CREEANNA S.
Pleasant Grove High School - Grade 11 Missing & Adapting
mixed media
During quarantine, I really started to miss my friends. Drawing them brought great and hilarious memories to mind, which was really comforting. I drew my cat as well because he's been such a great companion, dead birds and all. I also included him because cats are very flexible and adaptable creatures. This is something that we have to embody now more than ever, making the best of our new circumstances.
KYLEE M.
Clearfield High School - Grade 11 Modern Day Plague
ballpoint pen
This artwork is inspired by today's cultural events. It follows a character in the plague doctor mask and represents how we need to protect ourselves from the modern day plague. There is also a crack in the glasses that represents how we as a society are failing to keep everyone safe and healthy. There are many hidden elements to this piece like the ruler on the hat representing how we have to stand 6 feet apart. The toilet paper on his hat shows that we are find it very valuable and the WiFi symbol represents how we are relying on technology to get us through this pandemic. The name tag and pink slip represents the job industry and the graph represents the stock market. Also the tree and swing with caution tape on it to show that the outside world is a dangerous place right now.
ALEXIA C.
Ben Lomond High School - Grade 11 Tears of Loss
watercolor, pen
It’s about a girl who feels lost, kinda like she’s lost in space and doesn’t know what to do because she feels empty inside.
JAYLYNN H.
Murray High School - Grade 11 Monachopsis
mixed media
ALIYA C.
Tuacahn High School - Grade 11 Strung Together
photography
This piece represents the idea of being connected even when we’re alone. We always have ties to other people.
REBECCA G.
Salem Hills High School - Grade 11 Stress
charcoal
I tried to make my feelings of stress felt through this art piece, how my life has changed from Covid and the feeling of knowing how everything I've worked for academically might just be lost from this event. Stressful.
KYARRA S.
Tuacahn High School - Grade 11 Isolation
acrylic
When in quarantine, the only light around me was radiated by my puppy. He brightens my bubble.
TAYLOR W.
Stansbury High School - Grade 11 Isolation
clay, metal hangers
This work is about being trapped inside. Being inside for weeks on end has really hit hard on a lot of my loved ones and many others. Personally, I highly enjoy being inside, but I wanted to put together what a lot of other people are feeling in this rough time. I started with making the clay box to make sure the measurements for the wire box would fit. I made that box by bending and weaving hangers. Finally I made the figure which is found in a lot of my other works and helped connect it to my AP portfolio.
SAVANNAH A.
Lone Peak High School - Grade 11 Greetings From a Box
mixed media
It is based on Albert Irvin's Empress. I took the imagery of a big red stripe and used it as my box, and used the other, smaller colors as my people. It's really about acknowledging the huge thing in front of us but noticing the small things that are still taking place.
ASHLYN K.
Salem Hills High School - Grade 11 Through My Eyes
pencil, pen
I was thinking about how we each have our own way of dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak. We are finding things to help what seems to be our never ending boredom. I drew this piece on how we play games to bring joy and liveliness to our homes. Hard times bring the most beauty.
KOLTON B.
Carbon High School - Grade 11 Sunset Field
photography
It is meant to show an attraction to natural beauty as opposed to unnatural and man made objects.
WILLIAM D.
Granger High School - Grade 11 A Simple Field
pencil
It's about the simplicity and boring nature of what is happening.
GWEN S.
Dixie High School - Grade 11 Corona Kids
chalk pencils, micron pen
ERICK R.
Pleasant Grove High School - Grade 11 6 Feet Away
photography
I took this picture to have as a memory, during this huge pandemic, while we watch time pass by. My mom is so afraid, she has mostly banned us from going out besides work so we only go outside on our property.
ROXY L.
Paradigm High School - Grade 11 Sunglass
marker, colored pencil
MASON S.
Paradigm High School - Grade 11 A Path Out of Here
photography
This photo was take in Hawaii right before everything with COVID-19 happened. While I’ve been in quarantine I’ve been going back through photos I have taken from the last several months and remembering the days when I could freely go on adventures and not be forced into my home by a pandemic.
AUTUMN B.
Tuacahn High School - Grade 11 Structure
found objects
Structure is about common objects that are keeping our households, and subsequently our lives, together during Covid-19. It is a study of a universal “normal” in the middle of chaos that connects us from within the walls of our own homes. This piece includes themes of both the personal and societal experience.
