To Infinity, and Beyond!

The walls of Nova are a constant topic of complaint this year. Although the energy of our school is within the same realm it was last year, the bare white walls and bright blue lockers of the main hallway fail to reflect what Nova is. Mia Perez realizes the potential of these canvases, and in true Nova fashion, decided to do something about it. She gathered a group of kids to help kick start a new committee, Infinity and Beyond, to make a change that will last as long as the name implies.

Why did you start this committee?

I was really inspired to continue the atmosphere of the art program last year. I remember always feeling like I was part of something important and that everything I was doing was going down in history. At this new building I was really put off. I wasn’t surrounded by my peer’s work and had to actually search for the art instead of being able to just walk in the building and envelop myself in it.

What’s the story behind the name?

The official name of this committee is Infinity and Beyond. Like I mentioned before, I always got a feeling whenever I was in class last year like I was doing something important and that it will go down in history. We had such a big theme of infinity and immortality and it was one of the most inspiring experiences I’ve had. Plus there was our Abec Infinity crew that fit into that. So, I guess our name is just saying that we did our time with Infinity and now it’s gone, so we’re gonna carry this legacy out and go Beyond. We’re going to make something special and invent our own legacy as students and as artists.

What is your goal?

I’m really determined to get that art back up on the walls of the school and help student’s realize that they can do anything with their art and it will always be beautiful and remembered.

So, what is everyone currently working on?

Well, right now we’re still getting things off the ground. We’re getting together a logo and at the moment I’m getting together a list of materials we want and we’re gonna try to fundraise to be able to to get them all. Once we get things more together we’re each gonna do our own version of the logo and put them up around the school.

Until we’re allowed to paint on the walls, what are you going to do get art in the halls?

We’re planning to go to Day to Day and see if we can get these things installed in the walls that allows us to change the pieces without having to re-drill wood into the walls or use up a lot of tape. But I don’t know too much about that. That was all Eric Lane’s idea.

Why should people go?

People should really go if they’re interested in embracing the changes our art program is going through and making it work for us as a community and as individual artists. I feel like its gonna be a really good learning experience.

Is it just you running it?

Everyone is really helping. We all

have an equal say in what goes down. I guess I’m running it only in the sense of organizing it but really we all have a big part on the committee.

When can people come check it out?

Tuesdays and potentially Fridays.

Again, everything is still in the works and there’s talk we might takeover Wallspace since, right now, it’s pretty much the same crowd. Always in Karen’s room.

Anything else you want to say?

I would really appreciate it if people came! I feel like if we had more people we could be more productive. I feel like there’s something really special about this committee and with some help I believe we could achieve some pretty amazing things. I would like to add also that we’re NOT trying to reinvent what happened last year or the previous ones, that this is something of our own and we’re trying to work with our new surroundings and have the art program, an extraordinarily important part of Nova, have more student drive and input in its creation.