If you’ve been walking through the wonderful hallways of Bellwood-Antis recently, then you might’ve noticed some tape scattered on the walls.
Art teacher Mrs. Leah McNaul and her students are the ones responsible for this unique form of art. The tape art includes images like picture frames or cool looking shapes, the earth and sun with a plane, and the music man right next to the music room.
One of the most inventive displays is outside of nurse Kelly Hoover’s office. There, Zach Plotts and Madison Simpson created a pink and red heart with zig zag lines representing a heartbeat, just as one might see on a heart monitor in the hospital.
“The reason behind this tape art is because it’s a part of the sculptural curriculum, so students can push their boundaries of creativity and innovation, and tape art is a unique and captivating form,” Mrs. McNaul said.
Mrs. McNaul thought that students could “combine imagination and a touch of playfulness to create works of art that are temporary fixtures to their peers’ surroundings.”
Unlike mediums like paint, which tend to stay on the walls for a long time, tape art is much more temporary, and that’s one of the reasons Mrs. McNaul likes it.
“Students learned how to construct an idea on paper then install that idea using tape into a ‘location’ of equal meaning playing off the environment to help tell the imageries story,” Mrs. McNaul said.
The students involved had nothing but good things to say about this project/experience.
“I enjoyed this a lot because it was fun and got me out of class.” said senior Madison Simpson.
A lot of the fellow students in school actually like how it looks and want more.
“I really like the look of the tape. I think its unique and different.\,” said junior Connor Stivers.
At the end of the day, if there’s one thing that Mrs. McNaul hopes her students learned it’s “that their art has the power to ignite thought, emotion and culture in their viewer using communal space.”
