The Art Guild at Elderfields held its Annual Nassau County Student Exhibition and Competition. Submissions from high school students came from both public and private schools throughout Nassau County, including three students from Port—Francesca Moy, Samantha Wong and Prithviraj Talukdar.
Moy, a senior at Schreiber High School, had two pieces in the art show. She began with an image she created in her film photography class and integrated it into both pieces. Her inspiration for “Coded” came from classified documents that the government has concealed. “On a texted background, I purposely blocked out lines, definitions or words,” Moy said.
For her second piece, “Hologram,” Moy started with a transparent sheet that contained the original image. “I knew that I wanted to keep elements of geometric shapes and linear lines,” she said. “Each layer I added became more and more cohesive as one piece.”
Moy credits her abilities to the photography class she is in. “I was able to learn how to take a digital photo and develop it on photo paper,” she said. She demonstrates this technique on “Coded” in the black and white photos that are cut into strips.
The young artist was thrilled to have been accepted into the art show. “I read that only 35 students were accepted and not everyone can get it,” Moy said. “That’s when it hit me that this was a big deal.”
“I always had an interest and enjoy creating art,” Moy said. She plans to pursue art and business in college.
Also a senior at Schreiber, Wong entered two pieces into the show. “Shapes, Lines, and Architecture” is a pencil drawing of a modern-style house, which she made for a school assignment. “City Life” is an oil pastel drawing of a cityscape that she created to practice her oil pastel skills and add to her art portfolio. Though talented with pastels, Wong discovered she is not fond of the medium. She prefers the detail she can achieve using a pencil.
“In art class, we have talked about linear perspective and the importance of vanishing points,” Wong said, knowledge that she applied to “Shapes, Lines, and Architecture.”
Wong was pleased to be accepted into the exhibition. “I wouldn’t call art a hobby, but I wouldn’t say it’s a passion either,” Wong explained. “Art is more like an interest for me.”
Wong continued, “[It] allows me to spend my time to relax and destress, especially with all these college application deadlines just around the corner.” She does not anticipate pursuing a career in art, but will continue to create art in her free time.
Prithviraj Talukdar is a senior at Schreiber and entered two pieces in the art show—“Picasso” and a replication of a work by Ingres. He created both as oil painting practice. “I learned the techniques by trial and error and some helpful guidance from my teacher,” Talukdar said.
He enjoyed seeing other students’ works at the exhibition.
Talukdar said, “Art is one of my hobbies that I can use to relax, but I don’t plan to major in it in college, perhaps just take some classes for fun.”
This student show ran through Nov. 28 at The Art Guild, 200 Port Washington Blvd.
The winter schedule of classes for children and adults start in January and includes Art Explorations & Creative Art Studio for children, and classes in watercolor, drawing and life drawing and more for adults. Registration for “Fast, Loose & Bold” a painting workshop with Patti Mollica offered on Feb. 13 and 14, 2016, is now open.
The Art Guild of Port Washington is a nonprofit organization providing encouragement, education and a forum for the appreciation of the visual arts. The gallery is free and open to the public Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, visit www.theartguild.org or call 516-304-5797.
