Art has been a feature of Skylar Hou ’22’s life since they were a child.

“Drawing has been such an important part of my life since I could remember,” Hou said. “I got my first digital camera when I was 8.”

For Hou, art has personal meaning. “Mostly, I draw and take pictures just to make memories last,” they said. “I have a sketchbook with me all the time so that I [can] draw things whenever I want. Sometimes it is a scene that makes me feel happy, sometimes it’s just a tiny random object, like a soda can. In the past two years at Mount Holyoke, I [have taken] so many pictures and I created a scrapbook and lots of art projects of the memories.”