2016 Annual High School Regional Juried Art Exhibition

Albany Center Gallery is pleased to present the 2016 Annual High School Regional Juried Art Exhibition, featuring over 20 High Schools from around the Capital Region highlighting over 100 students (school include Albany Academy, Albany City Schools, Averill Park, Berne- Knox Westerlo, Bethlehem, Burnt-Hills-Ballston Lake, Cairo-Durham, Doane Stuart, East Greenbush, Emma Willard, Greenville, Guilderland , Ichabod Crane, Mohonasen, Niskayuna, North Colonie, Schenectady, Schodack, Scotia-Glenville, Shenendehowa, Voorheesville)

We would like to congratulate the award winners of the High School Juried exhibition;

Juror’s Choice Awards

Mufan Xu, Grade 12, Niskayuna, Self Portrait, Acrylic and oil on canvas  36″x 30″.

Gianna DiGregorio, Grade 11, Mohonasen, Fondo de Mare, Hand built earthenware; cone 05 glazes and underglazes 6.5”x 9”x 6″.

Olivia Suozzo, Grade 12, Voorheesville, Starry Eyed, Charcoal Pencil, 18″ x 24”.

Lory Tansky 3D award

Leah Meredith, Grade 11, Ichabod Crane, Tornado, Glazed Earthenware, Ink, Charcoal 7.5″ x 7″ x 2″

Other winners include,

Mayors Award

Dawn Dinh, Grade  12, Albany City Schools, Unacknowledges Knowledge, Mixed Media 18” x 15”x 10”.

ACG President Award

Yverdon Okoren, Grade 10, Albany City Schools, Perspective, Pen 18″x 24”.

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Judges Honorable mentions

Yaer Han, Grade 12, Doane Stuart, Untitled, Ink on paper  8”x 10”.

Leslie Sawyer, Grade 12, Scotia-Glenville, Cake, Low fire earthenware 7″ x 4″x 6″.

Nina Sivaslian, Grade 12, Averill Park, Iggy, Clay 11″ x 5″ x 7″.

Payton Bielawski, Grade 11, Averill Park, Dante’s Library, Conte 21″ x 28″.

Emily Bouton, Grade 12, Bethlehem, Nantes Cathedral, Watercolor and Pen and Ink 16″ x 20″.

Ben Candib, Megan Smialek, Madison Moneymaker, Samantha Meservey, Grade 11, North Colonie, Surrealism, Blk ink on HP Photo paper (Group project) 24″x 18″.

The exhibition will be open from April 1 – April 23, 2016

Jurors: T.E. Breitenbach, Tony Iadicicco, Mary Pat Wager

Artists include Sami Ahmad, Sosie Almasian, Samahria Alpern, Madeline Ames, Michael Anderson, Anabelle Apa, Sawyer Balint, Veronica Barczak, Mary Bartkus, Erin Bascom, Payton Bielawski, Abigail Bittner, Emily Bouton, Madison Bryda, Mariel Calderon, Ben Candib, Emily Canuteson, Alana Carroll, Anne Cass, Natalie Cilia, Gideon Coffin, Maria Decetise, Kamana Devkota, Gianna DiGregorio, Tiffany Ding, Dawn Dinh, Kim Dong, Aparna Dutta, Kareem Elminyawi, Kyle Farmer, Amina Fatalieva, Hayley Felton, Alexis Giacumo, Yaer Han, Eva Hansen, Jessica Hebert, Amelie Hild, Jarred Hollander, Lillian Hong, Alyssa Hughes, Eliza Jobin-Davis, Sarah Juzapavicus, Kieran Kaufman, Aaron Kerr, Alison Kim, Holly Kleinmeier, Jacob Kolb, Sarah Kowaleski, Rowan Krajcik, Madalyn Krasney, Morgan Labar, Emma LaBerge, Sophie Lacijan, Meagan Lettko, Anne Lin, Christopher Litwin, Cecilia Zhige Lu, Rachel Maffei, Jessica Malenfant, Brynn Marion, William Matz, Leah Meredith, Samantha Meservey, Ondrakova Michaela, Madison Moneymaker, Anna Moore, Joely Morrison, Matt Mortati, Margaret Murnane, Hannah Nye, Brenna O’Brien, Yverdon Okoren, Assalah Othman, Michael Panicola, Naomi Park, Nicole Picchi, Ray Posner, Colleen Powers, Catherine Rafferty, Kyler Randall, Priscilla Rapp, Erica Ruchlicki, Leslie Sawyer, Heidi Schuman, Julia Scipione, Marielle Scott, Catherine Seita, Marissa Sisson, Nina Sivaslian, Megan Smialek, Hayley Smith, Olivia Suozzo, Lexie Tang, Isabelle Tennier, Malika Umar, Kelsey VanFleet, Taylor Vincent, Emma Whalen, Mufan Xu, Heidi Zahnleuter.

About the Jurors:

T. E. Breitenbach is a self-taught artist best known for his painting Proverbidioms, a raucous and comical depiction of 300 common proverbs and clichés. It has sold hundreds of thousands of posters and licensed products and has recently been made into an app. His work has been used on popular television shows as set pieces, and appears in over 30 books. He also collaborated with Jim Morrison of The Doors, shortly before Morrison’s death, on a painting intended for use on his An American Prayer album. Breitenbach studied architecture and fine arts (in an independent study program) at the University of Notre Dame, leaving when he became the youngest recipient of a Rome Prize Fellowship. Inspired by the castles of Europe, he returned home and began constructing his own castle and studio, near Altamont, NY. He is currently producing Hieronymus, a musical he wrote about medieval artist Hieronymus Bosch and his too-large imagination. It will be staged at Proctors Theater this August and filmed for public television.

Tony Iadicicco has been a central, dynamic part of the Capital Region arts community for over half a decade. As Executive Director of Albany Center Gallery, an active board member of Albany Barn, and an award-winning artist and community volunteer, Tony works tirelessly to connect people with the arts and promote the creative development of our next generation of leaders. Awards most recently include the 2014 Norman S. Rice Arts, Culture and Education Award, one of “Tomorrow’s Masters Today” by the Albany Institute of History & Art and Arts, Metroland Readers Poll “Local Art Hero” the Arts Ambassador Volunteer of The Year Award from The Stakeholders Inc., 2013, 2011 Best Local Artist by Capital Region Living Magazine and the Metroland Readers Poll “Best Local Artist”.

Mary Pat Wager has been a sculptor for over thirty years. Her work is included in many public and private collections. Her sculpture employs the use of found objects, as well as, fabricated metal components. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. She has received numerous awards for her work in sculpture. These include a National Endowment for the Arts grant and representing the United States with her work at the Small Works International Exhibition in Budapest, Hungary. Mary Pat Wager lives and works in upstate New York.

Special thanks to event sponsors
Stuart Horn & Kathleen Sole
Albany Wine & Dine for the Arts
NYSATA