Four times a year art masterpieces

accumulate in Mrs.

Moran’s English classroom, over-

fl owing the tables and covering

the stage. Since Mrs. Moran

would rather display the students’

artwork than have it overrun

her classroom, the projects

are then displayed throughout

the school. This quarter, one

project caught everyone’s eye,

Amy Jilk’s “Map from 1589,”

which was originally displayed

on the library shelf.

The first week after their

distribution throughout the

school, whenever the words

“Humanities Project” came up in conversation, someone would

ask, “Have you seen Amy Jilk’s?”

Jilk’s map is modeled after a

map that was used in the late

sixteenth century. One of the

reasons people fi nd it so fascinating

is her ability to enlarge

a small computer image of the

original map over two square

feet in size with perfect precision.

Jilk tends to be modest of

her work, but does take credit

for the “accuracy in the landmasses

and detail in the larger

words with the calligraphy pen.”

Her map was not created on tag

board or vellum paper, as most

people would picture a map It

was made more durable by being

painted with acrylic on a cream

colored canvas. Other aspects of this picture that catch the eye are

the details of ships and the fancy

calligraphy that were present in

early exploration maps, but have

been excluded in the modern

purely practical maps.

Jilk commented in her “Project

Information”, used to help

grade the project, that her map is

“defi nitely not painted very well,”

but Mr. Weber disagrees, saying

that it is “one of the best projects

he has ever seen.” Through it

all, she emphasizes the fact that

her project “took a long time to

make.”

Although Jilk’s artwork was

eye catching, many other Humanities

projects are also worth

taking the time to admire.