An artist’s touch at Eagle Lanes




Pictured left to right at Eagle Lanes are: Mya Cashiola, Ariel Treviño, Abigail Perez, Dakota Fulcher, teacher Carmen Harris, Shyla Williamson, Shyann Meyer, Jasmine Lopez and Ethan Mays. LISA LUNA | PLEASANTON EXPRESS

Pictured left to right at Eagle Lanes are: Mya Cashiola, Ariel Treviño, Abigail Perez, Dakota Fulcher, teacher Carmen Harris, Shyla Williamson, Shyann Meyer, Jasmine Lopez and Ethan Mays. LISA LUNA | PLEASANTON EXPRESS

Members of the Pleasanton High School Art Club added their special touch at Eagle Lanes, which reopened on Jan. 18 .“We really wanted to bring out the Eagle, in Eagle Lanes,” said Carmen Harris, a Pleasanton High School art teacher.

The club meets every Tuesday after school to discuss murals. The group’s first mural was at the dance studio, Ms. Tera’s Tap ‘N Toes in Pleasanton. They are making plans for another project at Safer Path Family Violence Shelter.

Mrs. Harris was approached by Eagle Lanes, which asked if the school painted murals. She replied the art club does. Students came to the bowling alley, assessed and came up with a sketch, done by student Ariel Treviño, a PHS senior.

“It was perfect. They said, ‘Let’s do it,’” said Mrs. Harris.

The group made it bold and more exciting, as Harris described.

She explained that previously, stripes painted on the walls were red and a dark shade of green that was almost black. Also, the words “Eagle Lanes” used to be in bright red and the background was a tan.

Pleasanton High School Art Club members pictured are, left to right: Mya Cashiola, Ariel Trevino, Abigail Perez, Dakota Fulcher, teacher Carmen Harris, Shyla Williamson, Shyann Meyer, Jasmine Lopez and Ethan Mays. LISA LUNA | PLEASANTON EXPRESS

Pleasanton High School Art Club members pictured are, left to right: Mya Cashiola, Ariel Trevino, Abigail Perez, Dakota Fulcher, teacher Carmen Harris, Shyla Williamson, Shyann Meyer, Jasmine Lopez and Ethan Mays. LISA LUNA | PLEASANTON EXPRESS

“So we decided to do the two tone green, which brings Pleasanton ISD and Eagles into it. We decided on a black background because we don’t want the background to be the main attraction.”

For the Eagle Lanes mural the group chose lettering in a bright green. Then behind the bowling pins is now a burst of magenta for that special pop of color.

The students started before Christmas, with approximately eight-ten students working on the project at a time, depending on their schedules and other obligations.

“So we do spend several weeks on it because it is done after school,” said Mrs. Harris. “We did work some weekends when we could.”

The students are in the process of some touch-ups and refreshing the actual pins, as they are the original bowling pins.

This year marks the sixth year Harris has taught. Her classes include all levels of high school. To be in the PHS Art Club, students do not have to be enrolled in art class.

Regarding being a part of such a much-anticipated event, like the renovation of Eagle Lanes, Harris said, “I’m excited for the students, because now they get to grow up and this is part of their life and their children’s lives. It’s great because they will always know they are part of this place.”

Harris loves teaching and enjoys the moment the students create something they are proud of.

“They always want to have someone tell them it’s good, but I don’t want them to look for good. I want them to be proud of what they make, whether someone thinks it’s good or not. I love those moments when they say, ‘I did it! I made it!’ So this just kind of helps with that, because they can go in somewhere and say, ‘I did that.’ So it’s like an extension of my classroom, that pride.”

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