Art Alive at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery






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Art Alive 2007 Winning Entries

Best Tableau from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection ($300 Prize)

Nichols School
Madisson Lank, Elaina Behringer, Rachel O’Neil, Tory Wachreiner, Zachary Cappola, Kevin Hughes, and Claudia D’Auria
Sam Taylor-Wood
(English, born 1967)
Soliloquy I, 1998
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Sarah Norton Goodyear Fund, 1999

People's Choice Award ($200 Prize)

Best Tableau (Kindergarten – Grade 8)

Reilly Anne Dzielski
Frida Kahlo
(Mexican, 1910-1954)
Self-Portrait with Monkey, 1938
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Bequest of A. Conger Goodyear, 1966

Best Tableau (Grades 9 – 12)

Lancaster High School
Emy Brown, Marissa Volpini, Coleen Boyd, Nikki Dzimira, and Brian Peck
James Tissot
(French, 1836-1902)
Holiday (The Picnic), ca. 1876
Collection Tate Gallery London

Best Tableau (Adult)

Sara Piniewski and Anne Marie Stachewicz
Max Beckmann
(German, 1884-1950)
Hotel Lobby, 1950
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1950

Judges’ Awards

Best Tableau from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection

The Handyman Award for Best Craftsmanship ($150 Prize)

West Seneca East High School
Katelyn Lewis
René Magritte
(Belgian, 1898-1967)
The Son of Man, 1964
Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

The Off the Beaten Path Award for Most Unusual Entry ($150 Prize)

Buffalo Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts
Jewel Freeman, Briand Taylor, Ashley Durham
Alexandre-Marie Colin
(French, 1798-1875)
The Three Witches From Macbeth, 1827
Collection Mr. and Mrs. Sandor Korein

Honorable Mention

Lewiston Porter High School
Bridget Weber, Kristin Pedaed, and Matt Sirianni
Max Beckmann
(German, 1884-1950)
Hotel Lobby, 1950
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1950

Buffalo Seminary
Joan Miró
(Spanish, 1893-1983)
“Miro Remix”

Fillmore Central High School
Linzi Tesmer, Brandi Lucas, Sarah Mast, Sally Murphy, Olivia Wardwell, Olivia Wardwell, Emily Colombo, and Michael Ellis
Georges Seurat
(French, 1859-1891)
Study for Le Chahut, 1889
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
General Purchase Funds, 1943

Lancaster High School
Stephanie Tartick
John William Waterhouse
(English, 1849-1917)
The Lady of Shallot, 1888
Collection Tate Gallery, London, England

Lancaster High School
Veronica Bassano
Urgelles
The Dunes Beaches, 1925

Lancaster High School
Vicky Staszah
Leonetto Cappiello
(Italian, 1875-1942)
Jacquin, ca. 1920

Lancaster High School
Lena Scapillato
Leonetto Cappiello
(Italian, 1875-1942)
Maurin Quina, 1906

Lancaster High School
Samantha Hojczyk
Leopoldo Metlicovitz
(Italian, 1868-1944)
Madama Butterfly

Xavier Dzielski
Edouard Manet
(French, 1832-1883)
The Fifer, 1866
Collection Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Fatimah Pennington
Edouard Manet
(French, 1832-1883)
La Prune, ca. 1877
Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington

West Seneca East High School
Peter Dunning
Pablo Picasso
(Spanish, 1881-1973)
The Old Guitarist, 1903
Collection Art Institute of Chicago

West Seneca East High School
Katie Barbera and Chelsea Machniak
Sandy Skogland
(American, born 1946)
The Cocktail Party, 1992
Collection Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea

West Seneca East High School
Shannon Dziaduszek
Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954)
Purple Robe and Anemones, 1937
Collection The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore

West Seneca East High School
Maria Denisco
Alice Neel
(American, 1900-1984)
Mother and Child, 1967
Collection Diane and David Goldsmith

Aaron Piepszny
Keith Haring
(American, 1958-1990)
Untitled

Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing Arts
Erica Irizarry and Andrea Eubanks
Petah Coyne
(American, born 1953)
Untitled #978 Gertrude and Juliana (The Whitney Women), 1999-2000
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Anonymous Gift in honor of Marian Griffiths, 2001