Festival of Young Artists 2023
Selected Works
Thank you to all of the young artists who submitted art, poetry and performance pieces to be considered for the 2023 festival. Below is a list of the pieces that were selected by our panel to be featured in the 2023 Adirondack Trust Company Festival of Young Artists. These works will be featured in our online gallery and at the live festival event on Sunday, June 4 at SPAC.
Check back here on May 5th to see the updated gallery featuring all of the selected works!
Outstanding Artist Award Winner:
"Bits Bobs and Everything In-Between", Elliot Brownell
Grade 10, Johnstown Junior Senior High School
Selected Visual Art Works:
(listed alphabetically by artist's last name)
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Unsettlement, Cameron Ackerknecht, Grade 12, Stillwater CSD
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Visual Illusions, Anna Bailey, Grade 11, Cambridge CSD
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Bugs are everywhere, Alexis Baines, Grade 11, Stillwater CSD
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Into the Woods, Katie Bannigan, Grade 10, Bethlehem Central High School
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Rythm of Movement, Guillermo Becerra, Grade 12, North Warren CSD
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Falling into wonderland, Leah Bell, Grade 11, Saratoga Springs CSD
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Wanna Be Yours, Kailey Bombard, Grade 12, Waterford- Halfmoon UFSD
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Keep Dreaming, Brandy Boyce, Grade 9, South Glens Falls CSD
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Afterglow, Shannon Briggs, Grade 10, Lake George CSD
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Captured Sun, Sophia Burton, Grade 11, Scotia-Glenville High School
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Earthly Women, Sophia Butler, Grade 10, The Charlton School
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Infinitesimal, Abigail Chevalier, Grade 12, Scotia-Glenville High School
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The Streets of Havana Breathe Life, Sydney Cody, Grade 12, Shaker High School
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Where the Children Used To Play, Jayden Comeaux, Grade 11, Schuylerville CSD
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"H2O", Alessandra Conti, Grade 9, Shaker High School
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Anolis Carolinensis, Caroline Crounse, Grade 12, Scotia-Glenville High School
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Portrait of Ballysteen, Aoife Cunningham, Grade 12, The Albany Academies
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"Saxaphone Man", Connor Cunningham, Grade 11, Shaker High School
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The Power We Hold, Pallavi Datta, Grade 12, Niskayuna High School
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Learning to Dream in Color, Rosie Elebyjian, Grade 12, Shaker High School
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Fall Water, Silas Elliott, Grade 12, Bethlehem Central High School
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The Fox, Jenny Fang, Grade 9, Shenendehowa high school
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"Changes", Lila Ferris, Grade 9, Shaker High School
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Into the Mist, Ava Furgele, Grade 12, Bethlehem Central High School
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Earth Oasis, Casey Gao, Grade 11, Shenendehowa High School
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"Right-Side Up", Peter Goyette, Grade 9, Shaker High School
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The Light in Me, Zooey Halverson, Grade 10, The Albany Academies
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Moving On, Jenna Hart, Grade 11, Schuylerville CSD
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"Devotion", Aubrie Hayes, Grade 9, Shaker High School
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Path of No End, Kofi Jack, Grade 12, Scotia-Glenville High School
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Ruin, Sabrina James, Grade 12, Shaker High School
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Teraphobia, Maya Johnston, Grade 11, WSWHE BOCES ECCA
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"Listening...", Repko Julia, Grade 11, Shaker High School
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Driftwood in High Places, Owen Karmel, Grade 12, Bethlehem Central High School
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Echidna, Grace Keeler, Grade 10, The Albany Academies
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Origin, Katie Lamica, Grade 10, The Albany Academies
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the Sojourner, Clara Law, Grade 11, Burnt Hills Ballston Lake High
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Re-O-Current, Lucy Lee, Grade 12, Shaker High School
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We are the children, Mariska Leszczynski, Grade 10, Galway high school
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giving breaths, Iris Liu, Grade 10, Niskayuna High School
