Bemidji Middle School recently announced Natalie Wilkowski, Gavin Eickman, Elyse Hanson, Kevin Patrick O’Neil and Cooper Grundy as fine arts students of the month.

Seventh-grader Natalie Wilkowski is the visual art student of the month. She is a student who has consistently shown dedication and focus when working on her art, and it shows. Her favorite thing to make is pencil and colored pencil drawings because it is a fun way to create things without expensive materials.

"The thing I enjoy most about making stuff is the creativity and freedom that you can express in the art. You can make whatever you want and there are endless possibilities," she says. "I create art to express how I feel and to relieve stress, it is something I can make without judgment and often reflects my emotions. I

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