LONG ISLAND’S BEST: YOUNG ARTISTS AT THE HECKSCHER
APRIL 28, 2002 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM
This special exhibition is presented with support provided by The Citigroup Foundation With additional support provided by The Town of Huntington, The New York State Council on the Arts, The U.S. Department of Education and Library Services
Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher April 27 to May 12, 2002 Music from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Provided by the Syosset High School Silver String Quartet Patricia S. Koppeis, Director
Welcome and Introductory Comments 7:00 pm Beth E. Levinthal, Executive Director, The Heckscher Museum of Art
Membership Hosts Phyllis and Leon Charash, Board of Trustees, The Heckscher Museum of Art
Honorary Host Marlene L. Budd, Councilwoman, Town of Huntington
Awards Presentation Janie Welker, Curator of Photography and Coordinator of Exhibitions, The Heckscher Museum of Art
Renzo Bianchi Scholarship Presented by Lynette Bianchi, Program Coordinator, Suffolk BOCES, Arts-in-Education
Award Winners and Honorable Mentions Presented by Jodi Lekacos, Director of Education and Public Programs, The Heckscher Museum of Art
The First Clark University Student Art Prize Presented by David and Laura Grey, Clark University Alumni
Clark University Remarks Harold Wingood, Dean of Admissions
Closing remarks and special thank you to the 2002 High School Docents Beth E. Levinthal, Executive Director, The Heckscher Museum of Art
Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher The Heckscher Museum of Art is dedicated to enriching the lives of students through dy-
namic connections between works of art and valuable hands-on learning experiences. Our active School Discovery Program engages 7,000 students from schools throughout Long Island each year. To further encourage the use of the museum as a rich resource in a high school student’s life we developed our Arts-in-Education initiative, Long Island's Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher. This program culminates in a two-week long exhibition of works by outstanding high school art students from throughout Long Island. Ninth through twelfth grade high school art students are encouraged to participate in our program. Schools are offered the option of attending one of our School Discovery Programs (a two hour in-depth gallery tour and hands-on art experience), sending students to the museum on their own time, or both. Visiting students are then asked to create their own original artworks that are inspired by works of art viewed at the Heckscher. We ask the participating students to write twenty-five to fifty word statements connecting their works with their sources of inspiration at the Heckscher. The students are further asked to submit their works in a professional manner: matted, framed and ready to hang or in the case of sculptural works with an accompanying pedestal. Our Curator of Photography, then carefully selects the works for the exhibition. More than 240 entries were submitted for this year’s exhibition with the final selection of 83 works representing 40 high schools from 26 school districts across Long Island. The works you are about to view were inspired by various permanent collection and special exhibitions that appeared between September 2001 and February 2002 including: Light, Color, Spirit: Esteban Vicente; Goya to Vicente: Tradition and Response; Photography in Focus: Work from the Permanent Collection; September 11: In Ashes; Tribute to America; American Pop; Robert Henri and His Influence; and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: A Romp Through the Permanent Collection. We congratulate all of the participants in this year’s Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher for their commitment, dedication, creativity and talent.
The Education Department Staff Jodi Lekacos - Director of Education and Public Programs Marla Nortman - Museum Educator Allyson Scelfo - Coordinator of School, Youth, & Family Programs Lucy A. Taylor - Coordinator of Docents and Adult Group Programs Joy L. Weiner – Lead Museum Educator Jerene Weitman – Coordinator of Public Programs
