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Students have a lot on their minds! Give them the opportunity to #ExpressWhatMatters to them and win up to $2,000 with Expressions by @walgreens! For more information, visit https://t.co/vWKHEXpPq5

#CreativeWriting #SpokenWord #VisualArts #MediaArts

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There are only 60 days until the 2024 Expressions Challenge kicks off! This year, Expressions is celebrating 15 years! Stay tuned for more details...

@Walgreens #ExpressWhatMatters #Walgreens #Education #Educators #HighSchool #CreativeWriting #SpokenWord #VisualArts #MediaArts

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Happy Thanksgiving from the entire Expressions Challenge Team! We hope your day is filled with family, friends, and food! 🍗🥦🫓🥧

#Thanksgiving #Thanks #Givingthanks #Holiday #Holidays #November #Family #Friends

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Art can be a great outlet to help improve your mental health. Check out this great article talking about how therapists are starting to use art as treatment.
Link: https://t.co/SxAkhe77wa

#Expresswhatmatters #Walgreens #MentalHealth #Health #Art #arttherapy #artheals

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This lack of color due to influence is represented by the teenager depicted in monotone colors, smoking. The bright side translucent triangles represent a life that has the illusion of color, a high, but ultimately, amounts to nothing purposed. "

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It's #FeatureFriday & today we bring you "The Color Z Lacks" by Ashlee Dureka from @CrossroadsCSKC in Missouri.

#Walgreens #ExpressWhatMatters #Art #Drawing #Painting #drugawareness #Health #VisualArts

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"In this artwork, I wanted to explore the heavy influence gen z experiences through drug abuse. It breaks my heart to watch the teens in my community suffer from a....lack of color, a lack of fullness in their lives, due to intoxication...

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This piece is a measure of my mental wellness because six months ago I wouldn’t even have picked up a paintbrush."- Dulce Muniz

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It's #FeatureFriday and today we bring you "No longer an echo" by Dulce Medina from @MilwaukeeMPS in Wisconsin.

#ExpressWhatMatters #Walgreens #Art #MentalHealth #Artist #mentalwellness #artists #Drawing #painting

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"This piece was not created by the person I was 6 months ago. The person who created this piece was strong, courageous, & confident enough to showcase herself in front of others to be judged, & critiqued & to hopefully inspire others to want to find themselves within art....

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"I myself struggled & am still under the thrall of anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder that results in unwarranted anxiety over my weight and diet. As a result, my weight has fallen to a Body Mass Index value that is characterized as "not surviving."

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It's #FeatureFriday & today we bring you "Metamorphosis" by Ann Gao from @Jenksps in Oklahoma.

#Expresswhatmatters #Walgreens #eatingdisorderawareness #eatingdisorder #Art #Drawing #beutifulchallenge #Awareness #Artist #highschool

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Today starts #DiaDeLosMuertos, a two-day holiday celebrated in Mexico and other parts of the world where families gather to honor and remember loved ones who've passed. Did your family put up an #ofrenda? Share a picture!

#DayoftheDead #DiaDeMuertos #DiaDeTodosLosSantos

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"The societal pressures that overwhelm teen girls to achieve an overly romanticized version of themselves are the main message of this piece. These social pressures are mainly rooted in the constant subjection of the internet, specifically social media."

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It's #FeatureFriday and today we're bringing you "Girl Stresses" by Rachel Park from ICON art & design academy in California.

#Expresswhatmatters #Art #Design #Socialmedia #Drawing #painting #Highschool #visualart #Visualarts #Walgreens

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"To overcome challenges, one must fight battles against disapproving peers/family, difficult economic/social situations, or personal flaws. Everyone is struggling w/ something, & I wanted to create a piece that reminds people to stay strong & do what's best for them."

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It's #FeatureFriday and today we bring you "Strength" by Evelyn Zhou from @PWSHWolves in TX.

#Visualarts #Expresswhatmatters #Walgreens #Art #Strength #drawing #Painting #arts #Visualart

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October is #Bullyingpreventionmonth and
@BGCA_Clubs has a great article on what #parents can do to spot it & stop it. Check it out here: https://t.co/42qazR479r

#Bullying #BullyingPrevention #Awareness

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“These hands may appear comforting, playful, or even "helpful", but w/ a closer look one can see the darker & almost violent nature & positions these hands truly take. However, as the pressure evolves & turns into bullying, it can lead the victim into dangerous situations.”~Chloe

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#October is #bullyingpreventionmonth & today we’re featuring "Helping Hands" by Chloe Jung from Bergen County Academies in NJ.

#Expresswhatmatters #Walgreens #Visualarts #Visualart #teenart #bullying #bullyingawareness #bullyingprevention #featurefriday #painting #drawing