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Students Get Credit, Literally, for Art Exhibit
Syosset High artists get ahead with AP course.
The artistic talents of Syosset High School students will be on display in the student art gallery through next Wednesday at the annual Syosset High School AP 2D/3D Drawing Exhibit.
Titled "Principals and Elements of Art and Design," grades 10 through 12 showcase their individual talents in a variety of forms, whether it's a photograph or drawing. A written explanation accompanies the pieces.
"The students had to describe the development of the work they created," says Bonnie Sibener, AP art teacher at Syosset High School.
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As a requirement for the advanced placement art classes, students had to submit their artwork to Cincinnati, Ohio for judges to score.
Along with fellow art teacher Chrysoula Sandel, Sibener photographed the pieces and sent the assignments to the judges. The scores are based on textures, lines and shapes.
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"The AP college board judges review it and grade their work. The judges are college professors from all over," Sibener says. "Forty-one students from Syosset High School submitted their portfolios this year. The scores help the students in college. The college sees that they conquered this difficult challenge, and often, the AP scores can carry towards a college credit."
Students started on their projects at the beginning of the school year and dedicated much of their time to their artwork.
"They all knock my socks off," Sibener says. "Every kid thinks outside the box."
AP art classes are divided into three sections: Two-dimensional (photography), three-dimensional (drawings/paintings/printmaking) and sculpture forms.
"This is a lot of hard work and they met every challenge," Sibener says. "With the work being shown in the student art gallery, the students had to come up with their own ideas, and the idea had to show an evolution. They had to have an 'aha' moment from the work."
It was a tremendous experience for the students, but Sibener admits she gets just as much out of working with great young minds.
"The students are exceptional," she says. "They are the cream of the crop."