MAX S.
Salem Hills High School - Grade 11 Shattered
micron/ink
This piece started as a way to occupy my time during this quarantine. But it soon took on new meaning for me, I just moments ago I titled it, "Shattered," as a way to describe how I've segmented and 'broken' my hands and face to make individual pieces, but also how our world has 'shattered,' things don't work and function like they used to, my life and your life have been broken into and shattered into something new, different and frightening. Something I hoped I portrayed in this piece by the sprawled hands, dark shadows and coronavirus shaped pupil.
NAYLEA O.
West Jordan High School - Grade 11 Secret Love
pencil
My work is about the only person who has made me feel safe and strong during this hard time. I have been going through a lot of thoughts and problems with everything right now and he has been the only one that has helped me with that. He shows me how to see the best of things and shows me the light in the dark. He’s been keeping me motivated and I appreciate what he has been doing.
BRODY J.
Fremont High School - Grade 11 Deceit Behind the Cure
alcohol markers, colored pencil
This piece is showing what goes on behind the scenes of being a doctor. Even though doctors do their best to help, they are given a limited choice of supplies and medicine. Doing their best with what they have, they may give you things that don't help you and end up costing you money and even your life. Our society is ruled by evil which is represented by the green bottles. What our world needs to heal and save each other is represented by the gold bottles.
KATHERINE B.
Timpanogos High School - Grade 11 In the Wake of the Streetlight
digital
This piece shows the feeling of isolation, where you can be in the middle of a city and still feel alone. The umbrella corresponds with the feeling of needing to protect myself from what's going on while the detail of rain represents the sadness that comes with the change. The feeling of isolation and abandonment when you’re alone is also there with the figure in the picture standing alone could either represent someone who's passed on during this time (thus the halo), or it could represent oneself where you can really only rely on yourself to make it out alive.
KESSLY S.
Timpanogos High School - Grade 11 Color in Dark Times
food
In dark and difficult times such as these it is more important than ever to search for the light everyday. Many people can get caught up in thinking that our world is devoid of color. My project shows that nothing can be farther from the truth. Color surrounds us everyday. All we have to do is look for it.
EMA W.
Dixie High School - Grade 11 The Inner Seed
watercolor, marker
This work was created to represent the things that I have learned are really important to me. All of the pointless stuff I used to stress about is no longer important in a time like this, and I find myself cherishing things like my mental and physical health, my self-worth, and my family.
PAISLEY J.
Highland High School - Grade 11 Stuck Inside
digital
This is a cute little home that I imagine is inhabited by a magic creature self quarantining.
DOMENICK D.
Mountain View High School - Grade 11 Isolation in the Head
photography
For me art has always been a part of my life. My mother's side of my family has had artists and illustrators throughout. But photography art is something that I picked up on my own and not regretted making that decision because it acts as a therapeutic session that lets me put my emotions and thoughts into a photo. I feel relaxed after a photo session. But what I love about doing photography is how strong one picture can be, how one image tells a story.
LEXI E.
Bountiful High School - Grade 11 The Fight
digital
My artwork consists of 2 faces each with totally opposite thoughts inside. The left is the danger and chaos of the world right now. The right is my smaller world, the people that make me happy and who is helping me get through this.
Kimmie D. and Kenly S.
Clearfield High School - Grade 11 The Light in Us All
acrylic
Sometimes life is in a dark tunnel. You can't always see the light at the end of the tunnel. But keep moving and you will get to a better place.
DANA G.
Mountain View High School - Grade 11 Suspended
photography
I took this self-portrait to highlight some of the feelings that I've had during this new experience. Like many others, I've had a difficult time adjusting and remaining hopeful during self-isolation. This period of uncertainty has suspended me between what life once was and what life will be like coming out of this pandemic.
TAYLOR J.
Juab High School - Grade 11 Trapped
marker, colored pencil
Millions of people struggle with anxiety and stress on the daily. Anxiety is something I struggle with even more so since Covid-19 became a pandemic. The picture describes how it really feels. Anxiety leaves me feeling caged inside my own head and it’s hard to escape all of the worrisome thoughts I have. Going out with friends can really help me to escape the thoughts or at least express them. Now that I can’t go out with my friends or have much social interaction it has made me have a lot more trouble getting out of my head. That’s just how I have been feeling lately, trapped. I know a lot of people probably feel this way so I wanted to express it using art. I made it using colored pencils and a Sharpie. I wanted to be able to blend and have things stand out. I hope this will mean something to someone else as much as it means to me.
