Annual Youth Art Month Gallery Exhibition Program March 2024

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Over a decade ago, Mayor Tom Lankey officially declared March as "Student Art Appreciation Month" by Resolution. Since then, the Edison Arts Society has celebrated this occasion annually. We invite the Visual Arts teachers from the Edison Public Schools to showcase students' artwork at the Edison Arts Society Gallery on the 3rd floor of the Edison Municipal Complex. Over time, the exhibition has expanded to include the 2nd floor of the complex, displaying exceptional art pieces from elementary to high school students.

This event thrives due to dedicated teachers like,

Alison J. Paolello from JP Stevens High School has been instrumental in advancing this exhibition. Her unwavering dedication, compassion, and commitment extend not only to her students but to all students within the Edison Public Schools is one to be admired, appreciated and commended. Her substantial contribution was integral to the success of this event.

Melissa Molnar from Woodrow Wilson Middle School, has also played a crucial role in driving this exhibit forward with her pride and care for all students in the Edison Public School District.

Tom White, Visual and Performing Arts Supervisor, goes above and beyond to support and expand this event, demonstrating unwavering dedication to the teachers and students in the Edison Public School District.

These professionals, including many others are key to the success of this exhibition, but more importantly, they empower your child’s creativity every day.

We hope you enjoy meeting this group of inspiring and talented young artists and viewing their amazing work. We hope that they empower you to find the spark of creativity that lies within you.

This exhibit will run

Monday - Friday 8:30am-4:40 pm, March 4- March 27, 2024

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We hope you enjoy meeting this group of inspiring and talented young artists and viewing their amazing work.

We hope that they empower you to find the spark of creativity that lies within you.

