by Mina Phetsavanh Mina Phetsavanh is a sophomore at Peoria High School. Always more of a quiet person, she has ventured out and explored more of what she can do. Phetsavanh finds herself thinking more and more about how to improve and think about the things around her more positively. She want to be a …
by Khennedy Adkins-Dutro Khennedy Adkins-Dutro is a sophomore in the preparatory school of the arts program at Peoria High School. Her interests include finding new music, learning to paint better, reading, writing Drabble stories, and watching Anime. Adkins-Dutro’s goals in life include becoming an influence to many younger people who look like her. She wants …
by Ella Van Kuren Ella Van Kuren is a 15-year-old student and Peoria High School. She enjoys art, music, and sleep. She hopes to improve her art skills greatly and continue to create as long as possible. Leonora Carrington was one the longest surviving artists of the surrealist movement. She was born into a rich …
by Clarice Gates Clarice Gates is in 11th grade at Peoria High School, where she studies in the preparatory school of the arts program taught by Joseph Orteza. She hopes to become a professional artist. You can find her artwork on Instagram: @ claricelikestodraw. Boy George is the lead singer of my favorite band, Culture …
by Madison Seling Madison Seling is a senior at Peoria High School. She is an aspiring artist that loves to draw and paint. Seling has an impressionist style of drawing and likes to paint portraits of people. She hopes to go to college and become a dermatologist whilst keeping up with art on the side. …
by Doug and Eileen Leunig This month Giving Voice unveils “Faces of Influencers,” a feature dedicated toward the art of portraiture. This feature is a companion of a project Big Picture Peoria began in the fall of 2020 called “Portraits of Peoria.” That project involves local professional artists portraying significant personalities who have made a …
by Trent Miles The 28th Clean Water Celebration (CWC) is a two-day event held every spring at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, Illinois. Due to the pandemic, the program will be held virtually this year on April 26, 2021. Students will be able to discover how to change the world by conserving water—our most …
by Anjali Yedavalli New York City’s Broadway has a reputation for being inclusive—for being a space where you can find yourself and forge connections unlike any other. Yet the diversity problems that plague its L.A.-based counterpart (aka Hollywood) seem to plague it, too. An annual study from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition found that …
by Emma Baumgartel As a college student, it is common to meet many headstrong and assertive students that are incredibly independent thinkers. Being a person who likes to empathize with others, I felt like empathy didn’t have as much of a place in this self motivated atmosphere where everyone lives by the motto “toughen up.” …
by Elizabeth Setti When staring at one’s reflection in the mirror and reflecting, the thought “if only I was better, then I would be happier” seems to reoccur. This behavior has slowly become habitual for the majority of society, consequentially making those negative words and ideas turn into beliefs. Reversing these tendencies and fostering a …
