Tulsa’s Artistic Underground: First Friday Art Crawl

By: Emma Zeller On the first Friday of each month, downtown Tulsa comes alive with color, art, and most importantly, the talented people who create it. For Tulsa’s Art Crawl, countless museums and galleries offer free or reduced admission. What started as fifty people grew into a well-known event that Tulsa has come to love....

Out of the Coloring Book: Campbell Goldsmith Jenks Local Artist

By: Mara Winters It all started with a coloring book and a couple crayons, now, 18 years later, Campbell Goldsmith is selling her art as a senior in high school. Goldsmith remembers her childhood being filled with art supplies and coloring books. She always recognized her art as a hobby and filled her schedule with...

Giving Back to Jenks: Power of Story’s Literary Magazine

By: Charisma Ganye When in an English class, there’s always a specific curriculum that has to be taught. As soon as you get to something that you might actually like, you have to move on because the curriculum calls for it. Hardly are you ever given the ability to write the way you want with...

Three JHS Musicians vs. One Pandemic: How They Utilized Their Musical Abilities in a Time of Change

By: Sophia Stunkard “My heart, which is so full to overflowing, has often been solaced and refreshed by music when sick and weary.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.  For three of Jenks High School’s very own musicians, their way of demonstrating and expressing their musical abilities have been completely altered due to the effects of...

March Art and Writing

Compiled by Charlotte Suttee Thank you to everyone who submitted to March Torch Art and Writing. Submit your work to jhstrojantorch@gmail.com by the end of April to be featured in the next issue. More guidelines found on Torch Art and Writing. "Flow" by Hudson Mazzei (12)colored pencil "always me" by Jill Spero (12)one wrong word...

February Art and Writing

Composed by Charlotte Suttee This February edition is rich in poetry from more writers than ever before! To be included in March Art and Writing, submit your work following these guidelines. Thank you to everyone who sent their outstanding art and writing this February. We can't wait to see what you send in next. “Business...

January Art and Writing

Composed by Charlotte Suttee Check out these works by our very own Jenks students! Thank you everyone for the beautiful January submissions. Keep the art and writing coming by February 27 to be featured in February Torch Art and Writing. See full guidelines here. Le sang sur la mur, Le sang comme une fleuve Et...

December Art and Writing

Compiled by Charlotte Suttee Thank you to everyone who submitted to December Torch Art and Writing. Submit your work to jhstrojantorch@gmail.com by the end of January to be featured in the next issue. More guidelines found on Torch Art and Writing. Sorrowful Glare by Jasmine Oben (9)Materials: Pencil Collision by Hudson Mazzei (12)Materials: Spray paint Into...

Featuring: Creative Minds at Jenks

BY Charlotte Suttee   The Artists “I like me some ink. I like the way it drip.”   That’s the voice of senior Jesse Holt describing his favorite artistic medium: ink. Jesse’s dark, dream-inspired “drip” drawings are so twistedly realistic they seem to breathe. “[Ink] is it’s own being. It’s alive… I’m not telling it...

The Experience at AHHA Tulsa: Step Into The Portal

BY Lily Heritage Have you ever wanted to journey into an alternate reality, with surreal sounds and neon flashing lights? Step into the portal at AHHA Tulsa, the new exhibit at the Hardesty Arts center. You might’ve already seen pictures of this otherworldly place, but believe me, there is so much more to see, touch,...