Photo by Can Türkyilmaz
Elizabeth Housewright believes her life is richer because she lives and attends school in a diverse community. The Lake Highlands High School Advanced Placement art student recently won the Tale of One City art contest, sponsored by Southern Methodist University’s online literary magazine of the same name. The magazine offers a forum for students to share ideas on diversity via visual art and literature. Her entry, a photography project titled “Human,” aims to capture “the greatness of the diversity between people’s race, interests, differences, origins and personalities,” she says. “Our city, although diverse, does not always think divergently. The segregation of the city divides much of the population. My piece was designed to inspire individual appreciation and reveal more than an individual’s appearance.” For her subjects, Elizabeth used fellow LHHS Wildcats, male and female, from four races: Carly Kaplan, Alex Housewright (the artist’s twin), Everness Evangelista, Josh Pilles, Nicole Uche Duru, Montel Gardner, Jaun Sanchez and Vicky Angeles. Housewright attributes her interest in art and visual expression to her parents’ architectural backgrounds. “I thank God that He blessed me with such wonderful parents who would encourage me to pursue what I am passionate about.”
