As a senior at Lake Highlands High School, Elizabeth Housewright believes her life’s been made richer by attending a school and living in a community with much diversity. The Advanced Placement art student entered a competition, sponsored by SMU’s online literary magazine, in which students are encouraged to share their ideas on diversity via visual art and literature. Elizabeth’s “Human” photography won the “Tale of One City” competition and is now featured on the magazine’s website. More than 80 students submitted entries.
“The competition inspired me to create something that instilled the greatness of the diversity between people’s race, interests, differences, origins and personalities,” she told me. “Our city, although diverse, does not always think divergently. The segregation of the city divides much of the population. My human piece was designed to inspire individual appreciation and reveal more than an individual’s appearance.”
For her subjects, Elizabeth used fellow Wildcats, male and female, from four races. (Shown above, from top to bottom: Carly Kaplan, Alex Housewright (Elizabeth’s twin), Everness Evangelista, Josh Pilles, Ƞicolē Uche Duru, Montel Gardner, Jaun Sanchez, and Vicky Angeles.)
“Art and visual expression have always been an interest for me,” said Elizabeth, attributing this to her parents’ architectural background. “I thank God that he blessed me with such wonderful parents who would encourage me to pursue what I am passionate about.”
