NHHS Art Room

10/10/2026

09/25/2026

Vanessa tried throwing while blindfolded! She has been trying to make a vase and after this her next time throwing she got her vase!

05/25/2026

2026 Art Senior Spotlight
Zoé Schichtel

Parents:
Melissa Nelson, Lisa Brandau, Jerry Brandau, Dr. Séval Schichtel, Dr. Björn Schichtel

Activities Zoe has been involved in throughout high school were Art, speech, theatre, dnd/nerd club.

Zoe wants to go into law or go into politics after high school.

Zoé says her inspiration for art making comes from “Melissa Nelson and Ryan McInroy definitely helped me so much with how I view and work on art, even though they didn’t inspire my art making directly, they played an important role in forming the artist I am. I now have no ideas; I’m too shy to try, and I stop getting as frustrated as before if something doesn’t work out, and all in all I just stopped thinking in the ‘art rules’ that I got taught in Germany; I just do whatever I want. They helped me improve my art on so many different levels, and I am beyond grateful for the teachers and mentors they were to me.”

Zoé’s favorite projects were either the Monet mural she was honored to do or her political mixed-media project she did in independent art. It was called '161.'

Zoé’s favorite memories are any moments she got to share with the people she met in the art room; she’s so thankful for all the lovely people she got to meet; they truly made her exchange year unforgettable. She will miss them so incredibly much and will always look back happily on all the memories they made together.

Zoé would tell future art students about art that “Your art isn’t bad; you just haven’t broken enough 'rules.'"

05/21/2026

2026 Senior Art Block

05/21/2026

2026 Art Senior Spotlight
Juanita Cardona

Parents:
Miguel Cardona Moncada y Edith Cardona Munoz

05/21/2026

2026 Art Senior Spotlight
Jaila Reicks
Parents:
Myranda Head and Barry Reicks

Activities Jaila has been involved in throughout high school are iJAG, IBN

Jaila’s plans after high school are to attend Hawkeye Community College and major in business administration.

Jaila is most inspired by herself in her artmaking.

Jaila’s monochrome paintings were her favorite projects in art.

Jaila says that any class she had with Piper were her favorite memories of art in high school.

Jaila would tell future art students to “Just have fun!”

05/21/2026

2026 Art Senior Spotlight
McKenzie Herzberg
Parents:
Mandy and Travis Adams

Activities Kenzie has been involved in throughout high school are cross country, soccer, bowling, and many clubs

Kenzie plans to attend a radiology program at nicc after high school
Kenzie says that her friends are who inspired her the most in her artmaking

Her coraline dolls were her favorite project in art.

Hanging out with my friends was her favorite memory of high school art

McKenzie would tell future art students that art is fun every day!

05/21/2026

2026 Art Senior Spotlight
Piper Hackman
Parent:
Jason Hackman

Activities Piper has been involved in throughout high school are freshman year wrestling, cheerleader, 3 years of large group speech, 3 years of theatre, 2 years of Interact club, Junior year prom committee.

Going to the University of Iowa and majoring in Psychology are her plans for after high school.

Her sister Lily was who inspired her the most in her artmaking.

Piper didn’t have a favorite project in high school; she loved all of them.

“Making fun of Jaila and her making fun of me” are Piper’s favorite memories in art class.

05/21/2026

2026 Art Senior Spotlight
Sofia Gastaldi
Parents:
Rachel Ysbrand and Matthew Ysbrand

Activities Sofia has been involved in throughout high school are Cheer, Managing Basketball, School Musical, School Play, Interact, iJAG, IBN

Sofia’s plans after high school are to go to graduate school in Italy and attend Fashion at university in Milan.

The small details of what was around her usually were what most inspired her in her artmaking.

Making 3d sketches was Sofia’s favorite project in art.

Going on the Photography trip to the Des Moines Botanical garden in Des Moines was her favorite memory of high school art

Sofia would tell future art students to try to always go beyond the appearance and not stop just at what you are looking at.

05/21/2026

2026 Art Senior Spotlight
Ben "Hazard" Schuchhardt
Parents: Josh and Ashely Schuchhardt

Activities he’s been involved in throughout high school are Esports, Band, Football, Soccer.

Ben’s plans after high school are to go into welding/manufacturing.

Just wanting to make cool things is what has inspired Ben to make art.

Ben’s ProCreate animation was his favorite project in art.

Learning to paint for more than just projects and random requests was Ben's favorite memory of art class.

The first step to being good at something, is sucking at it. This is Ben's favorite art-related quote.

Ben would tell future art students that it's really fun. I get to sit down, come up with an idea, and just DO, turning whatever i can grab into something i can be proud of. Something I'm happy I made.”