Art Club Stereotypes

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As a member of the Art Club, I make art with others for both personal enjoyment and promotion of school-wide events. Originally, I had joined art club to become friends with people who shared my hobbies, but throughout my years as a member, my goals have begun to include making sure members don’t let their self-confidence impede their creativity as well as making sure they don’t go hungry. After spending nearly four years attending weekly meetings and creating art, I’ve learned that certain hobbies aren’t restricted to specific types of people. With all the stereotypes regarding artists, I had first assumed everybody in the Art Club would be carbon copies of those same stereotypes. Yet, as I spent time there and saw people join and leave, I

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