LONDON H.
Bingham High School - Grade 11 Missing Normal
photography
Life has gotten crazy, but this has given us a lot more time to think and be with ourselves. Despite hardly being able to leave the house, we also have more time to be outside and enjoy life more. I also wanted to give this a more "antique feel" to show how things have changed.
AMELIA N.
Park City High School - Grade 11 A Natural Reflection
photography
I made this artwork by taking two different pictures and putting them together.
DILLAN F.
Salem Hills High School - Grade 11 Trapped
colored pencil
I thought I'd portray how most of us feel now that we're quarantined for the most of the day.
EVELYN R.
Juab High School - Grade 11 Through Quarantined Eyes
found objects
The current situation with Covid-19 leaves us confined to our own homes. We spend every second of every day within our walls, but we are together with our dear families. These walls are our safe places among the infected society. We peep through the doors of our sanctuaries at the still-life outside, observing in disbelief as the scenery depletes becoming more and more desolate throughout the world beyond. We wait and hope for the day when life will normalize once again.
SASHA A.
Bingham High School - Grade 11 Finding Shelter
photography
I took this photo of my older brother. He just had a baby and he spoke with me about how this virus has made him anxious about the dangers of this world. He is trying to be a shelter for his new daughter. He wants to protect her from the dangers and keep her safe and healthy. His little family is finding shelter within each other. Leaning on each other to protect their family. They have learned how to lean on each other during these hard times.
MADDIE D.
Murray High School - Grade 11 And Still We Rise: Murray Spartens
mixed media
My work is about being in this together and we can all get through it. I tried to make it a little funny. It has been very hard for me not being able to see my friends. It has also been stressful with school and home. It has been especially stressful because my dad has underlying medical issues and he has to keep working to make ends meet and its just been super scary.
ELLA F.
Payson High School - Grade 11 Staying Six Feet Apart
photography
I wanted to show how I am still trying to see my friends even when we have to sit 6 feet apart and in our separate cars. We missed seeing each other so we decided to hang out while still respecting the social distance rules.
NOELLE G.
Paradigm High School - Grade 11 Still Hungry
watercolor
My piece represents all the families in Puerto Rico who are starving. The coronavirus has caused many working parents to lose their jobs, so children in many families are going hungry because of this. The mask on the girl represents the virus and how it has not allowed her to eat anything. She is older and bigger than the young boy so she has given up her food so the boy can eat.
ISABELLE H.
Lone Peak High School - Grade 11 Creation of Color
watercolor
During such a hard time in this pandemic its easy to get lost and feel down, but bringing some color into your life will do you good. That is why I've created this painting to bring some happiness into everyone's lives.
KIARA W.
Dixie High School - Grade 11 Earth
colored pencil
The earth has been struggling for as long as we’ve been alive, and although coronavirus has brought hardships to humans, it has brought life back to earth. clear rivers, low pollution, animals everywhere. difficulties truly can be beautiful.
DUSTIN S.
Riverton High School - Grade 11 Frozen in Time
collage
This is the iconic Flag being raised on Iwo Jima, but as you can tell there has been added historical moments and figures that has in one way or another led to this moment in time. Especially a moment now frozen in time.
MACY V.
Bingham High School - Grade 11 Separated Home
photography
My photograph is mostly about living in a home where people are at high risk. We still have to go out and work to pay the bills. That's probably the closest we've stood next to each other in a month. Our home feels broken.
HALEY O.
Clearfield High School - Grade 11 World Wide Virus
watercolor pencils
AVA T.
Lumen Scholar Institute - Grade 11 Vira's Chance
digital
Vira has found her chance to make a difference in the world.
SAMANTHA S.
Skyline High School - Grade 11 Lonesome Solidarity
gouache
This work is inspired by my Native American heritage. During this difficult time of isolation and distancing, we may feel stuck and always masked- at times we can be completely hidden from the outside world.
IRELAND T.
Tooele High School - Grade 11 A Painted Sky
digital
KAITLYN K.
Highland High School - Grade 11 The Beauty in Evil
digital
Even darkness can embody beauty.
JARED B.
Bingham High School - Grade 11 Homeschool
photography
This is a picture of my siblings doing their school work. I took this while standing on a kitchen chair.
