EMERGING ARTISTS

2021-2022

The Thirty-Fourth Annual

HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION

Virtual Awards Reception • January 30, 2022
In Partnership with James Howe Gallery, Kean University, Union, NJ
 ABOUT EMERGING ARTISTS

T
his is the thirty-fourth annual Emerging Artist Exhibit sponsored
by the Art Administrators of New Jersey (AANJ). This exhibit
presents art work produced by students who are studying art in
high schools throughout the State of New Jersey. The works are judged
and Awards of Merit and Honorable Mention are presented to student
artists. Award recipients are eligible to submit a portfolio of images and
compete in the Art Administrators’ Achievement Award program in which
one student will be selected to receive an additional cash recognition and
a Governor’s Award in the spring. This year’s show includes work from
twenty-five students from twenty-one high schools across the state.

We wish to thank Kean University for support in producing this year’s

virtual exhibit.

ON THE COVER:
2020-2021 MERIT WINNERS

Emma Bertram Erin Zhu

Submerge/Emerge Tibetan Boys
Mixed Media Oil on Canvas
Ridge High School Livingston High School
Basking Ridge Livingston
Teacher: Wendell Jeffrey Teacher: Deniz Olcay
AANJ Member: Michael Fackelman AANJ Member: Mara Rubin

Kristina Leonard Heide Reeh

Tracks to the Unknown Sam
Magazine Collage Graphite
Wallkill Valley Regional Moorestown High School
Hamburg Moorestown
Teacher: Amy Fairweather Teacher: Toni Paparone
AANJ Member: Taryn Geuther AANJ Member: Patricia Rowe
 PROGRAM
WE LC OME FR OM A A N J

Margaret El
AANJ Executive Board

W E L C OME FR OM K E A N U N IV E R S ITY

Dr. Joseph Amorino

Art Education Program Coordinator

V IRT U A L P R E S E N TATION OF AWA R D S

P R E S E N TE D B Y

Patricia Rowe
AANJ Executive Board

H ON OR AB L E M EN TION AWA R D S A N D ME R IT AWA R D S

P R E S E N TE D B Y

Margaret El
AANJ Executive Board

CLOSING REMARKS
Kathleen Astrella
AANJ Executive Board

AANJ EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS

Kathleen Astrella
Kearny Public Schools

Margaret El
Newark Public Schools

Patricia Rowe
Moorestown Township Public Schools
 EMERGING ARTISTS 2021-2022

Ophir Agmoni Lila Bennett-Jones

Longing for the Sky Untitled
Illustration Graphite/Watercolor
Livingston High School Ramapo High School
Teacher: Chris Iannuzzi Teacher: Sean Quirk
AANJ Member: Mara Rubin AANJ Member: Sean Quirk

Brian Alvarado Keyshawn Boyd

Still-Life Still Life
Charcoal Oil Pastels
Memorial High School Central High School
Teacher: Bridget Lampertil Teacher: Stephen Ellis
AANJ Member: Sandra Rivas AANJ Member: Margaret El
 EMERGING ARTISTS 2021-2022

Susana Cazares Dylan Dietrich

Self Portrait Outside In
Color Pencil Digital Ink and Paint
Memorial High School Ramapo Indian Hills
Teacher: Sarah Chrystal Teacher: John Mungiello
AANJ Member: Sandra Rivas AANJ Member: John Mungiello

Dani Costa Oluwatofunmi Fadugba

Hydra Self Portrait
Digital Art Charcoal & Pastel
Watchung Hills RHS Arts High School
Teacher: Kate Griffin Teacher: Toni Thomas
AANJ Member: Dan Bertelli AANJ Member: Margaret El
 EMERGING ARTISTS 2021-2022

Esmeralda Garcia Chloe Kassas

Cornucopia Self-Portrait
Digital Art Gouache and Acrylic Paint on Paper
East Side High School Princeton High School
Teacher: Denise Wiseman Teacher: Matthew Pembleton
AANJ Member: Margaret El AANJ Member: Patrick Lenihan

