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The 2024 Visual Arts & Digital Media Senior Showcase will take place at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts on April 17th from 5-7PM

This year's Senior Showcase will exhibit works from 99 Visual Arts and Digital Media seniors!  The exhibition will take place in Buildings 9 & 2, runs from 5-7PM, and is free and open to the public.  Please come and support our seniors as they have their final high school exhibition.

This year's beautiful Senior Book will be on sale at the opening, as well as other fabulous NEW Visual Arts and Digital Media swag!

Guests should park in the student or faulty parking lot - entrance on Fern Street.  Student volunteers will be greeting guests and directing them to the exhibition.

Photography credit - Eszter Veres

Congratulations on an amazing Dreyfoos Portfolio Day!

On January 18, 2024, the Gym at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts played host to over 40 colleges (both national and international!) for our annual DSOA Portfolio Day.  30 of our seniors set up miniature galleries around the perimeter of the gym and many more students walked around with their work, speaking with the college representatives, gaining insight, discussing their artwork, and learning a LOT.  We are so proud of our students and very grateful to the parent volunteers, faculty, staff, and administration for working so hard to make this event possible!

We need your support!

We need your help raising the funds to provide hospitality (a light breakfast and a nice lunch) for the college representatives attending our annual Visual & Digital Portfolio Review Day on Wednesday, January 17th 2024.  Each year, in January around 50+ college representatives from schools around the country (and world) come to meet with OUR amazing Visual Arts and Digital Media student artists. They do portfolio reviews and talk to our students about the opportunities at their schools, whether for summer opportunities or post-high school degree tracks. This event is invaluable and is our own little private Dreyfoos Portfolio Day event. We are lucky to be able to host it. 

Please donate what you are able towards this cause and enable us to host this awesome event for our 10th-12th graders.  If every family donates a little, we will be able to easily reach our goal! 

We thank everyone for their help in making this event a success year after year. 

Congratulations Giada Robinson on winning the Top Prize in SVA's "We the Place" Photography Competition!

THE BFA PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO DEPARTMENT at the School of Visual Arts is excited to announce the winners of our national contest. With an aim to give voice to up-and-coming creative talents in photography and video, We The Place showcases a wide range of perspectives that explore issues around identity as it relates to location.

Giada Robinson, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, has been selected for the top prize. Robinson will receive free tuition and housing toward a Summer 2023 Pre-College course offered by the BFA Photography and Video Department at SVA.

The Visual Arts & Digital Media Senior Showcase will take place at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts on April 6th from 5-7PM

This year's Senior Showcase will exhibit works from 110 Visual Arts and Digital Media seniors!  The exhibition will take place in Buildings 9 & 2, runs from 5-7PM, and is free and open to the public.  Please come and support our seniors as they have their final high school exhibition.

This year's beautiful Senior Book will be on sale at the opening, as well as other fabulous Visual Arts and Digital Media swag!

Guests should park in the student or faulty parking lot - entrance on Fern Street.  Student volunteers will be greeting guests and directing them to the exhibition.

Congratulations to our Dreyfoos Photographers on having their work exhibited in the Norton's "Dress Codes" student showcase!  Taniyah Aris won 1st Place! 

Taniyah Aris - Won the 1st PLACE scholarship award!!!

Nicole Caban

Olivia Lay

Giada Robinson

The Norton Museum of Art's "Dress Codes" student exhibition is a professionally juried showcase.  There were 136 submissions county-wide , 53 were chosen for the exhibition, and three photographs won the top scholarship prizes.  Four of our amazing artists had their work exhibited and Taniyah Aris won the top scholarship award!  We hope you can get to the Norton Museum to see the exhibit, which will be on display until May, 2023.

Congratulations to Mr. Toth's AP Drawing students who earned a PERFECT SCORE on their portfolios!!!

Jolie Copin

Allie Merrell

Anna Miller

Rachel Thum


During the 2021-2022 school year, there were over 20,000 AP Drawing Portfolios submitted internationally to the College Board.   Out of those, only 343 students earned PERFECT scores, meaning they earned every single point possible.  4 of those perfect scores were our incredible AP Drawing students! We are so proud of our four perfectly scored portfolios and the hard work that our students put into them.  Congratulations to these four students and to Mr. Toth on a job well done!

Congratulations to Visual Arts Major, Amber Hansen, who won the 18TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION!

Stuart, Fla. – U.S. Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) honored the participants of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition and announced Amber Hansen from the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in Palm Beach County as the winner.  Her piece was selected as a finalist by local experts and awarded first prize by Rep. Mast. 


“This competition is a celebration of the next generation of talent.  There is so much creativity, skill and effort in these pieces. I am proud of every single student who participated,” Rep. Mast said.  “Congratulations to Amber, and I’m looking forward to seeing your art displayed in the halls of our nation’s Capitol.” 


Hansen’s work will be displayed alongside the winners from each Congressional district across the country for one year.  


The annual Art Competition showcases the talented high school students of the 18th District.  This year’s competition featured 90 submissions from 17 schools across Martin, St. Lucie and Palm Beach Counties.

Congratulations, Dreyfoos Photographers!  13 of our talented students have had their work selected for The School of Visual Arts "We the People" online exhibition!

The following students will have their work on display HERE from May 23rd - June 24th:

Christopher Bedecs

Jaiden Brick

Anthony Bryant

Jessica Camargo

Kaia Dunn

Olivia Lay

Savannah Mabie

Marcia Marichal

Arseniy Shokhin

Samuel Stockwell

Cora Strickland

Chloe Tovar

Rian Williams

Congratulations, seniors on a fabulous 2022 Senior Show!

Congratulations, Visual & Digital 2022 YoungArts Finalists!

Mason Burton / Photography / Honorable Mention

Natalie Macadar / Photography / Merit

Amina Walker / Visual Arts / Honorable Mention


Congratulations, Visual & Digital 2022 Florida State Fair Art Portfolio Contest Winners!

The following students have been recognized for the portfolios, and will have their work featured at the Florida State Fair in Tampa early next year! 

Amina Walker - $400 Award of Merit 

Arden Plett 

Brianna Bergman 

Kamila Konstantinova 

Paola Suro 

Bec Slonimski 

Tei Williamson 


The following students had single / individual works from within their portfolio recognized, and will be featured on the "Wall of Excellence" 

Ella Giner 

Erica Schreiber 

Felipe Obando 

Giovanna Romano 

Isabella Paciletti 

James McErlain 

Olivia Horan 

Rachel Lilienthal 


Congratulations, Visual & Digital 2021 YoungArts Winners!

Brody DeMoya / Film / Merit

Michael Laurito / Visual Arts / Honorable Mention

Addison Linck / Photography / Finalist