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Artists

Elementary K-5

JMI/BenFranklin

NickMockoviak

SereneShah:Grade3-4;NeurographicArt

LazizaAbduvakhobova:Grade3-4;NeurographicArt

OliviaQian:Grade3-1;NeurographicArt

AlvinaMangena:Grade3-5;NeurographicArt

AnvitaSudhindra:Grade3-1;NeurographicArt

NyshikaChheda:Grade4-4;Zentangle

AnyaPatel:Grade4-3;Zentangle

AnikaInapuri:Grade4-1;Zentangle

AyaanKhatri:Grade4-1;Zentangle

NihiraJade:Grade4-8;Zentangle

IsaraDurek:Grade5-1;VignetteAnimalWatercolor

DhruvaAnand:Grade5-1;VignetteAnimalWatercolor

SthuthiSrinivasan:Grade5-7;VignetteAnimalWatercolor

DharshiniRamachandran:Grade5-6;VIgnetteAnimalWatercolor

KenishaRautela:Grade5-7;VignetteAnimalWatercolor

JohnMarshall

WendyHeckandLynnBallo

LibaRahmani- Grade5 MixedMedia

DaniellaEkpo- Grade5 MixedMedia

ArjaWarade- Grade3 MixedMedia

NilayBhadouria- Grade4 Watercolor

ArjunReddyAkiti- Grade3 MixedMedia

DakshaSamadurai- Grade5 Watercolor

Lindeneau

KristinBenavides

SavannahWolenter- Grade4Art1 MixedMedia

ZacharyToth- Grade4Art1 MixedMedia

EthaniAsfaw- Grade4Art1 MixedMedia

BhaktiBhanderi- Grade3Art1 Markers

MadisonLangan- Grade4Art1 Markers

RavenWalker- Grade4Art1 MixedMedia

GurmanKaurKang- Grade3Art1 MixedMedia

OwenNguyen- Grade4Art1 MixedMedia

ValerieXilita- Grade3Art1 MixedMedia

PhoebeHarkins- Grade3Art1 MixedMedia

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Artists

Elementary K-5

Lincoln

E. Rokosz and Lynn Ballo

Shreya Shrira - Grade 1 Crayons

Meera Trivedi - Grade 1 Crayons

Vedika Girase - Grade 4 Markers

Reagan Leung - Grade 2 Markers

Kartik Manikantan - Grade 3 Tempera Paint

Vihaan Labana - Grade 5 Color Pencil/Sharpie

Ayan Kunal - Grade 5 Color Pencil/Sharpie

James Madison Primary

Jamie Wolenter

Shreeja N Patel- Kindergarten Mixed Media

Agasthya Mahesh- Grade 1 crayon

Xiomara M Ocampo- Grade 1 watercolors

Anika Pimpale- Grade 1 crayon

Nitara Bharathvajan- Grade 1 watercolors

Aarna Patel- Grade 1 marker

Saketh K Ram- Grade 2 marker

Avnitha Puttar- Grade 2 marker

Aadya R Kautkar- Grade 2 marker

Menlo Park School

Kristin Benavides

Jayan Boppana Grade 3 Art 1 Markers

Advait Jadhav Grade 3 Art 1. Markers

Kriya Anand Grade 4 Art 1 Mixed Media

Seher Nathany Grade 3 Art 1. Markers

Menlo Park

Jen Nordensvan

Calvin Gabriel Grade 2, Visual Arts Mixed Media

Sreehitha Moore. Grade 2,Visual Arts Mixed Media

Ayaan Patel Grade 3, Visual Arts Oil Pastel

Aravi Sapkota Grade 2, Visual Arts Mixed Media

Aradhya Sharma. Grade 5, Visual Arts Colored Pencil

Anya Sharma Grade 5, Visual Arts Colored Pencil

Harshika Kalakonda Grade 3 Visual Arts Mixed Media

Andrew Yue Grade 1 Visual Arts Mixed Media

Eeshan Patel Grade 3, Visual Arts Mixed Media

Viaana Vohra Grade 2, Visual Arts Water-Based Markers

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Artists

Elementary K-5

Woodbrook

Kristin Bauer and Lynn Ballo

Lothitha Motamarri Grade 5 Mixed Media

Aanya Venugopal Grade 3 Markers

Tia Chavan Grade 3 Mixed Media

Sanika Kumar Grade 3 Mixed Media

Anantaa Mehta Grade 4 Pastel

Riya Terdale Grade 3 Watercolor

Sanika Kumar Grade 3 Watercolor

Middle School 6-8

Herbert Hoover MS

Jeanna Dressel

6th Grade Students:

Akshay Dasari Visual Arts - Falling Objects - Mixed Media

7th Grade Students:

Rhea Bhatt Visual Arts - Figure Study - Mixed Media

8th Grade Students:

Justine Battaglia Visual Arts - Figure Study - Mixed Media

Rhea Bhatt Visual Arts - Figure Study - Mixed Media

Jia Desai. Visual Arts - Falling Objects - Mixed Media

Arianna Perri Visual Arts - Falling Objects - Mixed Media

Monish Venkatesh Visual Arts- Falling Objects - Mixed Media

JohnAdamsMiddleSchool

AndrewDeVitoandJanineNagrosst

6thGradeStudents:

MithraRamji MixedMedia

ParidhiAgarwal MixedMedia

ChintyaSatheesh ChalkPastelsAditiPathak-ChalkPastels

DhwaniPatel- ColoredPastels

AakashBandyopadhyay ChalkPastels

TayyabaHussain ColoredPencils

7thGradeStudents:

MokshaaChoudary ColoredPencils

RiddhimaanDumbre. ColoredPencils

GraceV.Gomes ColoredPencils

SophiaDu ColoredPencils

RiaGandhi ColoredPencils

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Artists

Middle School 6-8

JohnAdamsMiddleSchool

AndrewDeVitoandJanineNagrosst

8thGradeStudents:

