GALLERY Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum 2023

Lily DiBenedetto
Coming Clean
Digital art
Massapequa High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Paul Leone

Eva Diesso
A Moment in Time
Acrylic on canvas
Islip High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Laura Vogelsberg
*Donald & Gloria Horn Scholarship Award*
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Aisy Franciscovich
Home at the Hearth
Oil on canvas
Huntington High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Kristin Singer
*Honorable Mention*

Letizia Franzese
Broken Nature
Photography on wood, LED lights
Patchogue-Medford High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Amy Cunningham

Dylan Friedman
Birch Loop
Chalk pastel
John F. Kennedy High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Vanessa Albaneze

Kareena Galani
Ancestors
Watercolor on paper
Jericho Senior High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Tara Pillich
*Joseph Mack Achievement Award*

Annika Galvin
From The Sky
Gouache and colored pencil
Huntington High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Kristin Singer

Brigid Gawley
Abandoned Seats
Oil on canvas
Manhasset High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Lori Oldaker
*Adelphi University For the Love of Art Award*

Jessica Gelman
Kaleidoscope
Digital photograph
Half Hollow Hills High School East
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Allyson Uttendorfer

Josh Gilmore
The Mountains Through Home
Digital photograph
Wellington C. Mepham High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Kelly Desmond

Morgan Giordano
Beyond the Labyrinth
Acrylic on cardboard
Sayville High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Evan Hammer
*Fourth Place, The Stan Brodsky Scholarship Award*

Marycelia Gonzalez
My Pain in Hope to Reach
Mixed media (watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil)
Wyandanch High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Jill Lewis

Delaney Gravina
Medusa’s Curse
Ceramic
Long Beach High School
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: Joanne Harvey

Emilia Greco
Golden Swings
Digital photograph
Northport High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: John DeRosa
*Heckscher Achievement Award*
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Saamia Hassan
You Can Always Reach Me…
Mixed media (colored pencil, acrylic on acetate, digital photograph)
Hicksville High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas

Natalie Hayes
Feels Just Like Home
Mixed media (oil paint, fabric, glue, and wood)
East Rockaway High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Kelly Cabasso
*Honorable Mention*

Nikki Hirschkind
Retract, Refresh, Repeat
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
Bellport High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Devin Auricchio

Faith Hoerning
Tethered Heart
Colored pencil
Northport High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Anthony Klinger-Cooley

Cara Hooke
Hiding inside of my Dream
Oil on canvas
Elmont Memorial High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Stella Grenier

Ellie Johnson
In Our Own World
Oil on linen
Northport High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Christine Driscoll
*Huntington Fine Arts Honorable Mention*

Hannah Jung
Diffidence
Acrylic on canvas
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Jenna Silverstein

Vazira Khakimova
All is gone
Acrylic on canvas with mirror
Hicksville High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Craig Mateyunas

Grace Kilarjian
Claustrophobia
Acrylic on canvas
South Side High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Chris Karaktin

Chae Ryeong Kim
Beacon of Hope
Acrylic on canvas
W.T. Clarke High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Marlena Dentrone

Johanna Kim
Trance
Charcoal
Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Jenna Silverstein
*Joseph Mack Achievement Award*

Alden Kisner
Dreaming in Color
Oil on canvas
Cold Spring Harbor High School/Huntington Fine Arts Student
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Laura Cirino

Matt Klimek
Aspiration
Digital art
Chaminade High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Shuchao Luo

Sophie Kwon
Memory Book
Colored pencil
St. Mary’s High School
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: Beata Syszkowska

Ava Lerner
Solitude
Digital photograph
Northport High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: John DeRosa

Melisa Li
Myself
Glass etching
Paul D. Schreiber High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Miranda Best

Victoria Libert
Realm
Digital photograph
Patchogue-Medford High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Amy Cunningham

Anna Limb
Entangled Dragonflies
Mixed media (string, mulberry paper, vellum, tissue paper, wire)
Manhasset High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Lori Oldaker

Parker Lyon
Abnormal Symmetry
Digital art
Connetquot High School
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: John Hargrave

Grace Maldonado
Frame Of Mind
Mixed media (Armature wire, ceramic [bones], branches, moss, resin beads, sand and glass beads, picture frame, acrylic paint, plaster, battery lights)
Oyster Bay High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Scott Boris

Larissa Mallen
Rebirth: A Disconnection
Marker and colored pencil
Syosset High School
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: Demi Protonentis

Grace Marazzo
Sunshine House
Mixed media (photograph, pastel pencil, metal, magazine cutouts, gel pen)
Division Avenue High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Tim Ryan
*Heckscher Achievement Award*

