By Alexis Johnson ’17 Staff Writer

Maya Buck ‘17 gets an opportunity to help teach an art class to anyone who signs up this summer with Rachel Hopkins the Kendall program teacher. Buck has taken several class in the Kendall program and plans to take another next year. She is  also in the basic art classes offered at school.  

“Maya has grown greatly over the years,” art teacher Regina Beltowski said. Beltowski has taught her for about three years, in both the regular art classes and ceramics. She also said that Buck’s work is very pleasing and always holds great detail.

“Maya is a very sensitive artist, which means she is quite thoughtful on the way she records details, texture, and depth in her artwork. She is what I call a “Drawer”, which means she is: detail oriented, an “observer”, more of a “listener” than a “talker”, prefers to keep her work tight/more controlled, is most comfortable with graphite and other dry media,” said Hopkins

Buck wants to get a teaching degree at Michigan Western University or Ferris State University while keeping up with Kendall College of Art and Design to improve her ability. Eventually teaching art to students in schools.

When she brought it her interest to teach up to Hopkins. Hopkins told her she could help teach some art classes this summer.

“I would like to help and encourage Maya to pursue her goals by giving her the opportunity to assist in planning, demonstrating, and teaching students how to be creative, in our unique, small town “Art School” venue. This Summer she will help with our Design Street Art camps and classes for all ages,” said Hopkins.

Buck wants to watch people’s art abilities grow and pass on what she has learn over the years. She worries that her anxiety of speaking to large groups of people will get in the way but she is pretty confident that she can get over it in time.

“People who say they can’t do art, aren’t willing to put in the time and effort for the work ethic” Buck said.

She believes anyone can be good at art, they just tell themselves that they cant and dont give it time. She wants to help show people that anyone can do it.

“Maya is very inspiring” Courtney Forsythe ‘18 said. She believes that she will be a good leader and that her students will grow into good leaders as well.

“The kind of picasso that glows a hundred suns” Forsythe said about Bucks art work. “Her work is full of life and she is really good at drawing wrinkly faces.”