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Artist Feature of the Month – April Q & A with Anastazja Branski

Artist Feature of the Month – April Q & A with Anastazja Branski

Eve Lazarski, Editor April 9, 2021

Anastazja Branski, a senior at Wauwatosa West, enjoys making realistic paintings. While she makes many acrylic pieces, she likes other mediums as well. Anastazja mainly paints portraits because of the...

Artist Feature of the Month - February Q & A with Ellie Strand

Artist Feature of the Month – February Q & A with Ellie Strand

Eve Lazarski, Editor February 23, 2021

Ellie Strand, a senior at Wauwatosa West, has been making art since she was a child. She enjoys painting things for her friends, like their favorite animals. Ever since taking a painting class at West,...

East Orchestra Produces Unconventional Concert

Maeve Kaufman and Audrey Catlin December 21, 2020

The Wauwatosa East winter orchestra concert is an annual tradition that parents, staff and students look forward to every year. Sitting together in the auditorium, singing along with a medley of holiday...

AP Art Students Present Portfolios to Colleges

AP Art Students Present Portfolios to Colleges

Victoria Lopez October 25, 2019

Over 70 AP Art students received feedback on their artwork portfolios after presenting them to college representatives and previous Wauwatosa West students during Portfolio Day on October 17th.  With...

Artists Paint New Murals in East Tosa

Sara Stanislawski, Maddie Bishop, and Katie McCabe August 30, 2019

Artists painted seven murals across local businesses in the East Towne Tosa neighborhood along North Avenue from mid to late July.  The Wauwatosa Tourism Commission hired Wallpapered City, a local...

Tosa West Holds Annual Art Show

Tosa West Holds Annual Art Show

Myela Cooper, Staff Reporter June 5, 2018

Over 200 students presented artwork to the Wauwatosa community at the annual Wauwatosa West Art show. Students from introductory art classes to advanced placement classes presented art. “Most of them...

The Importance of Art Class

The Importance of Art Class

Jessiemae Peters, Student Reporter May 24, 2018

Research consistently shows that students in schools that provide art classes throughout their school careers, are more open to bigger experiences, open mindedness, creativity, and self motivated goals. “Art...

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Art Classes Develop Interpersonal Skills

Jessiemae Peters, Staff Reporter April 17, 2018

Research consistently shows that students in schools that provide art classes throughout their school careers, are more open to bigger experiences, open mindedness, creativity, and self motivated goals. “Art...

Theatre Department wins Tommy Award for Best Musical

Theatre Department wins Tommy Award for Best Musical

Georgie Mierow, Writer June 8, 2017
Congratulations to the Wauwatosa West High School Trojan Players, who for the fourth time in five years are the recipients of a Tommy Award for Outstanding Musical for the 2017 Spring musical Little Shop of Horrors.

Young Tosa Artists at Young People’s Art Exhibit

May 12, 2013

Photographer: Tiffany Pascesni Four Wauwatosa West students are among twelve Wauwatosa School District students whose art will be featured in the Young People’s Art Exhibit at the Wisconsin State Fair...

Gallery 114: Open at Last

October 13, 2011

By Sabrina Black Thursday, October 6th, was the Grand Opening of Gallery 114. The gallery was certainly dressed for the occasion, with its numerous festive balloons. A large red ribbon separated the...

Opening of Library Student Art Gallery – “Gallery 114”

October 6, 2011

Reporter Sabrina Black Photographer Ben Makhlouf You may have seen the numerous announcements adorning the school walls—but do you have time to inspect them? In case you have not, they proclaim that...

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