This is my record player along with my guitar and piano. It also has a record that I believe was very influential to our generation and we all find importance in music.
Audrey Gehm
Mars, PA
Earbuds
I think that music has a big role in defining not only pop culture but youth culture. Expression of thoughts, social issues, and pop culture is something really prevalent in music, and I think it’s an important part in defining Gen-Z culture.
Daniel Picklo
Bradford, PA
Guitar and Inspiration
My go-to guitar and two limited edition records from my favorite musical artist. Music was never a large part of my life until my father introduced me to it at when I was about ten. It has been a massive influence on my life since then.
Mychaela Roth
Keedysville, MD
Machine Gun Kelly's Guitar
This guitar represents one of the albums MGK had released on September 25, 2020, and the album skyrocketed his career. He had gone back to his pop-punk, alternative rock phase, which is extremely popular at the moment.
Alberto Macias
Canyon, TX
TxT Chaos Chapter: FoE Album
This is a K Pop album I love. Its concept is about the chaos that comes with growing up. It’s from a K Pop group named Tomorrow x Together.
Paris Pearson
Philadelphia, PA
My Distraction from the World
I chose this object because music is my scapegoat. Music is where I can spread my true emotions. I can express how I’m feeling with my rapping and singing.
Riley Gsell
Hagerstown, MD
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift was a major country artist until she changed to hip hop as her main genre. Many people don’t agree but she showed Gen-Z that sometimes change is needed.
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Ellie Choi
Pittsburgh, PA
Art and Violin Passed On (1)
My mother used to play violin for many years as a hobby, so I played it now as a hobby too.
Ellie Choi
Pittsburgh, PA
Art and Violin Passed On (2)
The black palette next to the violin is a Faber-Castell watercolor pencil set.
Ellie Choi
Pittsburgh, PA
Art and Violin Passed On (3)
The watercolor pencil set was passed on to me from my mom. That’s where I got my talent from.
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Ramon Gonzalez
Hereford, TX
Avicii Stories1
One of Avicii’s underrated album’s that people need to listen to.
Ramon Gonzalez
Hereford, TX
Avicii Stories2
The patterns were made from the patterns in the Avicii album cover and disc on Adobe Illustrator.
Ramon Gonzalez
Hereford, TX
Avicii Stories3
A note to my 80 year old self is I hope you are still listening to Avicii even then and have a lot of stuff of his by then too.
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Madeline Ervin
Canyon, TX
Mac Miller's Faces Reimagined
This piece is from a project I recently finished in college centered around this exhibition. I chose the album “Faces” by Mac Miller because it is very influential to me.
Madeline Ervin
Canyon, TX
Mac Miller's Faces Reimagined2
It was released on SoundCloud in 2014 and was recently rereleased in 2021, nearly 3 years after his untimely death. I chose this object because I know many people in the Gen Z generation that consider Mac Miller one of the most influential rappers of our time.
Madeline Ervin
Canyon, TX
Mac Miller's Faces Reimagined3
I also thought it was very appropriate because it was released on SoundCloud first, which is also a very popular phenomenon among our generation.
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Joseph Mccarty
Culbertson, MT
Dolly Parton: Rags to Riches
This is a speech and drama informative speaking piece with poster boards with photos telling the story of Dolly Parton’s life from rags to riches.
