Welcome to Xpress Plugged In, our new online gallery of student expressions. Please follow the submission instructions CAREFULLY. New work will be posted every Monday.
-- Nancy Green, editor of XPI
The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg and Xpress Plugged In are pleased to present the winners of the Hillsborough County Student Surrealist Art Exhibit, a juried competition of Hillsborough County middle and high school art students. Through this exhibit, the Dalí Museum recognizes and celebrates the talent of Hillsborough County students and their art teachers. In anticipation of the new Dalí Museum opening January 11, 2011, this year's theme is "Home, Surreal Home." This theme invites students to reflect on the meaning of home from a dreamlike or irrational perspective, exploring new ideas as they employ creative methods and concepts inspired by Dalí, his surrealist contemporaries and similar visionary artists.
Libre, mixed media
Sarah Walston, 11th grade, Steinbrenner High School, Lutz
Dog House, ceramic
Kelsey Andersson, 12th grade, Freedom High School, Tampa
Fishing at Daybreak, oil
Rae Laven, 11th grade, Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa
Qwerty, digital photography
Zachary Simmons, 11th grade, Thomas Jefferson High School, Tampa
Grandfather's Clock, colored pencil
Tiffany Sardina, 10th grade, Durant High School, Plant City
Tree of Life, pen and ink
Stacey Jones, 12th grade, Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa
Industrial Evolution, mixed media
Brynne Elozory, 12th grade, Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa
Inside Out, clay
Laura Unger, 12th grade, Newsome High School, Lithia
Toum, photography
Jessica Brown, 11th grade, Freedom High School, Tampa
Home Tree Home, mixed media
Chelsea Lutz, 12th grade, Wharton High School, Tampa
The Taste of Music, earthenware clay, acrylic paint and wire
Samantha Schmid, 12th grade, East Bay High School, Gibsonton
A Shadow of Doubt, colored pencil
Brittany Edwards, 12th grade, East Bay High School, Gibsonton