GALLERY Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher Museum 2022

Tabitha DeRiggi-Dreher
Dystopia
Digital photograph
Lindenhurst High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Tara Biscardi

Keren Dial
Connectivity
Colored pencil
Valley Stream South High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Ed Lee

Vanessa Espinoza
Memory Box
Mixed media over small installation
Babylon High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Cheryl Schweider

Evelyn Evans
Aquamarine
Ceramic
Long Beach High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: AnnMarie Pulice

Khizran Fatima
Sinf e Aahan (Women of Steel)
Clay, glaze, melted marbles, embroidery on canvas
Hicksville High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas
*Third Place, The Hadley Prize*

Aisy Franciscovich
Me, Myself and I
Oil on canvas
Huntington High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Kristin Singer
*Heckscher Achievement Award*

Anjali Gauld
Bowerbird’s Baubles
Mixed media (found fabric and paper, ink, watercolor, vine charcoal, and thread)
Manhasset High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Natalya Panullo
*Second Place, Judith Sposato Memorial Prize*

Jillian Goldbach
Luminescence
Mixed media
Long Beach High School
Grade 10, Art Teacher: Eric Fox

Marycelia Gonzalez
Peace and War
Mixed media
Wyandanch High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Jill Lewis

Shaye Gruenberg-Theiling
Reflections
Mixed media (clay, glass, and wire)
Sachem High School North
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Renee Parisi

Joanna Guo
Koi Pond
Resin and gouache
Smithtown Christian School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: James Roselle

Zakariyah Hanif
Sea Gypsy
Chalk pastel
Newfield High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Sal Berretta

Ginger Hanley
Free Tree
Woodcut
Bayport-Blue Point High School
Grade 10, Art Teacher: Tina Nadeem

Wajeeha Hassan
Spirit
Linocut print, acrylic paint, digital art
Jericho Senior High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Tara Pillich
*Honorable Mention*

Natalie Hayes
An Endless Chore
Mixed media
East Rockaway High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Kelly Cabasso & Kristie Galante
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Benjamin Herbert
THANK YOU, HAVE A NICE DAY
Found materials, acrylic
Northport High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Christine Driscoll

Jensen Herbst
Bycatch
Charcoal
Smithtown High School West
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Steven Halem

Paige Hillebrand
Hell Cat
Oil pastel and acrylic
Patchogue-Medford High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Nancy Gladd

Cara Hooke
Hope-Crossed
Acrylic on canvas
Elmont Memorial High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Stella Grenier

Alexandra Hugel
Total Eclipse
Digital photograph
Syosset High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Chrysoula Highland

Hannah Ikawa
Full Moon
Ceramic
North Shore High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Sara Cano

Riya Jassi
Have You Seen Me?
Solar plate etching, acrylic, pencil
Hicksville High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas

Ellie Johnson
Moonlit Vigil
Oil on paper
Northport High School
Grade 10, Art Teacher: Anthony Klinger-Cooley
*Honorable Mention*

Vazira Khakimova
Collateral Damage
Acrylic on canvas
Hicksville High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas
*Huntington Fine Arts Honorable Mention*

Ara Kim
The Moon Rising
Ink and watercolor
Hicksville High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas

Shelby Kowalewsky
Environmental Relationships
Collage, printmaking, and acrylic
Babylon High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Cheryl Schweider

Anna Lambert
Room of Treasures
Acrylic, gouache, pastel pencils, and watercolor
Division Avenue High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Tim Ryan
*Honorable Mention*

Joanna Lee
Curls To Match
Gouache base, color pencil top
W.T. Clarke High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Marlena Dentrone

Sophia Liu
Man and Woman and the People
Pencil
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Megan Cashman

Yuyu Liu
Old Memories
Acrylic on wood
Portledge School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: John Greene
*Cozza Family Art Award*
*Firefly Gallery Next Generation Award*
*Heckscher Achievement Award*

Maya Malul
Kelp
Ceramic
Long Beach High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: AnnMarie Pulice

Kristina Mancuso
Land In Layers
Digital media and acrylic on layered Plexiglas
Patchogue-Medford High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Amy Cunningham
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Grace Marazzo
Seneca Falls
Metals, wood stain, wood, embroidery, found materials, and oil
Division Avenue High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Tim Ryan
*Donald and Gloria Horn Scholarship Award*

Sean Mascaro
Visual Deception
Acrylic on foam board
John F. Kennedy High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Carissa Roche
*Huntington Fine Arts Honorable Mention*
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Claire Montalbano
You Have To Scream For It
Ceramic
Long Beach High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: AnnMarie Pulice

Alessia Morabito
The Woman in the Suit
Digital photograph and mixed media
Patchogue-Medford High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Amy Cunningham

Michael Papazis
Self Portrait
Charcoal
John F. Kennedy High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Vanessa Albaneze

Sia Parikh
Modern Moon
Digital art
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Warren Jacobson

Ashley Park
This is Who I Am
Mixed media (acrylic and oil on masonite, fabric, sequins, pastel, and charcoal)
Half Hollow Hills High School West
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Amanda Montiglio
*Celebrate Achievement Best in Show*

Anneliese Perfetti
Moonlit Night
Pencil
Half Hollow Hills High School East
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Kim Norris

Phoebe Pinder
Incandescent
Digital art
Glen Cove High School
Grade 9, Art Teacher: Maria Verni

Ella Provisero
Orbits
Acrylic on canvas
Cold Spring Harbor High School
Grade 9, Art Teacher: Christine Oswald
*Donald G. Horn, Jr. Scholarship Award*

Sivan Pyle
With Liberty And A Side of Fries For All
Pen
Hebrew Academy of Nassau County
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Caroline Zimmerli
*Honorable Mention*

Charlotte Quintero
Tattered Flesh
Colored pencil, silk, thread, and ink transfers
Hicksville High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas
*Fourth Place, The Stan Brodsky Scholarship Award*

Julia Romano
Frozen in Fear
Digital art
Syosset High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Chrysoula Highland

Tyler Salerno
Incredulous
Gouache and fine liner
Kings Park High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Darlene Blaurock

Eleanor Schroll
Elegance
Digital art
Valley Stream South High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Ed Lee

Malak Shehata
Unexpected Outcomes
Acrylic on canvas
Hicksville High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas

Alyssa Spano
Lumiere
Acrylic on canvas
Half Hollow Hills High School West
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Amanda Montiglio

Mekhi Stevenson
Modern Sketches
Mixed media
Amityville Memorial High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Jayne Grasso

Jessica Struzinski
Greed
Multi-color viscosity collagraph print
Smithtown High School West
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Steven Halem

Nora Sweeney-Gladen
False Reflections
Ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper
Harborfields High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Jeanie Ritter

Deina Vicente
Springtime
Ceramic
Long Beach High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: AnnMarie Pulice

Amelia Volpe
Dragon
Ceramic
Bayport-Blue Point High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Frank Salino
*Heckscher Achievement Award*

Lily Wagner
Off Into the Blue
Acrylic on tile
Hicksville High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas

Sheena Wang
Bright lights
Acrylic on canvas
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Megan Cashman

Zhezhong Yu
Moody Green
Acrylic on canvas
Roslyn High School
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Richard Ritter
*Firefly Gallery Next Generation Award*

Alisha Zhou
The Past and The Future
Oil on canvas
Manhasset High School
Grade 11, Art Teacher: Lori Oldaker
*Heckscher Achievement Award*
*Joseph Mack Achievement Award*

Alana Zinkin
You’re Weak
Mixed media
Half Hollow Hills High School East
Grade 12, Art Teacher: Allyson Uttendorfer