Long Island’s Best 2002 Exhibiting Artists BOCES Cultural Arts Center Brigid Mason* Kristen Duer* Brentwood High School Luanne Belgodere Cold Spring Harbor High School Jamie Kates East Hampton High School Bastian Kuberek Half Hollow Hills High School East Angelo DiGennaro Elizabeth Asta Allison Golden* Geoffrey Hinds* Regina Kim Erica Rucci* Half Hollow Hills High School West Katie Adee* Katherine Apessos* Jaclyn Fauci* Dominique Florea* Ashley Hepp** Colleen Kinneary* Devon Poch
Hicksville High School Meghan McLoughlin Kim Sabeno Ursula Simicic* Huntington High School Jackie Bogan Carmen Marie Galloza Victoria Huston-Elem Jericho High School Leah Kalfin* Tamara Lee Paul Lieberman* Marissa Markowitz POB, John F. Kennedy H. S. Julie Kim Kings Park High School Michael DiGiacomo* Michele Hung* Jacquelyn Olivieri* Sean Riker** Lawrence High School Rosemarie Mastellone Rebecca Trager Ana Marie Vallejo*
Hauppauge High School Meghan Drielak
Lawrence Woodmere Academy Hyan Min Kong
G. W. Hewlett High School David Greschler Jason Machowsky*
Lindenhurst High School Magda Dymanowska
Herricks High School Sarah Chang* Lara Kahn Doreen Kramer* Dyan Yu*
Manhasset High School Alex Kassl* David Messineo* Meredith Traina* Dominique Zino*
Long Island’s Best 2002 Exhibiting Artists Mineola High School Bryce Rosner
Valley Stream High School South Fiona Lee
Mount Sinai High School Michelle Tommaso
Walt Whitman High School Jennifer Caparatta Amanda Fuchs Christopher Grodzky* Christine Gwillim Kristin Raymond Alan Ruiz* Jim Woll* Julie Wright Jani Zubkins*
North Babylon High School Caroline Faraca Northport High School Christine Gambino Oceanside High School Malka Witt Our Lady of Mercy Academy Laura Corradi* Sarah Ann Passarella*
Patchogue-Medford High School Wayne Cafariella Daryl Gleiche* Elizabeth Grutzner Sachem High School North Mark Anthony Barravecchio Meredith McOlvin**
Wantagh High School Laura Behringer West Hempstead High School Brendan Rodriguez Wyandanch Memorial High School Phylicia Graham Lisa Hernandez Jyllian Jarmond** Earnest Mays*
Sachem High School South Genevieve Ferrer Paul D. Schreiber High School Anushka Peres Shoreham-Wading River High School Dan Krupin Smithtown High School Patrick Groneman* Kaitlyn Tucek Uniondale High School Alexander Solounias
* Award Winner
Acknowledgements We express our sincere thanks to the following individuals, whose efforts, dedication, and enthusiasm have made Long Island's Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher a reality: Stephanie Adler, Art Teacher, Lawrence High School Verna Amakawa, Art Teacher, Walt Whitman High School Mary Antczak, Art Teacher, East Hampton High School Beth Atkinson, Art Teacher, Hicksville High School James Barron, Art Teacher, BOCES Cultural Arts Center Paula Beck, Art Teacher, Walt Whitman High School Gary L. Bates, Supervisor of Art, Lawrence Public Schools Robert Brace, Chairperson, Oceanside High School Joan Branca, Art Teacher, Mount Sinai High School Paula Cardias, Art Teacher, Jericho High School Nicholas Cordone, Art Teacher, Patchogue Medford High School Judith Chen, Art Teacher, Plainview-Old Bethpage, J.F.K. H.S.
Patricia Coppola, Art Teacher, Hauppauge High School Denise Corazón, Art/ Photography Teacher, Half Hollow Hills High School East Karen Cunningham, Art Teacher, G.W. Hewlett High School Joan Deem, Art Teacher, Hicksville High School Jennifer Doeschner, Art Teacher, G.W. Hewlett High School Vicki Dollin, Art Teacher, Walt Whitman High School Roni Downey, Art Teacher, Oceanside High School Eileen Drobbin, Coordinator of Art Department, BOCES Cultural Arts Center Joanne Dumas, Art Teacher, Shoreham Wading River High School Heather Evan, Art Teacher, East Hampton High School Rosemary Folks, District Art Chairperson, Cold Spring Harbor High School Josephine Gallarello, Director of Fine and Performing Arts, Hauppauge High School Janet Ganes, Art Teacher, Lawrence High School Richard Ganes, Art Teacher, Herricks High School Dr. Mark Graham, Art Department Chair, Paul D. Schreiber High School
Miranda Grubisich, Art Teacher, Paul D. Schreiber High School Susan Guasp, Art Teacher, Kings Park High School Karen Handrakis, Art Teacher, Oceanside High School Tracy Jacknow, Art Teacher, Brentwood High School Warren Jacobson, Art Teacher, Plainview-Old Bethpage, J.F.K. H.S. Mary Jones, Principal, Wyandanch Memorial High School Elaine Kane, Art Teacher, West Hempstead High School Andrea Katz, Director of Art and Technology, Huntington High School
