Amelia Spell
Amelia Spell is a student from Northwood High School in Chatham County, North Carolina. Amelia’s love of art really took off in the third grade when she attended her first private art class. Since then, Amelia has been involved in anything and everything creative. From designing T-Shirts for school, to creating and selling merchandise on Etsy, art has become more so a habit than a hobby. Today, Amelia is furthering her art education by attending Governor’s School West at High Point University where she is learning to explore and redefine her creativity, to be experimental and unafraid, and to break the labels of art itself.
Past Work
Residency Work
For my Residency Period Project I chose to further explore the art of printmaking. The three prints were each carved from a linoleum block using carving tools, inked, and printed by stamping the blocks onto pieces of paper. Each of these prints encompass my connection to Governor’s School in a different way. The piece “Norton” and the piece “The Courtyard” show two places on the campus of High Point University which are significant to me. “Norton” is a carving of the Norton building on campus where my peers and I have spent the past four weeks redefining art, exploring our creative minds, and challenging ourselves. The skills and ideas I have learned while inside the Norton building have given me a completely new perspective of art. “The Courtyard” is a carving of the courtyard which resides right outside my dorm window. During my time here at Governor’s School I have spent many of my first and last nights in this courtyard. The courtyard is also a place where many Governor’s School students, myself included, seem to feel at home. It seemed only appropriate that I document these two locations as they have shaped my Governor’s School Experience. The third print “The Best and Brightest” was inspired by Rodney Allen, the director of the Governor’s School Program. When my peers and I arrived on campus Rodney Allen made sure to reassure us that we deserved to be here and often would refer to us as “The Best and Brightest”. Despite the reassurance, I often experienced self doubts and felt that I did not belong among my very intelligent peers. I chose to create this piece in order to, literally and metaphorically, engrave Rodney Allen’s words into my own mind and block out my self doubts. As I prepare to close the door on my Governor’s School experience, the documentation of these important locations and ideas through print making allows me to, physically and mentally, carry my growth home with me.