This year's award winners will receive gift certificates to local art supply stores. Special thanks to the Capital Area Art Supervisors, Sage College Dept. of Art + Design, and the Arts Center for the Capital Region for offering awards. Large images of each award-winning piece can be found in the section galleries for each medium.
Funded by Capital Area Arts Supervisors
Keri Yamaguchi, Daily Routines
Colored pencil and graphite, 16 x 20 inches. Grade 11, Guilderland High School, Teacher: Sarah Gockley
Riley Borst, Floating
Chalk pastels, 25 x 19 inches. Grade 11, Shaker High School, Teacher: Carrie Lue
Dante DiGiovanni, Forge
Digital print, 14 x 14 inches. Grade 12, Cairo-Durham High School, Teacher: Lillian McCabe
Kaitlin Coffey, Test Stress (still frame)
Digital video, 00:02:03. Grade 12, Bethlehem High School, Teacher: Giovanna Prezio
Jordyn Doran, You, Me and Finally Us
Clay, underglaze with overglaze, 9 x 11 x 11 inches. Grade 10, Shaker High School, Teacher: John Doolittle
Jamiah Williams, Window Lit
Digital print, 11 x 14 inches. Grade 11, Albany High School, Teacher: Diana Jordan
Emily Willoughby, Cat
Scratchboard, 11 x 8.5 inches. Grade 10, Niskayuna High School, Teacher: Jane Romm
Yewon Park, Self-Sufficiency
Graphite, 19 x 24 inches. Grade 12, Shaker High School, Teacher: Genevieve Chornyak
Lillia Walsh, Family Values
Colored pencil, 24 x 18 inches. Grade 12, Columbia High School, Teacher: Valerie Gordon
Daniel Chen, Disgust
Pen and ink, 13.5 x 9 inches. Grade 10, Ichabod Crane High School, Teacher: Gayle Abrams
Marie Miller, MidSummer Propagation
Acrylic, 18 x 24 inches. Grade 12, Shaker High School, Teacher: Genevieve Chornyak
Coltin Luckfield, Beautiful Secret
Digital print, 18.5 x 12 inches. Grade 11, Ichabod Crane High School, Teacher: Sandra Dwileski
Ziwadi Champion-Cephus, Portrait
Digital drawing, 20 x 16 inches. Grade 11, Schenectady, Teacher: ObaroEne Otitigbe
Alexis Plouff, Futility
Clay, acrylic, 12 x 8 x 8 inches. Grade 12, Shaker High School, Teacher: John Doolittle
Nate Tys, Resilience
Marker, colored pencil, pastel, acrylic on paper, 12 x 8 inches. Grade 12, Schalmont High School, Teacher: Meghan Mulkerrin
Luke Toma, Rosalia
Acrylic, aluminium, metallic embellishments, beads. 20 x 16 inches. Grade 11, Schalmont High School, Teacher: Meghan Mulkerrin
Ian Justino, Captured (still frame)
Video, Grade 12, 00:00:30. Shaker High School, Teacher: John Doolittle
Kendall Benac, Closeup I
Colored pencil, 4 x 4 inches. Grade 12, South Colonie High School, Teacher: Thomasa Nielsen