Stumbling upon a lunchtime Art Club meeting, one is just as likely to find club members eagerly discussing the definition of art as putting their love for art into action.

Paly’s Art Club meets Tuesday at lunch in PS1, with about 10 members present at every meeting, according to Art Club president senior Alex Provo.

The club not only showcases its talents in a variety of volunteer commissions, but also through themed lunchtime projects. The club’s most recent commission, from Paly’s student council, consisted of creating hay bale sculptures for Paly’s school-wide Nov. 15 Turkey Trot. Members worked with 19 hay bales to create a Thanksgiving living room scene set up on the Paly Quad, according to Provo.

“I think that a lot of people liked [the sculptures] because I saw a lot of people sitting on them,” Provo said.

In years past, members painted murals in the student center and in the art room, according to club sponsor and art teacher Anna Eng. According to Provo, this year’s project could include a mural painting in the Jordan Middle School locker room, though this idea is still being explored.

“We love to put our art into action,” club member junior Brigid Hurn-Maloney said.

To do so, Provo hopes to make Italian street painting at Paly, started by last year’s club president, Katie Morton, into an annual tradition. Based on a Palo Alto Art Festival activity, Morton printed out famous drawings to offer Paly students and staff ideas for last June’s chalk drawing activity. While past club activities included Italian street painting, a mosaics project and postcard drawing project, according to Provo, this year’s plans may include visits to museums, such as the de Young Museum and The Museum of Modern Art.

Aside from hands-on activities and future museum visits, another main part of the club is discussion about art.

“We talk about both older art and cutting edge [art],” Provo said.

Discussions in the past have questioned the definition of art as well as the controversial issues that concern it.

“We discussed if someone copies a painting — is that art? If someone retouches a painting, who is the artist?” Hurn-Maloney said. “A blank canvas, is that art?”

Club members bring both outside art experience and diverse artistic interests to every discussion, spanning collage, painting, and mixed media.

“Everyone is different, but everything fits because that is what art is,” sophomore member Andrea Panayides said.

Countless members pursue their interest in art through experiences outside the club. Their experiences range from participation in Paly photography or art history classes to summer programs at the Rhode Island School of Design and Syracuse University.

Overall, the club offers students a chance to show their artistic side.

“It’s a better way to express yourself in school,” senior Phil Havlik said.

Provo hopes to break the pre-conceived notion that all Art Club members are talented and experienced artists.

“You don’t have to be good at art to be in Art Club,” Provo said.