Artists of the Month – Avery Vigh, Kingsley Wimer and Emma Manning
From Special Reports
The Newnan-Coweta Art Association (NCAA) has featured one student from each of Coweta County’s High Schools as its featured “Artists of the Month” for April.
The art of East Coweta High School’s Avery Vigh, Northgate High School’s Kingsley Wimer and Newnan High School’s Emma Manning will be featured in the entry way to Newnan City Hall until the end of April.
East Coweta High School‘s Avery Vigh shared, “My view on art is just an expression of creativity, or something that brings more life and interest into the world. It can be meaningful, or entirely random and fun. It can also just be an interpretation or recreation of what I see. Things that I find beautiful or intriguing inspire me. People are often the most fascinating subject to me, making them the theme of many of my pieces. Capturing my impression of a person or a moment and portraying them in a captivating way is exciting for me. Being able to turn things that I love into art allows me to preserve the feeling or appreciation I had for my subject. Not only that, but the satisfaction I get from seeing my work improve in different forms and media compels me to keep creating. I am constantly learning new things and challenging myself. As I get more comfortable branching out with new materials and continue to refine my skills, the more pleasurable the process becomes. Each new piece is more rewarding than the last, which I find exhilarating.”
Northgate High School‘s Kingsley Wimer has been creating art for her entire life. She has recently, however, taken a bigger interest in taking formal art classes to increase her repertoire of artistic skills and techniques. Kingsley is one of Northgate High School’s Governor’s Honors Program nominees and State semi-finalists in the area of Visual Arts. Her favorite media to work with are watercolor, graphite, and pen. Taking most of her inspiration from wildlife, her favorite subject matter is animals interacting with each or their surrounding habitat. Kingsley would like to obtain an art degree in college and become a scientific illustrator, thus combining her love of art, science, and wildlife.
Newnan High School’s Emma Manning is a Senior at who plans to attend Savannah College of Art and Design to pursue an undergraduate degree in Preservation Design. Throughout her high school career, Emma has taken almost every single class that the Newnan High School Art Department has to offer, which includes taking two years of AP Studio Art. Emma’s favorite medium, and one that she has only recently discovered, has been the underrated world of oil pastels. She specializes in zoomed in, heavily detailed portraits, all on canvases of extremely large dimensions. She discovered the magic of this medium early on in the year, and the growth that her works have displayed since such a magical discovery has been astronomical. Emma eagerly anticipates the next artistic chapter at SCAD in the fall. She feels as though this era of her life is only the beginning of something artistically magical, and she cannot wait to see what else that her creative journey has in store.
NCAA offers discount memberships to students. NCAA’s general meetings are held the third Monday of each month (from August through May) at the Harriet Alexander Art Center on Hospital Road at 6:30 in the evening. An art demonstration is presented each month. Visitors and new members are always welcome.
