XPI Student Showcase
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
Selections for the Week of 4/25/2011
Spotlight on Student Surrealists
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 contest, the Dali Museum seeks to recognize the role art teachers play in their students' development by encouraging them to think creatively and explore new ideas.
The Surrealists saw postcards as a source of marvel and mystery; Dalí was attracted to postcards as well as miniaturist art because of its intimate, jewel-like appearance. This year's theme, "Postcards to Dalí," invited students to explore mystery, enigma and dream themes on an intimate scale.
HILLSBOROUGH SSAE 2011
Part Two: High School Winners
Award of Excellence
Cute-as-a-bug Freckles
Jordan Kruger, 12th grade, Bloomingdale High School, Valrico
Elephant Fly
Deidra Meysembourg, 12th grade, Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa
Birth
Sergio Coronado Jr., 12th grade, East Bay High School, Gibsonton
Clockwork Peacock
Marie Komori, 12th grade, H.B. Plant High School, Tampa
Award for Merit
Untitled
Brian Mccaffrey, 12th grade, Freedom High School, Tampa
Mother Earth
Ayanna Sykes, ninth grade, Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa
The Keeper
Tiffany Sardina, 11th grade, Durant High School, Plant City
Brencilissors
Petter Samuelson, 12th grade, Freedom High School, Tampa
Award of Honor
Liquid Nightmare
Laleh Jabalbarez, 12th grade, Freedom High School, Tampa
Above Old Man Blue's Mountain
Victoria Tycholis, 12th grade, H.B. Plant High School, Tampa
Through Surreal Eyes
Julia Harlow, 12th grade, H.B. Plant High School, Tampa
Soaring Staches
Morgana Vaccaro, 12th grade, Gaither High School, Tampa