When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself, Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!
-Henri Rousseau
Deep Sea
Faith AbruzzoGrade: 8Velvet and Oil PastelI.S. 34 TottenArts Educator: LeeAnne ThristinoPrincipal: John Boyle
Ivy
Adriana AcevedoGrade: 10Colored PencilSusan E. Wagner High schoolArts Educator: Fanelle GoldsteinPrincipal: David Cugini
Island Rhino
Sabrina AquiloneGrade: 9Colored PencilsTottenville HSArts Educator: Wynter CarnevalePrincipal: Joe Scarmato
Oliver
Gianna AranzadoGrade: 11Color pencil on Drawing PaperSusan E. Wagner High schoolArts Educator: Fanelle GoldsteinPrincipal: David Cugini
Glow Fly
Amanda BilinskiGrade: 5Chalk pastels, Black Paint Mixed with GlueP.S. 50 Frank Hankinson SchoolArts Educator: Natasha GalantePrincipal: Joseph Santello
Scary Monster
Syaire BrownGrade: 1Mixed Media CollageAcademy of Innovative LearningArts Educator: Victoria Patanio StutoPrincipal: Sophie Scamardella
Debbie The Elephant
Kelsey BurkeGrade: 1Tempera and GlueHenry M. Boehm SchoolArts Educator: Stacy ArgenzianoPrincipal: Sharon Fishman
The Chameleon
Matthew CalabreseGrade: 3Paint on CanvasThe John Tyler SchoolArt Educator: Lauren Carnabuci Principal: Christine Chavez
Star
Mayheline CruzGrade: 3Tempera and Watercolor Paint, Colored Pencils, Colored PaperP.S. 21 The Margaret Emery Elm Park SchoolArts Educator: Lauren AbreuPrincipal: Anthony Cosentino
Untitled
Lale DevanyGrade: 5Block PrintmakingP.S. 60 Alice Austin SchoolArts Educator: Janet LombardiPrincipal: Donna Bonanno
Magical Humming Bird
Vienna DuGrade: 10Color Pencil on Colored PaperSusan E. Wagner High schoolArts Educator: Fanelle GoldsteinPrincipal: David Cugini