Kayla Snook is a first-year art education student. Snook was an active member of the fashion club at her high school. In the fashion club, the members presented a fashion show with the different clothes that she and her peers had made.

Snook was also accepted into the National Art Honor Society (NAHS). She would participate in painting murals and help her peers in the theater program build and paint sets as a member of NAHS. 

Snook pulls inspiration from nature using creative and abstract viewpoints. Over the summer, Snook dabbled in painting to fill her time and to keep her creativity in check. However, her favorite project was when she had drawn and experimented with still-life using graphite. 

“I looked at a vase and translated it onto paper with graphite,” Snook said. Her process was troubling at first, but she gained a knack for blending and adding highlights to a piece mainly comprised of graphite. 

“[The process] definitely got easier and it was something that I had a lot of fun doing,” Snook said.

Snook’s earliest memory of art is from elementary school. She reminisced on having her work being accepted into her alma mater’s district’s arts festival. “I just remember being so excited about [having my work accepted]. It really boosted my confidence,” Snook said. 

At Shippensburg University, she is looking forward to being involved with the art community. “I want to be able to grow and advance my skills. I would also like to experiment with different mediums and techniques because my high school did not have a sculpting class,” Snook explained.

She is also looking forward to learning how to make sculptures and how to throw on a wheel in ceramics.

“The art department [at SU] stood out to me when I visited for the Raider Day tour,” Snook said. Shippensburg University’s art department had checked all the boxes for Snook from seeing other students’ artwork on display to the friendly professors and the facility.

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