By Madeline Pulliam, Co-Staff Development Director

In December, the National Art Honor Society (NAHS) displayed handmade bracelets, crocheted keychains and paintings on tables throughout the atrium, giving students an outlet to share their creations as a part of its first-ever craft fair. For the winter season, the items for sale varied from stuffed animals to holiday cards. After the success of the winter sale, NAHS members are planning another craft fair this April, marking the first NAHS spring craft fair.

“We wanted to host the craft fair as a community event so that students who were a part of NAHS and also students who were just involved in the arts who were not a part of the honors society could have the opportunity to sell their art and engage the school more in the art department,” senior and NAHS president Katelyn Wang said.

There are a wide variety of art classes available at Conestoga, including Ceramics, Drawing and Painting and Studio Art, which is a four-year visual arts program. Most of the participating students made their creations independently for the fair, but some sold art they  made in their art classes.

“There is so much talent in the organization, and we all have the opportunity to encourage each other and make each other even better artists,” senior and NAHS treasurer Annie Carson said. “It is so cool for NAHS members to be given the chance to share their work with the whole school community.”

The December craft fair was strictly for NAHS members, but NAHS board members hope to open it up to more of the Conestoga community for the spring fair. They also aim for the event to unite more of the school community and for the fair to become an annual event.

“Look out for the upcoming craft fair hopefully in April,” Wang said. “We called it the first annual craft fair because we are hoping that this becomes a tradition the future leaders of the National Art Honors Society can continue doing and make it even bigger and better.”

Madeline Pulliam can be reached at [email protected].