The artworks of two Connetquot High School student-artists, Katherine Novick and Vy Nguyen, were among the 87 submissions selected to be exhibited in The Heckscher Museum’s Best in Show Exhibit. The artists were selected out of 456 entries into the competition.

Both students are enrolled in Mr. John Hargrave’s Advanced Digital Art II class at Connetquot High School. To create their pieces, the students used photographs that were taken during an earlier field trip to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Although both used photos from the same location, their approaches were drastically different.

Senior Vy Nguyen chose to create her piece using a technique of printmaking called solarplating. In this process, the artist designs their composition in Photoshop, prints the outcome onto clear paper, exposes it onto a metal plate and develops it in water. After the plate’s post-exposure, it’s inked and put through the printing press to generate a fine art print.

Vy’s work was also selected to be hung for additional time at Mitchells, a high-end clothing shop in the heart of Huntington Village. Vy will also be the recipient of the Renzo and Lynette Bianchi Scholarship Award.

In contrast, Katherine created a reactionary piece of art after a field trip to The Heckscher Museum. Her piece was created in Photoshop using her own original photographs taken at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. She then combined them with a variety of techniques, using blending modes, filters, layer masking and digital manipulation.

The Connetquot Central School District congratulates Katherine and Vy on their outstanding accomplishments! The exhibit will run from March 23 to May 5.

See list of all exhibiting artists here

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Date Added: 3/18/2024