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Wednesday, February 7, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon ARTdNIGHT:dNew name and focus was a hit for show Continued from page 1 performances by the Sisters High School Jazz Choir, the Sisters High School Band, and several individuals from the Americana Project. Gunnarson said, “ARTifacts has incredible energy tonight, and I’m so pleased to see so many differ- ent people of all ages getting involved!” Folks meandered through the many student art exhibits, displays, a silent auction and interactive stations that were all manned by volunteer SHS art students. Each person received a “passport” upon entering, and after visiting each of the inter- active stations and receiving a stamp at each station in their passport, they earned a mys- tery gift to take home. Local artist Kit Stafford, who supports the visual art department, has volunteered at the annual art event for many years and was helping to hand out passports. “The name change from Coffee House to ARTifacts is a good change. This year it’s more about the students showing off their art and being able to share it with others,” Stafford said. Guests enjoyed coffee and free homemade chocolate cupcakes with cookie dough icing prepared by students of the Sisters High School culi- nary arts program, under the guidance of their teacher TR McCrystal, “We have our own cup- cake-making station for peo- ple to design their own top- pings on our chocolate cup- cakes,” McCrystal explained. The various stations and tables allowed arts support- ers and creative friends to express their inner artist and interact with each art station. Some braved the spinning potter’s wheel, making their own glazed clay ornament; and some sat for a hand- painted henna tattoo by art student Shaely Meyer that could last up to a week. Abbey Craig, a fourth- grader who attends Sisters Elementary School, was thrilled after trying the pot- ter’s wheel. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to try,” Craig said. “It felt really weird to me and is harder than I thought, but it was a fun experience!” Sophomore art student and Americana participant Sierra Henneous sat painting a larger-than-life guitar cen- terpiece at a table waiting for others to join in. This is the first time we have really done interactive art and it’s a really cool experience to be able to talk to people and paint art with them. — Sierra Henneous “This is the first time we have really done interac- tive art and it’s a really cool experience to be able to talk to people and paint art with them,” she said. Shrinky Dinks had kids creating artwork on flexible sheets of plastic that, when popped in the oven, would magically shrink down to approximately 1/3 their origi- nal size. Shrinky Dinks are moving beyond their reputa- tion as a kid’s toy, and scien- tists are finding practical uses for the whimsical sheets of plastic. And freshman Sahara Lucas helped man the Shrink Film station for anyone who wanted to try. “We are using a heat gun instead of an oven,” said Lucas. “It’s fun seeing your drawing shrink down to such a small size.” Senior Gretchen Ezell had a table showing off her own digital artwork. “I have an art program on my computer where you can draw,” Ezell said. “I draw characters from media and sometimes I design my own.” Mckenna Jones, SHS art student, managed the paint dart mural for people who dared to take their aim at a balloon filled with paint. “This is my first year doing any art and it’s been a lot of fun,” Jones told The Nugget. “We have the Outlaw mascot (a horse) behind the paint that spills out of the bal- loons onto special cloth, and once I take the tape down, our mascot will be an art form. 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