“Under the Knife” by Alden Faherty | AP 2-D Art and Design Alden Faherty’s work was selected for the 2025 AP Art and Design Digital Exhibit, which features exceptional artwork from AP students’ final portfolios. See our story or highlight to learn more about Alden’s work. From Alden: “I was inspired to create this work after attending an oyster boil in January 2025. This piece depicts a man on a dock, splitting open an oyster with a knife. Below him are more oysters, which are under the water where they belong. In this piece, I wanted to explore how oysters, while protected in their natural habitat from predation due to their hard exteriors, are still vulnerable to humans, who can crack them open and eat them. Even when their shells fail to perform their function, however, the oysters still serve a purpose. They become meals for those who eat them.” #APArt #APArtandDesign