Linda Messina, Director - 730-4592

Scholarship Announcement:

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2010

Total University/College Scholarships awarded to our 2010 Senior Artists:

$1.2 Million

UPDATE 2009-2010

State Finalist

Congratulations to R.C. Murphy art student, Kevin Zeitler who was selected as a State Finalist for the Doodle4Google Art Contest.

33,ooo entries were submitted and Kevin's artwork was selected as one of the two state finalists!

2010 MSG Varsity "V Awards"

MSG Varsity and the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences have announced the winners of the "V Awards"

Congratulations to video producation students Jillian Holler and Al DeStefano for winning:

1st place in the Best in News category!

Their PSA video will be featured in a half-hour special airing on Sunday, June 13th on MSG Varsity Cablevision's iO TV Channel 14. Additionally, they will recieve tropies and WMHS will recieve a $5,000 grant.

Long Island Media Arts Competition Winners!

Congratulations to the following award recipients at this year's

Media Arts Competition:

Best in Show Video/Film:

Matt Farrell for his video titled; Where Will it Lead You?
Kurt Steinmuller and John Sanders for their video titled; My 6th Birthday

Best in Show Photography:

James Lamberg

Mikey Aloisio

Honorable Mention Photography:

Andrew Levanti

Olivia Prince

Kailey Verni

Eric Chin

Natalie LaRosa

Congratulations to Photography teacher, Mrs. Dietz and Video teacher, Mr. Esser.

Creative Expressions Young Artist Awards

The following Three Village CSD art students have won awards at the Ward Melville Heritage Organization Annual Creative Expressions Young Artist Showcase.

WMHS

Gabi Cossens 1st Place Winner for Video

Liam McManus 2nd Place Winner for Video

Elizabeth Serdock Porto 2nd Place Winner for Sculpture

PJ Gelinas JHS

Hanna Gudjonson 2nd Place

Cassandra Heany 3rd Place

Congratulations to all for a wonderful showing.

Community Service Venture

45 members of the Nassakeag Elementary School Art Club, under the direction of art teacher, Rachel Condron donated their canvas paintings to the Stony Brook University Hospital Pediatric Cancer Unit. The patients who received the artwork were ages 2 -18. The paintings were personalized to the individual patient's interests and hobbies.

Arrowhead Hero's and a Side of Slaw...

Art teacher, Tom DiPierro invites you to come view the artwork of our young Arrowhead Elementary School artists at the South Setauket International Deli from November 15-January1. A reception for the artists and their families will be held on December 5th form 1:00-4:00.

Ward Melville High School Art Department receives Two Mestract Mini- Grants

Congratulations to art teacher, Cortney Weisman and Chairperson, Jennifer Trettner for earning $3,000 for the Ward Melville HS art department. One grant will be used to fund a recycled fashion project and the second will be used for an advertising campaign and product design project.

Congratulations to Jeff Stern, who has been named by the Long Island Arts Alliance, as one of two Long Island Scholar Artists for the month of October. Jeff is recognized for his accomplishments in visual arts. He will be honored at an annual recognition event at the Tilles Arts Center, and in Newsday and Newsday.com in October.

Congratulations to Andrew Visconti who has had his art work selected by The College Board to be included in the 2009-2010 AP Studio Art Exhibit. The exhibit is an annual project for The College Board and consists of 30 artworks. Andrew's work was selected from over 35,000 portfolios. The work selected represents the extremely high level of rigor, commitment, and accomplishment that AP Studio Art students can achieve. The exhibit will travel throughout the nation during the 2009-2010 school year.

Congratulations to PJG art teacher, Mike Sacco and his students. Mr. Sacco has another lesson design article, with student artwork featured in the (October 2009)National SchoolArts Magazine publication for art educators.

2008-09

SCALA Art Award

Congratulations to Paul Bertolino, art student @ WMHS. He has been awarded the 2009 SCALA Scholar Artist Award/ Scholarship by the Suffolk County Art Leaders Association.

