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CHS student teacher and alum Julia Kester was gifted 1,000 Rubik’s Cubes from a friend in event planning. And with the understanding that art is more than paint on a canvas, she collaborated with art teacher Frank Musto and their students on a project that was proudly unveiled on Thursday.

Students solved the Rubik’s Cubes not to have a solid color on each side, but instead to each have a predetermined pattern.

Then, 380 of the Rubik’s Cubes were placed in a frame — 20 cubes wide by 19 cubes tall — to form a Cougar.

Musto and Kester, a 2018 CHS grad, removed a cloth revealing the 200-pound artwork at its temporary location at the entranceway to the art department hallway.

Administrators, including principal Carrie Lipenholtz and director of art and music Mark Stuckey, applauded as the artwork was revealed.

Students who contributed to the project then posed with their artwork.

Kester had plotted on Photoshop the Cougar art as dots matching the Rubik’s cube colors.

“Art is not always putting pen or pencil or paintbrush to papers,” Kester said. “Art can be anything.”

Said Lipenholtz: “This is awesome.”