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Flow, Ethan Lucier, Grade 10, Scotia-Glenville High School
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Lost in a Cityscape, Amelia Lusignan, Grade 9, South Glens Falls Senior High School
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Stay Sweet, Nat Mandel, Grade 12, The Albany Academies
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Autumn at the Park, Jason Middendorf, Grade 11, Bethlehem Central High School
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"A Heart of Sunflowers", Shayla Mieu, Grade 9, Shaker High School
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Garden, Ayanna Mitchell, Grade 12, The Charlton School
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Where the Path May Lead, Brenna Moran, Grade 11, Schuylerville CSD
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The Confused, Cameron Murphy, Grade 10, The Albany Academies
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Spirit, Airi Orteza, Grade 10, Hadley Luzerne CSD
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The Dilong Dragon, Leonidas Pallis, Grade 10, South Glens Falls High School
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County Road 28, Chloe Pascoe, Grade 11, Albany Academy for Girls
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By the Water, Zachary Price, Grade 12, Bethlehem Central High School
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haunani, Maya Queenan, Grade 11, Bethlehem Central High School
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The Girl Who Touch The Stars, Addy Record, Grade 11, Cambridge CSD
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Bed Bugs , Lillie Roe, Grade 10, Hadley-Luzerne CSD
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The Place Beyond the Pines, Teagan Rosencranse, Grade 10, Bethlehem Central High School
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Galactic Geese , Ava Russell, Grade 11, Stillwater CSD
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The View, David Santalis, Grade 10, Bethlehem Central High School
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Calm by the Pond, Evelyn Saunders, Grade 10, Bethlehem Central High School
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Mother Earth, Elena Schneider, Grade 12, Saratoga Springs High School
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Stream, Alyssa Snare, Grade 11, Scotia-Glenville High School
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Euphoria in Relief, Aazrum Tarar, Grade 9, Lake George CSD
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"Gardens in Bloom", Anya Vedhathiri, Grade 9, Shaker High School
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Another State of Mind, Lauren Weil, Grade 12, Glens Falls City CSD
Outstanding Artist Award Winner:
“Nomad’s Lullaby”, Lauren Zhu
Grade 12, Shaker High School
Selected Literary Art Works:
(listed alphabetically by artist's last name)
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“The American Dream from the eyes of a First generation” Alex Beltran, Grade 12, Schuylerville Central School
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“The Marionette” Lily Galietta, Grade 10, Hartford CSD
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“Hope” Ayla Goldman, Grade 11, The Doane Stuart School
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“I Am a Ladybug” Molly Graiff, Grade 11, Columbia High School
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“Spirit Of Nature” Erin Farnsworth, Grade 12, Shaker High School
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“May Man Rise Beyond” Kevin Lee, Grade 10, The Albany Academies
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“Our Worlds Downfall” Dylan Porreca, Grade 11, Queensbury High School
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“Bagged Oats” Cristiane Richardson, Grade 12, Shaker High School
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“The Right Definition” Sarah Smith, Grade 12, South Glens Falls
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“A dream of a better life” Eric Zelezniak, Grade 12, Galway Jr/Sr Highschool
Outstanding Artist Award Winners:
“采薇 - Cai Wei”, Iris Liu and April Zhang
Grade 10, Myers Ballet School
Selected Performing Arts Works:
(listed alphabetically by artist's last name)
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“Tempest”, Payton Ann Casey, Grade 10, Myers Ballet School
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“Teardrop”, Dalia Essery, Rynn Baumgartner, Lexi Freidenberg, Kayla Gordon, Sophie Handyside, Sofie Lucas, and Kate McCready, Albany Academy for Girls
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Fantasie-Impromptu Op. 66 by Frederic Chopin, Castine Hardesty, Grade 12, Academy of the Holy Names
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“Dandelions“, Ella Owen, Grade 9, The Charlton School
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“Nothingness”, Madilena Rymanowski, Timothy Looby, and Mya Waiters, Grade 10, Capital District Arts Initiative
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“On the River”, Akhila Venkat, Anna Overholt, Ava Gould, Tara Sweeney, Trinity Taylor, Lily Byrne, Emma Gowen, Caroline Maloney, Saratoga Springs Youth Ballet