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Each year the Culver Academy Final Ball marks the journey to graduation of another group of young men and women. On the night of the Final Ball the cadets will honor such traditions as the Officer's promenade, the ringing ceremony, and the run on Beason Hall. These traditions honor the graduation class and transition the senior class responsibilities to the junior class, next years senior class.

This watercolor is a scene depicting the Steinbrenner Recreational Center on the eve of the Final Ball. The hospitality tent is set up and all has been readied for the pomp and pageantry of the graduating class' Final Ball. Note, the artist has signed her name to the watercolor using the Russian alphabet.

Svetlana Jenkins is from Volgograd, Russia. By education she is both an Artist and a Chemical Engineer, but it is her artistic career that she enjoys most. Watching her father paint, she became interested in art at a very early age. She is passionate about having her art communicate a story and demonstrates this with a focus on details in her portraits, still life’s, building architecture, and scenic landscapes. She especially loves to paint scenes of everyday life. Her preference is the classical style and includes oils, soft pastels, watercolors, and ceramics. Svetlana currently resides in Woodbridge, Virginia with her husband Robert and accepts commissioned art work from interested patrons. You may contact her to commission an...