By Angelique D’Alessandro
“Advanced Visions 14” was a visual art exhibition shown in LIU Post’s S.A.L Gallery, located in the B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, from Dec. 12 to Jan. 24.
The show highlighted work done by local high school artists. The event, in its 14th year, allows high school artists in advanced placement and international baccalaureate classes to submit original pieces to be judged by art professors.
From those submissions, three “juror’s awards” were granted, and six honorable mentions were given.
The student work hung on the gallery walls included a variety of paintings, sketches, and photographs. The gallery also included sculptures.
Cristina Lomangino, the exhibition coordinator, helped plan the “Advanced Visions” event. “We send a call out to local schools, and teachers enter” their students, Lomangino said. “We usually have 70 pieces, but this year there are 78. From that pool, LIU art department professors survey the work and select the winners.”
The three student artists chosen for juror’s awards were Casey Goldstein from Half Hollow Hills High School for her work “Age Translated into Wisdom,” Meghan McCarthy from Floral Park High School for her work “What’s Inside,” and Sehjin Kim from the Paul D. Schreiber High School, for her work “Mirrors.”
In “Age Translated into Wisdom,” Goldstein illustrates two male faces. In the first, the man’s face is comprised entirely of skin, apart from his mouth, nose, and cheeks which are covered by sketched paper. In the second, the man’s face is entirely sketched, but his mouth, nose, and cheeks are covered in peeling skin.
In McCarthy’s “What’s Inside,” the figure of a woman measures her thighs and waist with measuring tape. In Kim’s “Mirrors,” the artist works with paint to illustrate a bathroom with sinks and mirrors lining the walls. Student artists were encouraged to take home their work after the event.
Seung Lee, an LIU Post art professor and one of the judges of the student artwork, explained what judges looked for in the pieces, including the key components of concept, method, and form. “Usually we look for concept: artwork that shows a unique idea,” Lee said. “We look for technique that is more traditional, how [the students] use materials, and how they compose.”
Students who exhibited these qualities received accolades for their work. “[Winners] get to put this on their resume and in their portfolio for college,” Lee said. “To be selected is a big deal.”
This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here by Blank Slate Media with the permission of the Pioneer.