SaayliJoshi-Watercolor

DiaPadhiyar-Watercolor

AchintyaMadduri-ColoredPencils

RashidaMerchant-MixedMedia

MoukthikaChakilam-Charcoal

AditiMadhankumar-Charcoal

AarviPatil-MixedMedia

WoodrowWilsonMS

BrianRomeoandMelissaMolnar

6thGrade

NidhiLadda

KrishnaNagpurkar

DhimahiSamant

AryadityaChatterjee

LorenaBonilla

SiyaPatel

NaishaZaman

YulanLi

7thGrade

Acrylic painting

Acrylic painting

Acrylic painting

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

NanndanaaBhattachajee

DiyaRajput

MahiPandya

JamieRamac

MauliPatel

VaryaShah

TiffanyStewart

ImaanAzim

IniyaSelvamani

Mixed Media

Mixed Media

Graphite Drawing

Graphite Drawing

Graphite Drawing

Acrylic Painting

Mixed Media

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

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Artists

Middle School 6-8

Woodrow Wilson MS

Brian Romeo and Melissa Molnar

Graphite Drawing

8th grade

Emaan Wali

Sanjana Penugonda

Rohini Surathkal

Anvika Beechu

Swara Khonde

Jhanvi Patel

Aishu Senthil

Nandini Agarwal

Bela Patel

Prathana Deen

Aden Liu

Meghan Jiang

Nuha Mohit

Arya Nemala

Darshini Bandapalli

Anoushka Patel

Karthika Etamsetti

Omar Shaikh

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Graphite Drawing

Graphite Drawing

Acrylic Painting

Drawing

Painting

Painting

Graphite Drawing

Acrylic Painting

Acrylic Painting

Graphite Drawing

Acrylic Painting

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Artists

JP Stevens High School

SherryYee

NataliaMascaroGrade9-Art1ChalkPastel

Kaz’mirBookerGrade10-Art1ChalkPastel

RounakMohapatraGrade10-Art1ChalkPastel

AkhilMusukuGrade9-Art1ChalkPastel

ChristianHorvathGrade11-Art1ChalkPastel

ParnikaChatterjeeGrade11-Art1ChalkPastel

AriannaDilkesGrade9-Art1Mixedmedia

MichaelAsante-AddoGrade10-Art1Mixedmedia

JosephineSarellaGrade11-CeramicsCoilPot

JemimaSarellaGrade11-CeramicsCoilPot

PrachiPayasiGrade12-CeramicsCoilPot

MaanviShahGrade11-CeramicsCoilPot

AnthonyChiuGrade12-CeramicsStampedSlabMug

BrandonLeGrade12-CeramicsStampedSlabMug

FerozeKhanGrade12-CeramicsCoilPot

Kristen Pellegrino

Shrutika Bhandari Grade 12 Art 1- “Deep Tala” Watercolor & Ink

Rida Ibrahim Grade 10 Art 1 - “Menagerie” Watercolor & Ink

Doyel Saha Grade 12 - Art 1 - “The Mind of a Teenage Girl” Watercolor & Ink

Aaryan Patel Grade 12- Ceramics Coil Pot

Alison Paolello

Emily Hsu Grade 11 Visual Arts 2 “Touched”- Oil Paint

Ruvanthika Sivaprakasini Grade 11 Visual Arts 2“Impact of Academic Validation in our everyday lives” Graphite

Amrita Mangat Grade 11 Visual Arts 1 Watercolor

Sachi Singh Grade 11 Visual Arts 2 “Oranges”

