“Portrait of My Sister” by Anhdan Pham watches over the classroom.

“Mrs. Lam fosters such a wonderful love of art and teaching, and you will find yourself improving rapidly. If you want to pursue an art career I would one thousand percent take her class.” Jordan Creed, AP art student, the one on the right, said.

“Art class is such a safe space to express your passion in life.” Mila Sweetnam, AP art student, said.

This little songbird was whipped up by Mike Visage.

The walls of the classroom are covered in art exercises from all kinds of students. These eyes were drawn by the Art 2 students.

Here you have Julia Mlejnecky, deep in concentration.

Everybody’s hard at work, painting in their own little worlds.

An artist’s greatest tool, the humble hand, or is it their minds? Either way, it’s impressive.

“The biggest reason people should take art is because it gives you problem solving skills…it gives you the ability to visualize things and look at the world through different points of view.” Sarah Lam, art teatcher, said.