MATTHEW F.
Tuacahn High School - Grade 11 Before and After
marker
My artwork depicts the differences between society before and after the coronavirus. My art depicts the uncertainty of the people and the chaotic times in which they are living. The arrangements of colors show the structure of the lives of people and the changes as they have discovered more about themselves when they step back and take a break. The coronavirus showed people that they can learn and try new things without their routines and jobs interfering with that.
XANDER J.
Tuacahn High School - Grade 11 Too Close
photography
I am a healthcare worker and artist and it has been really hard since I am a photographer, I’m so used to capturing peoples lives but now that’s a dream.
JACOB V.
Lone Peak High School - Grade 11 Under the Night Sky
acrylic, crayon
One thing that I love to do even during theses crazy times, is to be outside and in the mountains. It gives me a place to go to feel safe and know that everything's going to be alright. I used crayons and paint to construct the piece. Melting the crayons to create the color of the sky.
YOSSELINE V.J.
American Preparatory Academy Draper#3 - Grade 11 Rêveuse
acrylic, pencil, pastel
My work centers on the fact that we all have a dream. We are all dreamers. Whether it be daydreaming or just dreaming while you're asleep. For example, with the COVID-19 going on, I believe it's not just my "dream" but everyone's, to see their loved ones again and to not be so distant from the ones we care about the most. Sure we've got technology to face time each other and whatnot but it's not the same as being actually with them. In the bottom left corner of the canvas, reads the following words: "She is a dreamer." I was not only referring to everyone else, I was also referring to myself. Like everyone else, I too have dreams to fulfill and accomplish.
MEGAN A.
Copper Hills High School - Grade 11 Overrun City
pencil
Not a person to be seen, just an oversized octopus wandering this perspective city drawing.
MORGAN T.
Mountain View High School - Grade 11 Welcome to Nothing
mixed media
This piece is part of a larger series exploring my depression through the metaphor of drowning. This artwork is focused on the effects that self isolation has had on my mental state recently. The burnt vellum sheets framing the piece are representative of the curtains we’re all hiding behind. The background has abstract marks that represent kelp, tying back to my theme of drowning. The skull is representative of the rotten, dead nothing I've been feeling. It feels like there's no point to anything right now. This is a scary time we’re in, but I know it will pass.
EVE L.
Skyridge High School - Grade 11 Black and White City
photography
LONDON F.
Highland High School - Grade 11 Crisis
acrylic
When creating this piece I was trying to show the frustration and struggle of what is going on during this time of Covid-19. People are needing to relearn how to do things from home and politely keeping a distance from others. I also tried to demonstrate a few things that have become such important representations of the coronavirus like the lungs on the blanket, the gas mask on the baby face, the hand sanitizer in one hand and the toilet paper in the other hand.
SAMANTHA L.
Tuacahn High School - Grade 11 Prism
pen
HUNTER W.
West Jordan High School - Grade 11 Looking Through the Blooms Into a Gamer's Mind
colored pencil
The way I found my happiness is by playing video games inside my household to help relieve stress during these hard days of insecurity. But sometimes I go outside to water the flowers as my way of finding peace. Seeing the flowers being watered gives me hope that we will be able to get through these hard times.
MAYA G.
Murray High School - Grade 11 Oh Deer
cardstock
Made as a reminder of much simpler times.
CODY B.
Layton High School - Grade 11 The Fear Within
pen, marker, colored pencil
This artwork is a representation of the fear that is caused by the current pandemic. It shows many aspects of cause and effects of the virus. This person looks onward to the future.
ETHAN M.
Timpanogos High School - Grade 11 Hope on the Horizon
photography
I took this photo when I was full of uncertainty and stressed out about the future. This sunset brought a smile to my face. My photo represents my long-term positive attitude that we will get through this together, and this storm will clear in time, and the sun will shine once more. We will be able to enjoy being with our friends, and loved ones, and we will appreciate these things more now that we have been through this storm of isolation. Things are getting better.
KADENCE D.
Paradigm High School - Grade 11 Peaceful Night
photography
I took this picture of my sister one night when we went to a city lookout. We shared deep conversations about what our future will be like after life in self-quarantine. We miss our friends but we’re choosing to accept things as they are when it comes to things we can’t change. Looking out at the city lights and the stars above us, we felt peace in knowing that our loved ones were safe, and adoration for the beautiful world we live in.