March 29, the work of students will have their artwork flooding the Commons, displayed for all to see. Senior Lena Tuttle is organizing a student art showcase for her senior project.

“Bull Dog student masterpieces is an art show entirely made up of bulldog art,” Tuttle said. “It is art made by Columbus North students, whether at school or at home, to display the work of students and to help bring more attention and more people in for the bulldog market, which supports community artists and vendors in Columbus.”

Tuttle started planning the project in December of 2024.

“I had the idea to do this as my senior project when one of my art teachers approached me with the idea of doing a student art show and asked me to lead it and run the show for them,” Tuttle said.

Art teacher Kaitlynn Davidson is Tuttle’s sponsor for the project.

“We really wanted to showcase student artwork,” Davidson said. “We feel like there hasn’t been a good way to let the community see what awesome things are students are making here at North, so we really wanted to just be able to showcase those and let the community come into the school and showcase all of the really cool things that are being made here.”

This is the first and only student art show at North.

“My end goal is to be able to give some student artists the chance to see their work in an exhibition and be able to award prizes to deserving student artists as well as being able to attract more people to the bulldog market to increase the help to the community that we can provide,” Tuttle said.

Junior Melina Engelau will be entering several pieces of art into the art show.

“I really appreciate the project for showing off student’s artwork, and I appreciate Lena as a friend and for working behind the scenes to make this possible,” Engelau said.

Tuttle is a friend of Engelau’s.

“Lena is a very hard worker,” Davidson said. “She’s very creative, always trying new things and always ready to take a risk to create something that she wants to make. She’s always making something new, working hard on something. You can almost always find her in an art room if she’s able to be here.”

The show will be on March 29 from 10-3 but student art can be entered any time until the March 25. “I’m really looking forward to the actual event, getting to meet parents and showing off my students’ awesome work,” Davidson said. “So far, it’s just been really fun planning it and getting all of the students’ artwork in and collecting it to display. We still have a lot of work to do, we have to build displays and get things organized, but so far it’s been a lot of fun getting this ready.”