The Art Guild at Elderfields is pleased to announce the winners of the Annual Nassau County Student Exhibition and Competition. Submissions from high school students came from both public and private schools throughout Nassau County.
From those entries, more than 50 works of art were selected for the exhibit. Bennett Horowitz, a retired instructor from the High School of Art and Design, NYC served as juror of awards.
First place was awarded to home schooled senior, Katie Cheng, for her highly detailed oil painting, “His Words Live On.” A self-portrait, “The Artist’s Shoes,” by senior Carla Perez, from Valley Stream North, was awarded second place. Junior Kimberly Rambarran of Valley Stream Central received third place for her white charcoal on black paper drawing “Small Glass.” Honorable mentions were awarded to Our Lady Of Mercy Academy senior Samantha Paralikas for her colored pencil drawing, “Simple Pleasures,” Valley Stream Central junior Cathleen Liang for her pencil drawing “Self Portrait,” and Oceanside senior Timothy Rinck for his colored pencil drawing “Office Stress.”
Bennett Horowitz, juror of awards, complimented the students on the level of concentration required to create work at this high level – particularly with the demands of ever-present technology, and told them how difficult it was to judge the show. Horowitz, in addition to his teaching career, is an accomplished artist and graphic designer who has exhibited in many museums and galleries.
Students exhibiting in the Nassau County High School Student Show are FrancescaAdams, East Meadow HS, senior; Shirley Blanco, Uniondale HS, senior; JillianBorghardt, Our Lady of Mercy Academy, senior; Katie Cheng, Home School, senior; Emily Cimaszewski, Our Lady of Mercy Academy, junior; Abigail Cirelli, Our Lady of Mercy Academy, senior; Katie Conte, The Wheatley School, junior; Michael Contrastano, The Wheatley School, junior; Nicolette Duggan, Valley Stream North HS, junior; Katie Eng, Valley Stream North HS, senior; Brooke Ferber, Great Neck South HS, senior; Rikki Hernandez, W.T. Clarke HS (East Meadow), senior; Yujung Kim, Waldorf School of Garden City, junior; Cathleen Liang, Valley Stream Central HS, junior; Olivia LoSardo, Holy Trinity HS, senior; Alexandra Mashcow, Valley Stream North HS, junior; Anna Mikhaylov, Oceanside HS, sophomore; Elisabeth Moffitt, Our Lady of Mercy Academy, senior; Francesca Moy, Schreiber HS (Port Washington), senior; Erin O’Kelly, The Wheatley School, senior; Samantha Paralikas, Our Lady of Mercy Academy, senior; Sophia Paskov, Great Neck South HS, freshman; Carla Perez, Valley Stream North HS, senior; Tiffany Praimnath, Valley Stream North HS, senior; Kimberly Rambarran, Valley Stream Central HS, junior; Claudia Reese, Oceanside HS, junior; Timothy Rinck, Oceanside HS, senior; Jamie Selletti, Valley Stream North HS, junior; Naomi Schlesinger, The Wheatley School, junior; Devika Shastri,Valley Stream North HS, sophomore; Veronica Sponaugle; Our Lady of Mercy Academy, senior; Prithviraj Talukdar, Schreiber HS (Port Washington), 2016; Samantha Wong, Schreiber HS (Port Washington), 2016; Alexandra Valmé, Valley Stream North HS, sophomore; Jessica Zand, Manhasset, 2018.
This student show will continue through Nov. 28. The gallery is free and open to the public Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. and by appointment. It is located at 200 Port Washington Boulevard, Manhasset.
The winter schedule of classes for children and adults will start in January, and will include Art Explorations & Creative Art Studio for children, and classes in watercolor, drawing, and life drawing and more for adults. Registration for “Fast, Loose & Bold” a painting workshop, with Patti Mollica offered on February 13 and 14, 2016, is now open.
The Art Guild of Port Washington, Inc., is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization providing encouragement, education and a forum for the appreciation of the visual arts. For more information, please visit our website at TheArtGuild.org or call 516-304-5797.
