Edmond Zhuo (Age 13) - based in MA

If I had a chance to meet and interview an artist, I would ask them “where did you get your inspiration for art from?” I actually managed to meet and interview many artists and musicians during the 2026 MusicOn+ InterArts Festival. They varied in age from a young kid to an older teen, but many of them shared the same thoughts and feelings toward a certain topic, which is inspiration. Many of these interviewees thought inspiration can come from anywhere in life, whether it's an experience you...

Liberty Leading the People (1830) by Eugène Delacroix is a classic example of how subtle details can influence the entire atmosphere of the painting. Initially, in the museum, this will look like any other painting. However, what it’s made of will first spark your interest. It’s that one of the pigments used to make this painting is mummy brown, a type of paint made from ground-up parts of Egyptian mummies. Firstly, the brightness of the painting is centered around Liberty herself,...

“The Fable (Which is Composed of Wonders, Moves, and More)” by Raúl de Nieves is an excellent example of a spin on the classic formula of an animal sculpture using unexpected materials. Here, this is a statue of a horse rearing up, but the part that gives it surprising beauty is that it’s made of mixed media-recycled plastic pieces, small beads, and more, making it look like a horse sculpture rolled in jewelry shards. But the materials also impart many different textures to it. This artwork...