Nick Lacetera, Art Teacher, G.W. Hewlett High School Jody Leibrock, Art Teacher, Hauppauge High School Gary Lester, Art Teacher, Patchogue-Medford High School
Bruce Lieberman, Art Teacher, East Hampton High School Marilyn Lobner, Chairperson for Business Related Arts, Herricks High School Paulette Lowe, Art Teacher, Valley Stream South High School Ellie Mangino, Art Teacher, Sachem North High School Frank Matlock, Art Teacher, Plainview-Old Bethpage, J.F.K. H.S. Amy Sue McPartlan, Art Teacher, Wantagh High School Judy Menacho, Art Teacher, Huntington High School Audrey Miller, Art Teacher, Oceanside High School Louise Millmann, Art Teacher, Jericho High School Margaret Minardi, Art Teacher, Northport High School Sally A. Minor, Director of Art, Wantaugh High School Veronica Murphy, Art Teacher, North Babylon High School Riki Nemser, Art Teacher, Mineola High School Nancy Nigro, Art Teacher, Oceanside High School Richard Nunziato, Art Teacher, Northport High School
Kimberly Norris, Art Teacher, Half Hollow Hills High School East Christine O’Malley, Art Teacher, Lawrence High School Bill Pagano, Director of Art, Sachem High School North Barbara Perruzza, Art Teacher, Wyandanch Memorial High School Leanne Pietrangolare, Art Teacher, Lindenhurst High School Gail Sachs-McCurdy, Director of Related Arts, West Hempstead High School Michael Sansone, Art Teacher, Manhasset High School Marc Schimsky, Art Teacher, Smithtown High School Michael Scholz, Art Teacher, Patchogue Medford High School Kenneth Schwartzman, Director of Art and Informational Services, S. Huntington S.D. Rosemarie Sheetz, Art Teacher, Half Hollow Hills High School West Mary Sherman, Art Teacher, Walt Whitman High School Dawn Shillalies, Art Teacher, Lawrence-Woodmere Academy Robert Sievert, Art Teacher, Wyandanch Memorial High School Jody Spadaro, Art Teacher, Our Lady of Mercy Academy
Linda Stack, Art Teacher, Plainview-Old Bethpage, J.F.K. H.S. Stephanie Sykes, Art Teacher, Kings Park High School Gina Tinucci O’Toole, Art Teacher, Walt Whitman High School Barbara Tancredi, Director of Music and Arts, Manhasset High School Susan Trawick, Art Teacher, Sachem South High School Terry Treanor, Art Teacher, Walt Whitman High School Gregory Tsontakis-Mally, Art Teacher, Wantagh High School Christina Visbal, Modern Language Teacher, Plainview-Old Bethpage, J.F.K. H.S.
The Heckscher Museum of Art would like to thank: The Citigroup Foundation for their generous support and commitment to education.
Lynette Bianchi and the members of the Renzo Bianchi family for their continued and unwavering support of the artistic talents and endeavors of Suffolk County H.S. artists. Tom Dolan, Senior Vice President, Harold Wingood, Dean of Admissions, and David and Laura Grey, Alumni of Clark University for their vision and support of gifted young artists. The Education Committee of The Heckscher Museum of Art: Dr. Francis Roberts (chair), Dr. Timothy Brennan, Thomas Gellert, Iris Gershenson, Catherine Jansen, Shirley Rubin, Dr. Bette Schneiderman, and Janine Seifert. A special thank you to Kenneth Schwartzman for his creative concepts and constant support of educational programs at the Heckscher Museum of Art.
Special thanks to Janie Welker, Curator of Photography, for her commitment and talents in bringing this exhibition to life on the walls of the Heckscher. Many thanks to Anne DePietro,
Chief Curator and to Bill Titus, Registrar, for their continual support and efforts on behalf of the Education Department during the installation of Long Island's Best: Young Artists at the Heckscher. For their assistance and support we thank Beth E. Levinthal, Executive Director; Susan Hirschstein, Christine Nottonson, Loretta Mirabella and Barbara Klein, Development Department; Robert Destefano, Judith Gildea, Annemarie McNamara, Deanna Morton, Nancy O'Brien, Elaine Pathé, Sophie Prenderville, Christopher Stratton, Hilde Schroter. Thanks to the security staff and Preparators Keith Johnson and Diane Tenerelli-June.
For their generous contributions towards awards: Adam Art Center, Cinema Arts Centre, Chroma Paint Inc., The Framing Workshop , Book Revue
Amy Berger and ESP Graphics for the design and layout of our 2002 invitation The students of the Syosset High School Silver String Quartet and, Patricia S. Koppeis, Director Education Intern, Dana Liebowitz Huntington High School 2002 High School Docents