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    OCSA students turn pumpkins into art pieces for fundraiser
    • October 12, 2023

    Orange County School of the Arts 11th-grader Jenny Wang displays her pumpkin creation titled, “The Sandman” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 11th-grader Johnathan Leanos displays his pumpkin creation titled, “The Bride of Frankenstein” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 9th-grader Aliyah Rubio displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Book of Life” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 7th-grader Scarlett Becerra displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Monster’s Eye” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 7th-grader Lucas R. Huang displays his pumpkin creation titled, “Ocean” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 10th-grader Leah Huang displays her pumpkin titled “BB-8” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 10th-grader Valerie Gil displays her pumpkin creation titled, “The Clicker” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 7th-grader Claire Lin displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Going Back to Younger Times” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 10th-grader Chloe Nguyen displays her pumpkin “Pumpkin-pop” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 11th-grader Millie Hamel displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Cat Pumpkin” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 11th-grader Caroline Kim displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Pumpogranite” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 9th-grader Zoe Chia displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Rockstar” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 7th-grader Andrew Heubeck displays his pumpkin creation titled, “Johnny” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 10th-grader Viviana Perez displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Little Prince Pumpkin” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 8th-grader Eliana Kim displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Corpse Flower” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 11th-grader Faith Suh displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Teatime” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

    Orange County School of the Arts 10th-grader Alba Martinez displays her pumpkin creation titled, “Candy Apples” in Santa Ana on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 as part of OCSA’s Annual Painted Pumpkin Auction. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)

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    Corpse flower, monster’s eye and candy apples sound like ingredients in a witches’ brew, but instead they are the themes of pumpkin creations by Orange County School of the Arts students for an annual auction.

    Students in the school’s visual arts conservatory – open to those in grades 7-12 – designed and constructed pumpkins using a multitude of mediums, drawing their inspiration from everything from popular horror movies to ocean life.

    “I started working on my pumpkin at the end of August and have been working on it every day,” said Jenny Wang, an 11th grader who themed her creation around the DC series “The Sandman.”

    Johnathan Leanos, an 11th grader, gives a nod to early movie making with his “Bride of Frankenstein” pumpkin.

    “The inspiration for my pumpkin was from looking back to old films, especially horror films,” he said. “I think the Frankenstein movie was one of the first movies to inspire other horror films.”

    The pumpkin auction raises money for buying art supplies for the conservancy’s students, its director, Paige Oden, said.

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    “It’s a time when our students use their own creativity and love of characters and gore to fundraise for their own program,” she said. “All the students did these on their own time.”

    The auction opens online at 9 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, and closes at 9 p.m. Oct. 18. It is open to the public and can be found at  www.ocsarts.net/PumpkinAuction

    ​ Orange County Register 

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