The Art League of Long Island’s ninth annual “Go APE” Advanced Placement Student Exhibition features 2-D and 3-D works by 118 students from 36 Long Island High Schools.
This is an opportunity for what may be the first of many times these promising young art students will show their work in a professional gallery setting.
The exhibit is on view in the League’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery through March 13. An artists’ reception and awards presentation take place Sunday, March 13, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Awards of Excellence
Deanna Lazo (Bethpage HS) for “Dad’s Still Life”, soft pastel
Kate Walker (Bethpage HS) for “Morning Sun”, acrylic on canvas
Christina Kutulos (Garden City HS) for “Type Writer”, mixed media
Kristen Van Aken (Hicksville HS) for “Urban Decay”, etching
Morgan Anderson (Plainedge HS) for “Frustration”, oil paint on canvas
Jennifer Bianco (Plainedge HS) for “Monsters”, paper
Elise Weber (Seaford HS) for “All Wrapped Up”, colored pencil
Mehrose Naeem (Sewanhaka HS) for “Untitled”, mixed media
Ricky Vargas (Valley Stream HS) for “Inspired Artist”, pencil/colored pencil
Isabella Brand (Ward Melville HS) for “I Thought it was a Spider”, oil on canvas
Maria Romero (Westbury HS) for “Sunkissed Water”, acrylic on canvas
Honorable Mentions
Geraldine Luglio (Miller Place HS) for “Still Life”, oil painting
James Treadwell (New Hyde Park Memorial HS) for “Up in Flames”, photography
Olivia Rouse (Northport HS) for “In a Pickle”, mixed media
Jeanette Wells (Northport HS) for “Sienna’s Pants”, colored pencil/mixed media
Elizabeth Pigott (Sayville HS) for “Disintegration”, marker and ink
Kristen Clark (Syosset HS) for “Seasons”, collage
Lauren Gruber (Syosset HS) for “Walking”, digital photography
Brigid Coleman(Wantagh HS) for “Untitled”, colored pencils on paper
Award for Presentation
Grant Fryc (Northport HS) for
“Three Figures at Midnight in August”, digital painting
The Art League of Long Island is located at 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. The gallery is open to the public, free of charge, Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information visit www.artleagueli.org or call (631) 462-5400.