Additional SCALA Awards include:

1st Place Photography Award Eric Steinberg

3rd Place Photography Award Kate Reboli

3rd Place Sculpture Award Jessica Panicola

3rd Place Graphic Design Award Paul Bertolino

Video Awards:

The award winning video, Nature created by WMHS students Rob Whitcomb and James Lambert which focused on Walt Whitman poetry will be placed on permanent exhibit at the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Museum.

WMHS art student, Sam Halleen placed 2nd Nationally for his Public Service Announcement video on Drunk Driving Awareness. His short video willl be used nationally to promote awareness of trafic safety.

WMHS Art student, Melissa Hacken has had her Public Service Announcement Anti-Bullying video selected by the Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Her video will be used in school districts across Long Island .

WMHS art student, Emily Miller has won the School of Visual Arts Chairman Merit Award Scholarship and an intership with the Stony Brook Film Festival.

Video Exhibition

Congratulations to video students, Rob Witcom and James Lamberg. Their video, Nature was selected to be screened at the annual First Exposure Film Exhibition at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.

TEENY/STAR AWARD

Congratulations to WMHS Art student, Sarah Coffey for being nominated for a TEENY/STAR Award for her poster design for The Secret Garden that she created in advertising art class.

Photo Contest Winners

Congratulations to WMHS art students, Andrew Visconti and Samantha Mathew, both winners of the Astoria Federal's 2009 Teen Photo Contest. Their work was selected from more than 1,400 entries.

Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center's 2009 Annual Art Competition Winner

Congratulations to WMHS Art student, Joseph Morelli 1st place winner for drawing /painting.

MAY Art Exhibit

Nassakeag Elementary Art Student work will be displayed at the Emma S. Clark Memorial Library during the month of May.

Long Island Art League Advanced Placement Studio Art Exhibit

Congratulations to WMHS art student, Jessica Panicola who received honorable mention for her sculpture "Eclipse" at the Long Island Art League AP Studio Art Exhibit.

Long Island Media Arts Competition: Winners

Congratulations to WMHS Video art students, Robert Whitcomb and James Lamberg who both placed in the Top 12 and "Best in Show" at the annual Long Island Media Arts Competition. Public viewings of the videos will be held at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center.

Congratulations to WMHS art student, Sydney Poupis who received "Best in Show" in the category of Photography.

Creative Expressions Winners

Congratulations to our Three Village young artists, winners of the Creative Expressions Young Artists Showcase Competition and Exhibition hosted by the Ward Melville Heritage Organization.

Grades K-3

3rd Place Winner Alexandra Cierski ( Setauket Elementary)

Grades 7-9

3rd Place Winner Frank Li ( PJG)

Grade 10-12

2nd Place Winner Jessica Panicola (WMHS)

3rd Place Winner Andrew Hannan (WMHS)

Art Showcase

Congratulations to our talented WMHS art students and teachers. 44 art students from Ward Melville will have their artwork on display at the Smithtown Arts Council Youth Art Showcase. The exhbiition will be at the Mill Pond House on Saturday, February 14th from 2 pm-4pm.

Video Student Honor

Video production student, Emily Miller will showcase her video documentary on Wetlands Preservation at the Ward Melville Heritage Organization. Congratulations to Emily.

US Attorney's Office Photo Contest

Congratulations to 14 Ward Melville HS art students who were selected to have their photography on permanent display at the Central Islip Courthouse. Students were recognized by the Office of the United States Attorney during their Long Island Criminal Division Awards Ceremony.

Photo Contest Winners

Art students Sarah Sundberg and Paul Bertolino have had their photographs selected by the Drexel University High School Photography Contest to be on display at Drexel University Photography Gallery. Out of more than 3,100 photo's submitted by high schools across the nation, 125 were selected to be exhibited. Congratulatiosn to Sarah, Paul and their art teachers.

Tech and Learning Portraits of Learning Contest Winner

WMHS art student Paul Bertolino was awarded first place winner in the Tech and Leaning Portraits of Learning Photo Contest. As the first place winner, Paul will receive prizes from Adobe. In addition to Pauls prizes, WMHS will receive a photo package from Adobe and 3 digital cameras. Congratulations to Paul and his art teachers.