Art teachers of Reddit, what's the most disturbing artwork a student has ever submitted?

My literary arts teacher told us a story about the only kid that's ever been kicked out of the

program. He only wrote stories about women being killed and assaulted by snakes. No matter what the

writing prompt was, he turned it into snake essay. He then read them out loud to class, proudly.

He didn't last too long.

Back in the 90s, I volunteered at an art studio that provided free classes for low-income inner city at-risk youth.

Wonderful nonprofit run by a couple of cool old hippie ladies,

who did an amazing job helping the kids feel free to express themselves

artistically no matter what they wanted to create for example one teenage smart butt made an elaborate

paper machet of bob marley smoking a huge herb stick and they hung it up proudly in a place of honor

no judgment or preachingness at this art class.

So one year, they decided to have the younger kids do a day of the dead-themed picture,

with a short paragraph to commemorate a loved one.

The teachers were expecting pictures of grandmas and maybe pets.

And there were some of those.

There were also several scenes of murder, including childishly drawn guns,

knives, and oh, so much red. Followed by short descriptions like, my brother was shot,

he's dead now, it was loud and scary, I miss him. These were like seven to nine-year-olds.

Those pictures were displayed just as proudly as the grandma pictures.

That sounds like a wonderful program. It really was. They did so much good. And now I'm going to

get up on my soapbox about public funding for art for children. Kids growing up in bad situations

need role models, job training, education. They also need, like food and oxygen, a place to express

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