ROCKFORD?¡ª? When Gianna Friedl?was 5, her father asked her to draw an assortment of devices that would, in flip,?became the flyer?for his band’s approaching overall performance.

It’s a single of Friedl’s earliest memories of herself as an artist.?

Now, the 18-year-aged is?betting that her enjoy for art blended with her ambition will someday materialize into her possess artwork store.

Friedl’s passion for creating is some thing she remembers usually obtaining, and artwork studios have generally been a household away from home?that allowed?her to freely categorical herself.?

Friedl, who?graduated from?Keith Country Working day School on Friday,?has been named one of the .?This year’s class has?17 pupils.

Even though Friedl is versed in various mediums these as acrylic portray and ceramics, her bread and butter is printmaking, a approach in which images are transferred from one particular template onto an additional floor this sort of as linoleum or wooden.?