High School Juried Art Regional

We are extending an invitation to this year's prestigious High School Juried Regional Art Exhibition Opening reception is this Friday, April 1st from 5:30 to 9:00 PM. Our students' artwork was selected out of almost 400 works from 17 school districts for the 2011 HS Regional at the Opalka Gallery, Sage Albany. Works of art by Zach Hays, Anna Curtin, Franco Fettucia, Alex Grossman, Matthew Fiebke, Michelle Garcia, Alyxe Perry, Aaron Herr, Katherine Zink, and Mary Hadden were accepted by a panel of respected artists and college art department heads from the area. Here are the details: The show runs from March 20th - April 14th The Reception will be Friday, April 1st from 5:30 to 9:00 PM with a Keynote speaker and awards (6 awards) at 7:00 pm. This year the exhibition will be held at Opalka Gallery, Sage Albany in conjunction with First Friday Albany. Trolleys will be available to take you to the different galleries. http://www.sage.edu/opalka is a link to the gallery. This will help you with directions if you need them. Opalka Gallery The Sage Colleges 140 New Scotland Ave. Albany, NY 12208 518/292-7742.

22nd Annual Questar III High School Invitational Art Exhibit

Artworks by Rachelle Honsinger, Aaron Herr, Loren Hiser, Kirsten Geracitano and Wendy Nyugen were selected by a juror for the 22nd Annual Questar III High School Invitational Art Exhibit. EXHIBIT QUESTAR III RECEPTION Wednesday, April 13, 5-7 p.m. QUESTAR III EXHIBIT: April 13 – May 13, 2011 The 22nd Annual Questar III High School Invitational Art Exhibit, which will take place this year at WMHT headquarters in North Greenbush, is open to all high school students (9-12) in Rensselaer, Columbia and Greene Counties. Ona Hotaling will also have her ceramic art on display at Questar III as part of this exhibition.

Olympics of the Visual Arts

OVA yesterday was very successful. About 1,400 people were in attendance. Nineteen more districts than last year!



We had groups taking part in the Drawing, Painting, Fashion and Illustration categories. We are proud of all of our students for working hard and participating in this amazing day of creative celebration. We would like to congratulate Kirsten Geracitano, Michelle Garcia and Kelly McInerney for receiving 2nd place in the Drawing category! We would also like to congratulate Jennie Buckley, Jeremy Hempstead, Mary Hadden, Charlie Pomykaj, Wendy Nyugen, Brittany Geracitano, Aaron Herr, and Sarah Walling for their participation, hard work and dedication to OVA and the fine arts!



The Olympics of the Visual Arts (OVA) program provides an opportunity for students to participate in individual or group artistic problem solving. A new series of problems is posed every fall. Students create long-range solutions at their schools, and travel to the Saratoga Springs to compete on short-range problems in a day-long celebration of creativity. There are awards for each of the problem categories at every level.



We are very proud of our artistic students' accomplishments. Let me know if you have any questions. Pictures will be posted soon!

Drawing and Painting Acrylic Landscape Paintings

Ona H., Acrylic on Canvas

Phil P., Acrylic on Canvas

Wendy N., Acrylic on Canvas

Janet G., Acrylic on Canvas


More to come! I will post as soon as I can take more pictures. Enjoy.

Figure Drawing

Drawing and Painting and Advanced Drawing and Painting have been practicing figure drawing. Before drawing their classmates they took some time to study the skeleton. Take a look!

Figure Drawing, Amy Z., Chalk Pastel on Bogus Paper

Figure Drawing, Jennie B., Chalk Pastel on Bogus Paper

Figure Drawing, Phil P., Chalk Pastel on Black Paper

Drawing and Painting Self-Portraits

Self-Portrait, Amy Z., Charcoal and Ink.

Self-Portrait, Rachelle H., Charcoal and Ink

Self-Portrait, Zach H., Graphite

Drawing and Painting did an amazing job creating self-portraits! Look closely at the detail in the hair and the folds in the collar.

Land Art 2010!

"I enjoy the freedom of just using my hands and "found" tools--a sharp stone, the quill of a feather, thorns. I take the opportunities each day offers: if it is snowing, I work with snow, at leaf-fall it will be with leaves; a blown-over tree becomes a source of twigs and branches. I stop at a place or pick up a material because I feel that there is something to be discovered. Here is where I can learn. " ~ Andy Goldsworthy





































Advanced Studio in Art did a wonderful job with their Land Art projects yesterday. Take a look at some of the pictures.

Land Art is a modern art movement that explores the relationship between art and the environment in which it exists.

Although Land Art can be seen in museums, it is more commonly found outdoors. It will disappear over time. We call this ephemeral. All of our sculptures will erode in the coming days and months.

Students had to work collaboratively to create site-specific sculptures and document their work with digital photographs.

Land art is often inspired by natural processes. Land artists rejected the commercialization of art, and were also concerned for the environment. Their work reflected a general ‘back-to-the-land’ reaction against the destruction of the countryside through urbanization and industrialization.