Exhibit recognizes student artists

The opening reception of the 27^th Annual Questar III High School Invitational Art Exhibit was held March 30 at the Marvin Library Learning Commons at Hudson Valley Community College.  Scott Hathaway, Interim Department Chair for Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Broadcast Communications programs at Hudson Valley Community College, served as this year’s guest juror.  Hathaway recognized the following students for outstanding work:

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  Womb by Jonah Puma

  1^stPlace: Womb by Jonah Puma, 10^th grade, Coxsackie-Athens

• 2^ndPlace: Chino II by Anasuzi Bustos, 12^th grade, Cairo-Durham
• 3^rdPlace: Self Portrait by Caitlin Lallier, 10^th grade, East Greenbush
• Honorable Mention: Drapesby Kate Bobear, 12^th grade, Hoosic Valley
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  Caitlin Lallier, a sophomore at Columbia HS, won third place for her work “Self portrait”

  Honorable Mention: Tigress by Sydney Buhrke, 12^th grade, Coxsackie-Athens

• Honorable Mention: Erosion by Shawn Coons, 12^th grade, Ichabod Crane
• Honorable Mention: Social Hierarchy Represented in Birds by Zoe Gliosco, 11^th grade, Brunswick (Brittonkill)

This year’s exhibit, which runs through April 28, features artwork from 13 local school districts:

• Averill Park
• Berlin
• Brunswick
• Cairo-Durham
• Coxsackie-Athens
• East Greenbush
• Germantown
• Greenville
• Hoosic Valley
• Ichabod Crane
• New Lebanon
• Rensselaer
• Schodack

The Questar III High School Invitational Art Exhibit began in 1989 as a way to encourage the development and exchange of arts programming for schools in the region.  Over the years the exhibit was held at the Questar III offices in Castleton, the Art Center of the Capital Region in Troy, and WMHT Studios in North Greenbush.   The program was also designed to encourage student participation in our schools’ arts programming, to provide students with authentic feedback on their artistic endeavors and to promote strong, public support of the arts in our schools.