Sayville Art Student Recognized By Art League Of Long Island

Press release from Sayville School District:

April 27, 2021

Cheers to Sayville Senior Sarah Hauk who has received an "Award of Excellence" at this year's Go A.P.E. (AP Art Exhibition) which was on virtual display until April 9th. Fourteen students in total were selected for either the Excellence or Honorable Mention awards and Sarah is among the seven receiving the "Awards of Excellence" for her entry, an acrylic painting entitled “White Wash.” Along with the Art League, Sayville School District congratulates the award winners and all the students who participated in this highly anticipated annual event.

The Art League of Long Island’s 14th annual “Go APE” Advanced Placement Student Exhibition features 2-D and 3-D works by 124 students from 37 Long Island High Schools. This is an opportunity for what may be the first of many times these promising young art students will show their artwork in a professional gallery setting, albeit virtual for 2021.

The virtual exhibit close date has been extended to April 9, 2021 and is on view at the Art League’s website at www.artleagueli.org .The virtual gallery format allows the viewer to “stroll the gallery” in the virtual rooms, or view the artworks online in an “at a glance” format.

Andrea Lawl Manning, who is an award-winning artist, artist community organizer, and the Art League Program Manager, has selected award of excellence winners and honorable mentions. Of the selection process, Ms. Manning notes: “The Go APE exhibition is one of our most exciting exhibitions every year. The strength of the work in this exhibition made the jurying process incredibly difficult. The last year pokes its way into this show as a whole, and certainly into the pieces of our winners. Ideas about life, loneliness and isolation, cultural and social issues weave into these works. These evocative, thought provoking, and conceptually mature pieces are bolstered by achievement in technique, and skillful manipulation of medium. There is an authenticity, a boldness, and an honesty in the works of these young artists. Through these works we see a complicated world through their eyes.”

Established in 1955, the Art League of Long Island is a not-for-profit visual arts center whose mission is to provide a forum and showcase for artists of all ages and ability levels, whether through art education in the studios (in-person or virtual) or promoting their work through exhibitions and art fairs. The Art League is located at 107 East Deer Park Road, in Dix Hills. For more information email info@artleagueli.org. The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery space at the Art League Center is closed due to COVID and will reopen when it is safe to do so.

This press release was produced by Sayville School District. The views expressed here are the author's own.