Accepted.

Tonight was the night.


The night of the Beal Art interview! I could not even tell you how nervous I was pulling up to the school. Butterflies in my stomach and everything!


As I got out of the car, I noticed other people entering the school as well. Apparently there was an orientation going on at the same time as the interview was, so not everyone was going to the school for the same reason. When I entered the school and walked down to the basement, there was nobody there. It was so quiet, actually kind of freaky! But then another girl had followed me down the stairs for the same reason. We were just early! Soon after, one of the teachers showed up.


As we waited for more people to arrive, only a couple others did. It being so quiet, they took the girl who came in after me for an interview first while another teacher took us on a tour of the art studios. He took us through all of the rooms. The textile room, photography room as well as the dark room, ceramics room etc etc. Each room we entered there was something different going on. It made me excited yet nervous. Excited at the fact that I could possibly be creating that sort of art, but nervous at the fact that I would have no idea what i'm doing! However the teachers would teach me everything I would need to know.


When we were finished our little tour it was then my time to get interviewed. As I sat down in the chair with one of the art teachers I pulled out my portfolio, drawing book and painting and he started to take a look. At first I was a bit nervous because he seemed to look through my photo's very quickly. I thought to myself, "is he actually seeing them the way I see them?" , " does he not like them?" I began to get nervous.


However as the interview continued I got more comfortable. He asked me how long I have been doing art for and if I had taken any previous art courses at school. I told him that I had been doing art since grade five and had learned everything I know from my grandpa who taught me how to paint and draw. I then went on to tell him that I had taken a grade nine art course and am currently in a grade eleven art course. The gap between as to why I took art in grade nine and stopped until grade twelve made him questionable. He then asked me why I had done that. I then went on to explain how grade nine art seemed a bit slow for me. I felt as if everything I was learning in grade nine art I already knew. Trying to explain this to him made me feel a bit cocky, and I did not want to give off that impression. 


After all the questions and browsing he then began to give me sheets of paper regarding information on the Art Program and registration sheets. I was very confused by this. I thought to myself, "Why is he giving me these sheets now? Am I in? He never told me I was accepted?" But I thought I would keep my thoughts to myself until the end of my interview. Sure enough at the end of his explanations, he finished it with, " You're accepted. "


Hearing those two words, ended my worries. They ended my stress. They ended my concerns, and made me feel so relieved. I was almost shocked at the fact that I had gotten accepted right there on the spot! So I filled out my registration form, gathered my work, and was leaving the school accepted!


I can now not wait to start my year in Beal Art. :)

Beal Art 2012. ♥