By Mia Cerrato – Editorial Editor

Jonathan Law High School’s AP Art Studio class took a trip to the Milford Arts Fire House Art Gallery to learn more about the process of making art.

At the firehouse, they met Faustin Adeniran who was displaying his recycled art pieces. 

“Milford Art Council and the Fire House Art Gallery are two wonderful art resources in the community that foster visual and performing arts,” art teacher Mrs. Murphy said.

The students seemed to thoroughly enjoy the experience and took a lot from the field trip. 

“The trip went super well,” said senior Tess Rosato. “It was really interesting to meet a practicing artist and hear about his inspirations and career.”

Students were excited to meet a very experienced artist and take advice from him.

“I was able to meet an artist with works all over the world,” said senior Haleigh Neely. “I enjoyed the experience.”

Faustin went in depth about his aspirations and career for the students. 

“It was really fun and interesting to meet an artist and hear his story as well as the progress of his career,” said junior Rachna Vipparla.

Students were able to attempt their own piece of art using Faustin’s style, creativity and technique.

“I really liked when we got to try to make our own piece,” said junior Abigail Gattert. “It was very chaotic but also very fun.”

Through creating and working on their own piece, students are able to see the thinking process of Faustin Adenrian. 

“My favorite part was the workshop portion where we attempted to make a piece of art using Faustin’s style and technique,” said Rosato. “It’s harder than it looks!”

This trip influenced many student’s future work in their AP art class.

“Faustin influenced my artwork because he showed me that there are many ways to create mixed media pieces,” said Vipparla. “I learned that I should experiment with more materials and go out of my comfort zone with my work.”

Seeing the thinking process of another artist fuels more ideas for students and inspires them to try new things.

“It was nice to see some of his thinking process while making these unique pieces of art,” Neely.

The Jonathan Law art department Law has plans for future trips since this field trip was a success.

“We have many future plans for new field trips,” Vipparla said. “We are even going to an art museum in December.”