ART DAY
Originating in Seaside, art day programs thrive
How a student
drove state
legislation
By Katherine Lacaze
For Seaside Signal
Seaside High School will
be celebrating Honorary
Artist of Oregon Day for a
second year April 14, thanks
to the efforts of sophomore
Hayley Rollins. Every stu-
dent at the school will have
the opportunity to participate
in an hour-and-a-half art
workshop or lesson, led by
about 20 honorary Oregon
artists, primarily from the
North Coast. Each artist will
be assigned a different class-
room with a teacher and stu-
dent assistant. The students
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Seaside High School sophomore Hayley Rollins, organizer of
Art Day.
can select which art form,
most of which are visual
arts, they would like to learn.
Last year, the 25 work-
shops covered oil portrait
painting, acrylic painting,
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Several local artists who
participated will be back this
year, and there will be some
new ones, as well, according
to Rollins. Among the new
artists coming on board, a
couple are book illustrators.
During the high school’s
Art Day, the artists will ar-
rive and set up, and then
workshops will be held from
10 to 11:35 a.m. Afterward,
the school will hold an as-
sembly honoring the Oregon
Artists. During the following
Art Walk, students can visit
the various classrooms and
view the finished works cre-
ated by their peers. Finally,
to cap off the event, a lun-
cheon for the artists will be
held in the library.
In addition to being the
primary organizer of the
event this and last year, Rol-
lins also was instrumental in
getting April 14 recognized
as Honorary Artist of Ore-
gon Day in the first place.
Rollins was in her eighth-
grade social studies class at
Broadway Middle School
when State Rep. Deborah
Boone gave a presentation
and talked to the students
about passing a bill.
“I saw that as an op-
portunity that shouldn’t be
missed,” Rollins said.
Rollins, who loves any-
thing to do with creativity,
approached Boone about the
idea of honoring artists and
promoting arts in the school.
She said she feels “this is im-
portant, because a lot of it is
going away.” While schools
are emphasizing the funda-
mental subjects, like math
and science, she sees cre-
ativity as an important part
of succeeding in all indus-
tries and professions. Artistic
expression, she said, helps
“create those passageways in
our mind” that generate new
and innovate ideas.
Boone, also an art en-
thusiast, was on board with
Rollins’ idea. Shortly after,
House Bill 3042 was draft-
ed. Boone, along with State
Sen. Betsy Johnson, spon-
sored the bill. Rollins also
participated in the legislative
process, lobbying for the bill
and helping it pass. The bill,
which designated April 14 as
Honorary Artists of Oregon
Day, was passed in 2015. It
was enacted, according to
the legislation, “to celebrate
art and artists, to promote art
education in this state and to
encourage engagement in ar-
tistic endeavors.”
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