Tammi Trujillo

“I’ve always been into art,” senior Tammi Trujillo said. “I’ve always been creative.”

Trujillo’s art was originally meant for her AP Studio Art portfolio, but art teacher Matthew Reynolds encouraged Trujillo to submit it to the competition. The sculpture is composed of images of people and three layers of CDs, which were made transparent by removing the foil. She used print transfers to add the people on the discs and organized the layers on strings. 

Trujillo hopes to represent unity through her work by showing how fighting racial injustice during divisive times helps to unite communities. The piece reflects the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with people wearing masks, and encourages people to celebrate individuality, not division. 

 “My art is about division and unity,” Trujillo said. “Throughout the division that we have faced during the pandemic, we have also found unity.”

Now, Trujillo is shifting her focus on art to fashion, with more of her work featured in Indesign, Lynbrook’s fashion club.