{"id":6847,"date":"2024-04-26T21:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T21:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/?p=6847"},"modified":"2024-05-23T18:57:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:57:47","slug":"high-school-students-selected-for-2024-student-art-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/2024\/04\/high-school-students-selected-for-2024-student-art-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Students selected for 2024 Student Art Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-6847\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-6847-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-6847-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-6847-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Congratulations to those selected for the Showcase Exhibition!<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arianna Alagna \u2013\u00a0 CT Homeschool<\/li>\n<li>Ellie Arcario\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 Newtown High School<\/li>\n<li>Nina Archiere \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Cartagena \u2013\u00a0 Newtown High School<\/li>\n<li>Matheus casareggio \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li>Schmarlee Charles \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li>Miriam Da Costa \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prince Davenport \u2013\u00a0 Highville Charter School<br \/>\n<em>Photography Category - 1st Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Madelyn DeGennaro \u2013\u00a0 Bethel High School<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Denning \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bryana Diaz \u2013\u00a0 Newtown High School<br \/>\n<em>Drawing\/Illustration Category - 3rd Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alexandra DiLorenzo \u2013\u00a0 Newtown High School<br \/>\n<em>Drawing\/Illustration Category - 2nd Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mary Dunn \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicole Etchie \u2013\u00a0 Westover School<br \/>\n<em>Photography Category - 3rd Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Natalia Gonzales \u2013\u00a0 Ansonia High School<\/li>\n<li>Jill Guilfoyle \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Gujski \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<\/li>\n<li>Fayrose Hussain \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Jackson \u2013\u00a0 Education Without Walls<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emily Kokoszka \u2013\u00a0 Enfield High School<br \/>\n<em>3D Small Works Category - 1st Place &amp; 3rd Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Julia Lacasse \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<\/li>\n<li>Ava Larsen \u2013\u00a0 Newtown High School<\/li>\n<li>Lisa Liu \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<\/li>\n<li>Daira Lopez \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li>Emily Lu \u2013\u00a0 William H. Hall High School<\/li>\n<li>Nora Magel \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li>Puma Marx \u2013\u00a0 Newtown High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alexis Mastrangelo \u2013\u00a0 Enfield High School<br \/>\n<em>Painting Category - 2nd Place<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Amber Mattioli \u2013\u00a0 Ace (Alternative Center for Excellence)<\/li>\n<li>Sydney Melluzzo \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li>Bailey Munroe-Ritter \u2013 Private CT High School<\/li>\n<li>Zoey Orellana \u2013\u00a0 Ansonia High School<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Xavier Ortiz \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Madeline Paine \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<br \/>\n<em>Painting Category - 1st Place<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Lucas Parham \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li>Carolena Parker \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li>Anushka Patel \u2013 Private CT High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grey Pomeroy \u2013\u00a0 Shepaug Valley High School<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Overall Winner - 2nd Place <\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Abby Poreda \u2013\u00a0 Enfield High School<br \/>\n<em>Painting Category - 3rd Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Amaia Potashner \u2013\u00a0 William H. Hall High School<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Overall Winner - 1st Place<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nathaly Quinde \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Ramirez \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tatiana Rivera \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<br \/>\n<em>Drawing\/Illustration Category - 1st Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Mariah Rodriguez \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li>Bianca Sanchez \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<\/li>\n<li>Kayla Smith \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marianna Sousa \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong>Overall Winner - 3rd Place<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Logan Steisel \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li>Selena Stevens \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School<\/li>\n<li>River Trotter \u2013\u00a0 Ridgefield High School<\/li>\n<li>Niki Tsilfides \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<\/li>\n<li>Ashley Velsmid \u2013\u00a0 St. Joseph High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emma Vincent \u2013\u00a0 Westover School<br \/>\n<em>Photography Category - 2nd Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kayla Ward \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Zagaja \u2013\u00a0 Wethersfield High School<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emzie Zalaznick \u2013\u00a0 Bethel High School<br \/>\n<em>3D Small Works Category - 2nd Place<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-6847-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-6847-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-6847\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/1200x600.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/1200x600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/1200x600-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/1200x600-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/04\/1200x600-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" title=\"1200&#215;600\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-6847-0-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3 class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: left\">WCSU 2024 STUDENT ART SHOWCASE<br \/>\nMay 18 \u2013 June 7, 2024<\/h3>\n<h5>Gallery hours are Tues\u2013Fri, 12:00\u20134:00 pm, and Sat\u2013Sun, 1:00\u20134:00<\/h5>\n<h4 class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><span data-key=\"42\"><br \/>\nOPENING RECEPTION &amp; AWARDS CEREMONY<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Saturday, May 18, 2-4 pm<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Western CT State University and the Cultural Alliance of Western CT presents the inaugural Student Art Showcase. High School Students in grades 9-12 were invited to submit artwork entries for this juried exhibition at <em>The Gallery at the Visual and Performing Arts Center<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column_2 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_pb_column_single\">\n<div id=\"collaboration-event-details\" class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<p><b>Seventy-seven artworks were selected for the exhibition from the student entries of eighteen High Schools throughout Connecticut.<\/b> The top selected artists were featured and presented with special recognition and awards at the opening reception on May 18th. In selecting artwork for the exhibit, the jury was looking for overall artistic excellence. In determining the presence of artistic excellence, the following were considered heavily: creativity and originality, quality of artistic composition and overall design, interpretation and clarity of the theme to the viewer, the overall impression of the artwork.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"collaboration-event-details\" class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>WCSU celebrates the students contributions as a way to encourage the development of young artists as they prepare to investigate the arts in a college setting. The inaugural event hosted by WCSU seeks to provide a forum for young artists to be included in a gallery exhibition as a means to inspire continued and renewed efforts for creation of art. The arts cannot be overstated for their benefit to each generation of creatives who seek expression and engagement with a proven crucial communicating exercise that sparks numerous healthy community and professional connections. WCSU welcomes these young artists who aspire to creative heights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information read the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wcsu.edu\/wcsu-to-host-inaugural-student-art-showcase-announce-winning-artists-on-may-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Press Release<\/a> at WCSU in the News.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Arianna Alagna \u2013\u00a0 CT Homeschool Ellie Arcario\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 Newtown High School Nina Archiere \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School Sarah Cartagena \u2013\u00a0 Newtown High School Matheus casareggio \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School Schmarlee Charles \u2013\u00a0 Danbury High School Miriam Da Costa \u2013\u00a0 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":6873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[143,31,23,28,180,25,42,181,43,179,112,116],"class_list":["post-6847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-events","category-art-news","tag-department_of_art","tag-wcsu","tag-art","tag-drawing","tag-high_school_students","tag-painting","tag-photography","tag-scholastic_art_competition","tag-sculpture","tag-student_art_showcase","tag-the_gallery_at_the_vpac","tag-visual_art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}