Moments: Flips and Tricks

At Grant, there’s a chance you’ve seen Angelo Accus. He’s the kid who  flips and tumbles his way around campus. He spends time teaching anyone  how to be acrobatic. People, he says, find it interesting and they want to learn.  His friend, Justin Robinson (left), tries to keep up. “When I first landed an aerial, people were like: ‘Whoa, that’s incredible.’ So I kept on doing it and since then it’s just been practice makes perfect….

Moments: Painting Means Power

Students in Melody Rockwell’s art classes recently finished a project the teacher refers to as “an unblocking assignment.” Inspired by Portland painter Flora Bowley, students were encouraged to leave behind  their idea of what art is “supposed to look like.” “I thought at first it was kind of ridiculous. I wasn’t sure what the main point of it was. And then I started doing it and it was really relaxing, just throwing things on the…