Expression through painted parking
- Hailey Kroll
- Sep 23, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 10, 2022
During their last summer of high school, incoming seniors express their artistic talents by painting their designated spot
As seniors embark on their last year of high school, they gain the opportunity to express themselves in the form of a painted parking spot.
Students pay $50 to reserve a spot to paint: $30 for the spot and $20 more to paint. Seniors have almost complete artistic freedom when it comes to their spot if administration approves of the design in advance.
"My spot is a grey background with flowers around then edges and my name is in the center with the year I'm graduating. I was originally going to paint it something completely different. But paint is so expensive, so I decided just to get three colors. With my other idea, I had to have about ten [colors]. It was still going to have flowers but they were going to have more depth, texture, and shading," Maya Patchin ('20) said.
Considering Patchin loves to draw, her spot was fairly artistic, but other students decided to take a more humorous approach. For example, the spot painted by Jake Lewis ('20) features Squidward from the Nickelodeon show "SpongeBob SquarePants" holding chopsticks and wearing an Asian hat.
"I didn't really know what to do, so I was scrolling through memes on my phone and saw the photo of Squidward. I chose it because I like SpongeBob and I'm Asian. It relates, so I thought, 'Why not?'," Lewis said.
Some retain a nostalgic feel such as Emmersyn Chefero's ('20). Chefero painted the house from the Disney movie "UP." Her name is also at the bottom with the quote from the movie "Adventure is out there."
"I chose my spot to look like this because 'UP' has always been my favorite Disney movie. I love the line 'Adventure is out there' because that's pretty much my outlook on life. There's always another adventure or something else ahead of you. Especially with me being a senior, high school has been my little adventure. And now, I'm going off to do big things in college which will be a whole new adventure and chapter in my life," Chefero said.
After the four hour painting experience, seniors complete a spot that express themselves. Just like this year's seniors, the class of 2021 will be able to paint their spots in the upcoming summer, so start planning!
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