On Apr. 9, four members of the 36 Arts club gathered around, anxiously awaiting for their adviser, Chris Nordmark, to pull the winner of their recent art raffle: junior Maggie Linger.

According to club member senior Rachel Potter, the raffle included the names of all students who submitted art before spring break.

“The raffle was more to encourage people not to be so last minute, because it’s hard to scan everything in at the last minute,” Potter said. “That was the purpose of having the raffel not at the end of the submission date.”

Freshman Shoshana Altman, who is also a member of the club, said she believes the raffle was a good way to encourage more students to submit their art.

“We really just try to do anything to get people to submit art, because this year we haven’t had a lot of art submissions,” Altman said. “I think a lot of people don’t submit their art because they don’t know about us, so it helps to get the word out.”

Potter said in order to get the word out about the club, they will have many announcements about the approaching deadline of art submissions as the end of the month grows closer. She also said club members will interact more with students when they are selling their magazines in May.

Freshman Ciara Woida, who has submitted four works of art to the magazine, said she believes submitting art is important for students to do because it allows them to share their skills.

“It’s important because submitting art allows other people to see your talent,” Woida said. “[Submissions] can be anonymous, so you don’t have to be worried if your art isn’t good enough for anyone else.”

Club Adviser Chris Nordmark said the club accepts almost all the art it receives.

“We have a loose censorship policy,” Nordmark said. “Most artwork that is submitted is accepted.”

According to Potter, the magazine currently has 25 pages. Although the size of the magazine does not matter, it would still be good to get in a few more entries.

“The size of the magazine varies from year to year,” she said. “It’s not as much about size, as long as each piece of art and poetry is a big enough on a page to be appreciated. Our goal is that everything is represented.”

Although the due date for art submissions is coming up, students are always welcome to join the club, according to Potter.

“Near the end of the year we mostly will be brainstorming fundraiser ideas for next year,” Potter said. “We always invite new members to join, share their ideas and submit their art.”