The art department and its students are busy preparing for their second high-profile show of the semester. Titled “East Meets West,” students from the Lake and from St. Philips College will exhibit their artwork as part of the Revitalization Campaign Art Series.

The exhibit kicks off Saturday, March 3 at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and runs through March 21.

April Joyce Atkinson is the professor in charge of gathering up the students she feels most qualify to be in the exhibition. Most seniors who are graduating usually get chosen to exhibit their artwork for “this can get them some exposure with the community, school, and other artists around town before they graduate,” says Atkinson.

Senior student and artist, Rosie Castano, is one of the artists chosen by Atkinson to exhibit her work at this Saturday’s event. Castano said she feels very proud and honored to have her artwork displayed at the event for it “allows people from both sides of San Antonio to see my artwork.”

A few days before the show opened, Atkinson and Castano were working diligently to complete the framework for some of the projects being displayed. They walked around with huge frames and worked to make sure everything looks presentable.

Some of Castano’s art projects, primarily her printmaking, stencils, and etchings, will be displayed. Even though she says some of these are not her strongest points in art she still feels proud to have them displayed. “I’ve been doing art since I was a young kid,” says Castano.

Photography, especially the digital media area, is Castano’s favorite area in art for she says it “allows me to manipulate the images the way that I want them to be.” Some of her photos can be seen on a wall on the third floor of the Fine Art Building.

One thing that both Atkinson and Castano seem to agree upon is that they “want to represent the school and community to show that the Lake has a wonderful art program and that everyone has a different style of art.”