Natalia Juleanne Monsale
Dream to Memoir
Acrylic on canvas
Glen Cove High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: LeeAnn Palazzo

Abigail Montes
Tindahan sa Little Manila, Woodside
Oil on canvas
Division Avenue High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Tim Ryan

JiSeung Moon
Living along
Ink
Shoreham Wading River High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Jason Andria

Katie Morton
Garden Party
Gouache on paper
Smithtown Christian School
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: James Roselle
*Joseph Mack Achievement Award*

Naomy Mukai
My Repressed Heart
Mixed media (Acrylic on canvas and embroidery)
East Islip High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Daniel Figliozzi

Ava Muntner
Singing Accordingly
Digital photograph
Great Neck North High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Joseph Giacalone

Grace Nah
Look Above
Acrylic on canvas
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Megan Cashman
*Celebrate Achievement Best in Show, First Place*

Monica Ortiz
At The End Of The Road
Digital photograph
Uniondale High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Brianna Jacobs

Willow Pomisel
Schizophrenia
Mixed media (3-D printing, ceramics, wood, acrylic, carpet, spray paint, found objects)
Smithtown High School East
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Chris Lauto

Kayte Ramirez
Guilty by Existence
Colored pencil
Valley Stream South High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Ed Lee

Sebastian Ramirez
Drained
Digital art
Huntington High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Kasmira Mohanty
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Allison Rich
Still Life
Acrylic on canvas
Islip High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Laura Vogelsberg

Minami Rodger
It’s all too much
Digital photograph
John F. Kennedy High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Sarah Ritchie
*Cozza Family Photography Award*

Sophia Rose
A Piece From Time
Acrylic on canvas
Harborfields High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Elizabeth DeVaney
*Second Place, Judith Sposato Memorial Prize*

Tiffany Sambhu
She Shattered/Her Pieces
Colored pencil
Valley Stream Central High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Mario Bakalov

Lauren Schilling
An Open Mind
Ceramic
Amityville Memorial High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Cara Westphal

Maia Schnaider
Escapism
Colored pencil
Half Hollow Hills High School West
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: Amanda Montiglio
*Presberg Promising Young Artist Award*
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Cameron Seviroli
Dress Up
Acrylic on canvas
Waldorf School of Garden City
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Anne Cavallaro

Sawyer Snowden
Whale Oil
Acrylic on canvas
Commack High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Marie Adamo

Alyssa Spano
On Display
Acrylic on canvas
Half Hollow Hills High School West
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Jennifer Ievolo

Bhavani Sriram
Save Me From My Mind
Colored pencil
Half Hollow Hills High School East
Grade: 9, Art Teacher: Kim Norris

Michael Struzinski
Dressing for Success
Pencil
Smithtown High School West
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Lee Moran

Nora Sweeney-Gladen
Gluttony
Ink
Harborfields High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Eugenia Ritter

Ashlyn Thitibordin
Exhale
Pencil
Jericho Senior High School
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: Tara Pillich

Sophia Tine
Atomic Oil Slick
Digital art
Huntington High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Kasmira Mohanty
*Fred Pilkington Award of Achievement*

Samantha Urmaza
Vestigial Bones
Acrylic on wooden panel
Harborfields High School
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: Elizabeth DeVaney

Kal Vasconez
Untitled
Marker and ink
South Side High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Chris Karaktin
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Sarah Wilder
Catch of the Day
Watercolor on paper
Valley Stream North High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Allan Nafte

Siting Xiao
Animal Kingdom
Copic marker
General Douglas MacArthur High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Deja Gomes-Vance

Kerry Yeung
The Poison Apple
Acrylic on canvas
Half Hollow Hills High School East
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: Matt Petrucci

Venus Yu
Mountain of Memories
Acrylic on canvas
William A. Shine Great Neck South High School
Grade: 11, Art Teacher: Megan Cashman
*Donald G. Horn, Jr. Scholarship Award*

Josie Zaccoli
Decay
Digital photograph
Oceanside High School
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Nanci Nigro

Ellia Zhang
Turbulence
Folded paper collage
Herricks High School
Grade: 10, Art Teacher: Alexis Camisa
*Honorable Mention*
*Renzo & Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award*

Natalie Zhou
Junked
Mixed media (acrylic on board, ink, and plastic wrappers)
Herricks High School 
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Jennifer Cavalluzzo
*Heckscher Achievement Award*

Alexandra Zlotnikov
You, Me, We?
Collage
Kings Park High School/Huntington Fine Arts Student
Grade: 12, Art Teacher: Darlene Blaurock