Kavya Shah Grade 1o Visual Arts 1 Acrylic Paint

Ruhani Sarkar Grade 10 Visual Arts 1 Acrylic Paint

Suhana Patodi Grade 10 Painting & Drawing Charcoal

Divya Thota Grade 12 Visual Arts 2 Colored Pencil

Mishti Bajaj Grade 10 Visual Arts 1 Oil Paint

Nox La Grade 12 Visual Arts 2 “In the Eyes of the Beholder”- Oil Pastel

Krishna Amin Grade 10 Visual Arts 1 “Paradise”- Acrylic Paint

Sreshtha Thangaswamy Grade 12 Visual Arts 2 Oil Pastel

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Artists

JP Stevens High School

Alison Paolello

Ashley Pan Grade 12 Visual Arts 2 “Bubbly”- Oil Pastel

Shruthika Adaki Grade 11 Visual Arts 2 Still life - Oil Paint

Ayushi Sharma Grade 12 Visual Arts 3 “My Eyes”- Pen

Sumehra Mamun Grade 12 Visual Arts 3 “Unstrung”- Watercolor

Raja’a Alasmar Grade 11 Visual Arts 2 Untitled - Oil Pastel

Tanisha Tonpe Grade 12 Visual Arts 2 Still Life - White Charcoal

Akanksha Patwari Grade 11 Visual Arts 2 Self Portrait - Graphite

Emily Hsu Grade 11 Visual Arts 2

"You Can Thread A Dream Like This"- Mixed Media Edison High School

Shelly Colletto

Leah Pinthiere Grade 12 Visual Arts 3 “Sneakers” Color Pencil

Rithika Sivasankar Grade 11 Visual Arts 3

“Dancer” Oil Pastel on Mixed Media Paper

Golnaz Ebrahimi Grade10 Art 1 “ Still Life” Mixed Media Collage

Lia Babol Grade 12 AP Studio “Bird Diving” Ink

Simone Banks Grade 12 AP Studio

“Self Portrait” Marker on Mixed Media Paper

Rahmah Naeem Grade 11 Art 1 “Still Life” Mixed Media Collage

Skylar Pawlik Grade 12 AP Studio Oil Pastel with dried Flowers

Isabella Charles Grade 11 Visual Arts 3

“ Stress” Marker on Mixed Media Paper

Lia Babol Grade 12 AP Studio

“Birds in the Moonlight” Acrylic on Canvas

Sarolta Stewart Grade 11 3-D Design

“Home” Plaster, Cardboard and Copper

Emily Park AP Studio grade 12

“overwhelmed” Marker on watercolor paper

Laila Palacios Grade 12 AP Studio

“Completing the Puzzle ” Marker

Jenna Labadessa Grade 12 AP Studio

“This is Not Someone You Know” Paint and Mixed Media on Canvas

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Artists

Edison High School

Anne Fernandez

Kishorni Rajakumar, Grade 11 Ceramic Coil Pot

Sudha Varshini Kumpatla, Grade 11 Ceramic Coil Po

Nimra Jamshed

Rithika Bose Grade 12 Ceramic Coil Pot

Rhianna Bose Grade 12 Ceramic Coil Pot

Kelley Gavor

Leilani Gaspari Grade 12 Visual Arts 1 Self-Portrait Oil Pastel

Mandy Bian Grade 10 Visual Arts Self-Portrait Oil Pastel

Sofia Afflitto Grade 11 Visual Arts 1 “Hyena” Scratch Art

Sarah Sundquist Grade 9 Visual Arts 1 Giraffe Scratch Art

Grace Huang Grade 10 Visual Arts 1 Leaves Mixed Media

Emina Kapo Grade 9 Visual Arts 1 Cheetah Scratch Art

Thayra Quinones Grade 9 Visual Arts 1 Sea Turtle Scratch Art

Jessica Yuan Grade 9 Visual Arts 1 Kitten Scratch Art

Isabella Duran Grade 9 Visual Arts 1 Fish Scratch Art

Chasity McNamara Grade 11 Visual Arts 2 “Pop Art Pinecone” Acrylic

Kwadwo Boateng Grade 9 Visual Arts 1 “Leaf” Graphite

Lorelai Hadgens Grade 12 Visual Arts 1 “Lady” Scratch Art

Evonne Xian Grade 10 Visual Arts 2 Pinecone in Charcoal

Selena Luong Grade 10 Visual Arts2 Pinecone in charcoal

Genevieve Pidgeon Grade 12 Visual Arts 2 Pinecone in Acrylic

Madison Grier Grade 12 Painting and Drawing “Geo” Watercolor

Joy Jiang Grade 10 Painting and Drawing “Geo” Watercolor

Aiden Galatilis Grade 12 Painting and Drawing “Geo” Watercolor

Andy Chen Grade 12 Painting and Drawing “Geo” Watercolor

Shelsy Avila Grade 10 Visual Arts 1 Zentangle Ink

Ariel Jaramillo Grade 12 Painting and Drawing Charcoal Forms

Luna Lopez Grade 12 Painting and Drawing Geo Watercolor

Foundedin1998byKathrynSpadoroandAngeloOrlando, themissionoftheEdisonArtsSocietyistoempoweracommunityofcreativity. TheArtshasthepowertoinspire,provoke,andtransformus.Itsbeautyliesinits abilitytoevokeemotionsandstimulateoursenses.Thejourneyintotheworldof the arts is a testament to the countless ways the arts can enrich our lives. By exploringdifferentartformsandconnectingwithotherswhosharethatpassion, it gives us a deeper appreciation for the boundless creativity that surrounds us, everyonehasasparkofcreativitywithinthem,waitingtobeignited. Inourincreasinglydiverseworld,theartshastheuniqueabilitytobringpeople togetherregardlessoftheirbackgrounds.Itoffersaplatformforself-expression and encourages us to embrace our differences. The arts foster connection and understanding among us The Arts has the unique ability to be interpreted in countless ways, creating an all-inclusive and personal experience for each individual.

Wehopetoempoweracommunityofcreativity.

ElizabethHahn President,EdisonArtsSociety