Student Artists of the Month at Gallery 510

Gallery 510 Art & Framing will be featuring one student from a Central Illinois high school each month along with the professional featured artist at the gallery. Before the gallery artist begins to talk about their work at each First Friday Gallery Walk, we will introduce the “Student of the Month” and show their piece of artwork that will remain on display throughout the month.

“I’m Ella G. Jostes. I’m eighteen years old and a Junior at Meridian High School. I would consider myself to be an artist as it is something I’ve been doing all my life. I love creating different pieces of. One piece in particular, Chickadee was based off of my Great Grandmother Flowella, who I’m named after. A little blue bird was her favorite. She inspired me a lot in my younger years when she was around. Later her son, my Papa Drew would inspire me to work towards my future career in architecture. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us, but continues to inspire me with what he has instilled in me. Art has been something my family has always encouraged and I can’t help but be thankful for the art teachers here at Meridian who have allowed me to broaden my horizon with different types of art. In this set of art pieces, I plan to continue the theme, but have suffered some set-backs. However, I am happy and proud of what I have accomplished so far.”

See Ella’s artwork on display at Gallery 510 in December.