The Journey to Arts Evening
The path to Arts Evening is not easy; it’s full of long, dedicated hours and hard work. Whether the art is visual, musical, or performing, the participating students are passionate and creative. After a school year in the making, the artists’ work finally pays off when their art is admired and praised by the JCHS community.
Arts Evening is a great way for students to explore different sides of themselves and to work creatively, as most don’t always get the opportunity to break from their often exhausting schedule of academic classes. JCHS’ diverse art department provides many classes for students to experiment with their inner artist; there are visual arts classes, like sculpture and materials and methods, as well as performing arts classes such as acting and filmmaking. One of the newer classes being offered at school is Mr. Kuchar’s Music Writing & Production class, where students experiment with writing and producing their own songs. One of Mr. Kuchar’s students, Eli Moldavsky ‘19 had to write a song about something “super”, so he chose to incorporate a fairytale and romantic theme. With only three weeks before Arts Evening, Eli and the rest of Mr. Kuchar’s musical production students had to create a song they would truly love and be proud of. However, nothing ever really goes according to plan; Eli was so concerned with making his song perfect, he missed his deadline and finished it on the day of the show! To Eli’s disappointment, he got infected with pink eye the day before Arts Evening and was not feeling so well. Facing a number of challenges, Eli was hesitant to perform in front of his family and friends; but with the help of Evelyn Inker ‘18 on the piano, Eli finally sang the song he had worked so hard to create. When I spoke to Eli he explained to me that “this made me realize why I love music and performing… you get so invested in a piece and then you get to show people this thing you are so proud of”. Although Eli had to overcome many problems before presenting his work, this was all part of the journey.
Eli’s story is similar to other JCHS art students, a ride full of highs and lows before finally arriving at the destination they all work so hard to get to. Arts Evening is an exciting event that garners buzz the whole year while students prepare. If you have the chance, stop by next year and check out more of the amazing art from JCHS’ talented students!
