Oscar Wilde once said that "a work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament," and at the Wareham High School Arts Fair on Friday, May 3, plenty of unique temperaments came together to create one amazing show.

Paintings, woodwork, music, computer graphics projects, and human statues filled the school with color, noise, and most of all, the joy of creativity.

"Part of the reason we have this night is to show younger kids [that] having a well-rounded education sets the students up for a better experience after school," said Wareham High School art teacher Amy Dion.

The more advanced students choose a concentration, and Elizabeth Malloy, who displayed a number of paintings at the show, chose "gender swap" as hers.

Malloy says that her inspiration for choosing the concentration is the idea that every person has both masculine and feminine attributes and it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Malloy plans to major in marine biology at the University of Rhode Island with a minor in art.

"Art's something I want to keep in my life forever," she said. "Art isn't just art, it's everything."

Malloy says she is inspired by artists such as Claude Monet, and the artist behind the Beatles movie "Yellow Submarine," Peter Max.

Dion noted that a number of alumni had come back to display their art, and said that in addition to the students giving back, "we can always use help from the community."

Giving students the supplies they need to explore their artistic sides can be a challenge simply because once the material is used it's been, well, used.

"We work with what we can, but the materials are essential because they're consumable," said Dion.

G. Allen Perry was dolled up like a classic Hollywood star for his performance piece, and while there were other human statues, he was the most vocal.

"This whole thing is a Hollywood starlet thing, so when I'm talking I'm going to be yelling at people," he  said, saying starlet-like things such as "no pictures please!"

Noting that the event has expanded into the library and the adjacent garden, and even includes work from some middle school students, teacher Tom Tricker said: "We try to make it bigger every year."

Bravo.