First Prize Winner MATTHEW MOORE	Second Prize TANYA LONG	Third Prize KIRA BUCKEL

Press Release: High School Art Competition Winners

October 20, 2008

THE LONG ISLAND ACADEMY OF FINE ART IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF OUR FIRST ANNUAL HIGH-SCHOOL ART COMPETITION.

This competition was open to all Long Island high- school students. Over 26 high schools participated, the most active being MacArthur High School, from which 12 students sent work and three won prizes.

The GRAND PRIZE WINNER, who receives $1000.00 in cash, $600.00 worth of College Portfolio Counseling sessions, and an eight-week class, Foundations of Classical Drawing, at LIAFA is MATTHEW MOORE, from Longwood High
School.

The SECOND PRIZE WINNER, who receives $500.00 in cash, $400.00 worth of College Portfolio Counseling sessions, and an eight-week class, Foundations of Classical Drawing, at LIAFA is TANYA LONG, from Locust Valley High School.

The THIRD PRIZE WINNER, who receives $250.00 in cash, $200.00 worth of College Portfolio Counseling sessions, and an eight-week class, Foundations of Classical Drawing, at LIAFA is KIRA BUCKEL, from Mattituck High School.

In an effort to help other deserving students create art portfolios for college applications, LIAFA has also awarded 33 scholarships to attend an eight-week class, Foundations of Classical Drawing, at LIAFA.

Winners in other categories are as follows:

Best Painting
First Place:      Rita Rosenfeld, Oceanside H.S.
Second Place:     Sophia Loudaros, North Shore H.S.  
Third Place:      Marisa Adesman, Roslyn H.S.

Best Acrylic Painting
First Place:      Danielle Orlowski, Oceanside H.S.
Second Place:  Alexandra Schorndorf, Westhampton
                   Beach H.S.
             
Third Place:     Simran Sahni, Roslyn H.S.

Best Work in Watercolor / Marker
First Place:  Aidi Wang, Smithtown H.S. East
Second Place: Kristin Meier, North Babylon H.S.
Third Place:  Basharat Nazim, Amityville Memorial H.S.

Best Pen and Ink
First Place:    Jane Long, Syosset H.S
Second Place:   Kathleen Ottinger, Oceanside H.S.
Third Place:    Fidele Lupuku, Bellport H.S.

Best Drawing
First Place:    Li Gao, Earl L. Vandermeulen H.S.
Second Place:   Andrea Mazziotti, MacArthur H.S.
Third Place:    Kate Sterflinger, Harborfields H.S.

Best Landscape / Interior
First Place:  Justin Gallagher, Mount Sinai H.S.
Second Place: Joanna Kulesza, Bellport H.S.
Third Place:  Konrad Remiszewski, Rocky Point H.S.

Best Still-Life
First Place:   Michael Hartman, William Floyd H.S.
Second Place:  Katie Wallin, Harborfield’s H.S.
Third Place:   Rachel Korsen, Roslyn H.S.

Best Self-Portrait
First Place:   Matthew Chu Cheong, MacArthur H.S.
Second Place:  Nicole Liquori, Comsewogue H.S.
Third Place:   Julia Tsang, MacArthur H.S.

Best Figurative Work
First Place:   Joseph Saunders, Ross School           
Second Place:  Alexandra Domanico, Oceanside H.S.
Third Place:   Joshua Reller, Harborfields H.S.

Best Charcoal
First Place:   Laura Karpas, Roslyn H.S.    
Second Place:  Olivia Maramara, North Shore H.S.
Third Place:   Maria Wade, Friends Academy