"I think humans have an innate desire to be creative. If we don't create things, if we simply allow things to remain as the status quo, then we tend to stagnate."

Jaye Harrod was inspired to start drawing by the graphic novels he read in elementary school.

"I just think it's a really good way to creatively express yourself."

For Jack Witkop, playing trumpet feels like a legacy from his late grandfather, who was also a trumpet player.

"I think to me, it represents my thoughts on a piece of paper."

"Dancing just brings this type of tranquility that nothing else can bring."

"It's exhilarating. You get to be a different person sometimes and that's really fun."

"This helps with my mental sanity. When I make art, I feel happier."

"I'm not like one thing, I think I'm just a mix of a lot of things and everything that's around me."

"I hope that I can somehow change people's lives in what I want to do," Caroline Bergan said.

Carlton Huff hopes to someday play professionally in an orchestra.The talented musician from Carthage is the 7 News Arts All-Star for January 10, 2019.

"I just find making art and being, like, around art and creating art, a comfortable way to be myself," Annie Yang says.

Our 7 News Arts All-Star for the week of December 7, 2018 is a talented musician from Lowville Academy.Anna Metzler will tell you "I've been doing music for pretty much my whole life." That started with singing, and since 4th grade, the trombone.

Performing in front of people can be scary, Abby Rockwood says. "What I try to do is just imagine nobody's there."The Lowville singer is the 7 News Arts All-Star for January 17, 2019.

“It’s always been important to me to create, to make art,” Isabelle Phippen said.