Tyler Irving Kyle Kosakowski

Twins The Year 3003
Digital Photography Digital Painting
Watchung Hills RHS Ridge High School
Teacher: Kate Griffin Teacher Wendell Jeffrey
AANJ Member: Dan Bertelli AANJ Member: Michael Fackelman
 EMERGING ARTISTS 2021-2022

Cynthia Ku Theresa Lovero

My Grandfather YeMaofu Endurance
Pastel on Paper Digital Painting
Ridge High School Bergenfield High School
Teacher: Wendell Jeffrey Teacher: Michele Marcino
AANJ Member: Michael Fackelman AANJ Member: Michele Marcino

Jasmine Lewin Marbelys Martinez

Confined This is Me
Pencil on Paper Pencil
Chatham HS University High School
Teacher: Eric Hreha Teacher: Stacey Graham
AANJ Member: James Lawrence AANJ Member: Margaret El
 EMERGING ARTISTS 2021-2022

Lillian O’Boyle Halle Press

Paper Valentines The Halle
Oil on Canvas Acrylic, Pastel, Mono Printing, Spray Paint
West Essex High School Northern Valley Regional
Teacher: Amanda Procaccino Teacher: Peter Scanlan
AANJ Member: Lisa Swanick AANJ Member: Jonathan Harris

Lizette Quintuna
Femme City
Colored Pencil
Technology High School
Teacher: Amanda Stefanese
AANJ Member: Margaret El
 EMERGING ARTISTS 2021-2022

Quinn Raines Tamia Shannon

Tree and Power Lines Don’t Shoot
Pin Hole Camera Photograph – Graphite
Traditional Silver Print Moorestown High School
Columbia High School Teacher: Toni Paparone
Teacher: Jon Fisher AANJ Member: Patricia Rowe
AANJ Member: James Manno

Julio Solano
Si los Pensamientos no Solo Fueran un Sueño
(If Thoughts Weren’t Just a Dream)
Colored Pencil, Ink
Northern Valley Regional
Teacher: Laura Kipilman
AANJ Member: Jonathan Harris
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Samuel Taber-Kewene Juliette Viera

Bonetanical “All Hail the King”
Acrylic + Micron Charcoal with Acrylic Paint
Columbia High School Kearny High School
Teacher: Kandice Stewart Teacher: John Bednarczyk
AANJ Member: James Manno AANJ Member: Kathleen Astrella

Georgia Wheeler
Through The Grape Vine
Oil Pastel
Wallkill Valley Regional
Teacher: Amy Fairweather
AANJ Member: Taryn Geuther
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EME R GIN G A RTIS T 2022 JU D GE S

Prof. Julie Harris, Fine Arts Conservatory

Prof. Anna Shukeylo, Fine Arts Conservatory

Prof. Alicia Lang, Fine Arts Conservatory

W E A R E S IN C E R E LY TH A N K FU L TO:

Dr. Lamont Repollet, President of Kean University

Dr. David Birdsell, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Dr. Joseph Amorino, Art Education Program Coordinator

Prof. Jennifer Crupi, Fine Arts Conservatory Chairperson

Lynette Zimmerman, M.S. Executive Director Liberty Hall Academic Center and the Galleries at Kean

Cristina Fittipaldi, Gallery Program Manager and Registrar of the Galleries at Kean

Special acknowledgement to Kean University Art Education Program Coordinator

Dr. Joseph Amorino for his steadfast support to Emerging Artists.
Candice Gely, Fine Arts Major, Art Club Member

Thank you to the membership of the Art Administrators of New Jersey

for your assistance in supporting
your artists, meeting deadlines and submitting paperwork

SP E C IA L TH A N K S TO:

Kathleen Astrella, Margaret El and Patricia Rowe for Co-Coordinating Emerging Artists 2020-2021.

Program Design by Joseph Domalewski, Teacher of Graphic Arts and Printing, Kearny High School

Merit Awardees Honorable Mentions

 The Thirty-Fourth Annual

High School Art Exhibition

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