset.
Unmotivated Mixed mediaMia Isabella PerezAge: 14
This piece represents how unmotivated I am currently; it is a very simple drawing, but very calm and peaceful.
Pride MonthMixed mediaStephanie JasmineAge: 14
The background is a rainbow because it represent LGBTQ+, the girl was a random person I drew with no references; she has green hair to represent the Aromantic flag.
Green AppleMixed mediaIliana NanezAge: 14
The orgin of this drawing came from me messing around and using colors while on a call with my friends. I tried to make it as ugly as can be and I think I got my point across. The red can either symbolize an angry red or a joyful reckless red, either work. The whole piece represents recklessness, crazy, and wild stuff, while also remaining fun and simple.
City Chaos Mixed mediaYemaya JacintoAge: 14
The buildings represent our city here in San Antonio. I wanted to show the life that is being tainted with the blue and the purple chalk. I wanted this painting to represent the chaos that is happening amid this pandemic.
HavenMixed mediaAsra Garza-CortezAge: 12
This project idea came to me when I was up one night and I was sad. Quarantine sucks and makes me feel annoyed, sad, angry, and pent up; so I wanted to express that in my art. I wanted to really talk about how strenuous this whole ordeal is. The mysterious hazmat guy is sort of symbolizing the state of today; he’s comforting me, but I know it will be awhile untill things return to normal. I tried to use the materials I received in a unique way, since I usually just draw with pencil and paper.
Rising HopeMixed mediaJimena CervantesAge: 12
So I did this as my project because I was asked to do something happy and the butterfly is representing positivity; it is my hope and happiness during these bad times. I drew our city's skyline because all my friends, family and everyone I love live here and it's my home. The black border is the bad parts of this crisis, but the butterfly is meant to overpower the sad parts.
Two Different Sky Colors Crossing and MixingMixed mediaVictor VillarrealAge: 12
I created a piece inspired by how I saw the sky: dark blue and light blue crossing and mixing.
ZZZzzzzz!!Mixed mediaOllie Django RodriguezAge: 14
The image in this painting is of my state of mind. The literal element of my hand and the figurative presence of my mind come together to show myself yawning. The hand takes place of the brain stem and follows the path of the spinal cord off the canvas to an empty background.
Chaos in PeaceMixed mediaAreya CaudilloAge: 13
The sunset's colors have always been so chaotic and mismatched like the world we live in, so on the back I put graffiti-inspired letters repeating panic. For the galaxy painting I put the word "don't" in cursive when the coil connects the two paintings so it says "don't panic."
Mysterious WondersMixed mediaZacharie MorenoAge: 13
The balloon goes wherever the wind takes it, just like in our current life, we have no control over what has been happening; we have to go wherever the wind takes us. The knots represent the challenges in life that we overcome after all is said and done.
Weeping Flames Mixed mediaCora DennisAge: 14
This multimedia painting is a representation of my state of mind during Quarantine. While brainstorming I thought of the main emotions I have been experiencing such as anger, sadness, and confusion. Then I thought of symbols that represent those feelings. I used acrylic paint, fancy paper, paint markers, glue, letter beads, and I attached the three canvases with a piece of wood on the back.
Connection Mixed mediaCameron PerezAge: 13
When I did this painting I had a to make it with what I was feeling and I thought, "what and how can I connect the things that make me ME?" So the dots of glitter mean different things that make me me and the yarn connected it all to the figure which represents me.
Look Around Mixed mediaCatalina MolinaAge: 13
The red hand represents all of the indigenous women that have gone missing and everyone is just turning a blind eye to it.
Peace in a PandemicMixed mediaSofia Garza SerreliAge: 14
I have been feeling relieved and at peace from finishing another school year, so I painted this to represent that feeling. The graduation cap represents me because I recently graduated from middle school. The cloud represents peace, and the germs represent the pandemic that is going on. I used a light blue color in the background because blue is calming and peaceful.
Special RoomMixed mediaNatalia del Carmen PerezAge: 14
My artwork is about how grateful I am to be with my family because they're always there for me when I'm going through something that I dont like, so my artwork is very wholesome.
DahliaMixed mediaDanielle InocencioAge: 12
The dahlia flower mostly symbolizes one who stands strong with their own opinions or sacred values and inner strength in this piece. I do believe that we must stay strong in these hard times, especially with the current BLM movement.
The TruthMixed mediaJosh ArguelloAge: 14
This may be simple, but the simpler things are, the bigger the impact they have.
