This year, we have invited youth in our Sketch Club program to share their favorite art works they’ve created this year. The pandemic has brought us to virtual programming, and we wanted to share and celebrate what has emerged for and from the youth during this time. Students from 3rd- 5th grade shared and submitted their favorite works of art for this online exhibition, which presents a variety of the students’ thoughts, personalities and emotions.

Sketch Club programming is made possible through the care and generosity of our compassionate community. Thank you to our current funders including Tacoma Creates and the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation.

Alaina McDonald

Angelina Cuevas

“I was thinking about fire, stars, the night and when me and my cousins were outside looking at the fireworks.”

Asher O. 

“I call this art piece ruination and I drew this on 5/26/21 I am Asher O I am in the 5th Grade I go to Edison Elementary My art work was made by pencil I drew this art so that people are more grateful for their families.”

Brianna Renken

“I made this because I was kinda bored and had my pencil so I drew this.”

Chanthree Nop

Charlotte Penor

“It was made on a plane from California. I was bored and wanted to draw.”

Danielle Larson

“[This is] dedicated to my mom and dad.”

Destiny

“When I was making this work, I was thinking about how everyone in the world has mixed emotions so I drew colorful dots.”

Emma Nearhood

Europe Carter

Evie Mckinney

Boladji Gareth Dayane Dansou

Gideon Bosh

“I made this artwork for a science lesson at school. It was the end of a long school day and I just wanted to get done with the day. I had no idea how good it was going to turn out.”

Giselle V.

Hayven Knight

“This is a painting I painted of cheese.”

Hugo M.

Isabella Felagai

Jacqueline

Jahnti Woolridge

“I like video games. What I want you think about looking at my painting is calming abstract art of nature.”

James Coney

Joe Gomez

Joleen

Kelly Coen

Khloe Stark

“My art is made from black Watercolor, it has lots of swirls I made into a tree. I made a moon and a swing on the tree to make it look like it was night.  With lots of stars, it kind of reminds me of Caroline or from the Nightmare Before Christmas.”

Lesley Cruz Lopez

“I love forests so that the setting and I have a stuff animal that is a bear and I was hungry.”

Lorraine

Maya Hernandez

“This was made with watercolor. I felt lost but I was feeling that something would find me.”

Miss Lexi

“I was thinking of a greenish tree forest because when I’m in hiphop I go outside and my back yard is just like a forest an that is my art statement.”

Noah Moun

Ric’kya Bell

Sadie Sade

“I made it because I like to draw.”

Sandra Lopez

Vannak Traluch

“Likes to play Video games, Very lazy, Smart at math but would rather trade that for a million dollars any day cause it makes Elementary school a boring piece of trash. Has a YouTube channel called Vannak Traluch, that holds family vlogs.”