Music is not only a way for Zana Northrup to express herself, but also "it feels really great to come home and practice after a really stressful day."

Tesa Holman's family, especially her mother, is into art, so "I just kind of picked it up in time."

Simon Roome sings and plays French horn. He likes them equally because "they both give me different things the other doesn't."

"I enjoy creating a piece that has meaning to me, something I can show the emotions or ideas inside my head and create a powerful image," Quincy Marsell said.

"I try to read people's personalities through music, I try to evoke my own personality through music," Peter Harvill said, "and people like that -- it's art."

Perri Redden from Belleville Henderson is the 7 News Arts All-Star for February 28, 2019.

For Mary Rose Goff, singing has always been "a family thing."

Maria Young enjoys expressing herself with art.

Makayla Lea hopes to pursue a degree in art education, "because I love kids and I love art."

"Music teaches us what it means to be human," Madeline Timerman said.

"I wouldn't trade it for anything," Logan Beerman says of her experience as a singer.

"If I didn't have music," Keegan Poste says, "I don't know what I'd do in my spare time."

Kari Hance was encouraged by her brother to take piano "and it just escalated from there."

Drummer Joey LaShomb says he like to use music to make people happy.

Jeremy Dening is the 7News Arts All-Star for May 9, 2019

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

For Jasmine Combs, music is "really something to take all the stress of the day off from school."

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

Isabella Addison is the 7 News Arts All-Star for May 16, 2019.

Ingrid Knudsen has been dancing since she was 4 years old and competitively since she was 7.

Ethen White is a visual artist from Edwards-Knox Central. He's a 7News Arts All-Star

Emily Scholler from Copenhagen Central is the Arts All-Star for December 13, 2018

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

Carlton Huff from Carthage Central is the 7News Arts All-Star for January 10, 2019

Anna Metzler of Lowville is the 7News Arts All-Star for December 6, 2018

Abby Rockwood is a singer from Lowville. She was the 7News Arts All-Star for January 17, 2019.