{"id":314953,"date":"2026-10-27T01:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314953\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T01:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T01:32:28","slug":"bc-student-artwork-featured-at-statewide-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314953\/","title":{"rendered":"BC student artwork featured at statewide convention"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Student artists from across the Bethlehem Central School District had their work showcased last week at the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) annual conference in Buffalo.<\/p>\n

The district\u2019s art department faculty selected student artwork from all grade levels reflecting the NYSSBA conference theme of \u201cConversation. Connection. Community.\u201d The exhibit included watercolor, ceramics, photography, oil pastel, and printmaking.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to these talented students!<\/p>\n

View all of the BC artwork featured at NYSSBA here<\/a> [PDF].<\/p>\n

Featured Student Artists & Artworks<\/p>\n

(Please note: Teachers submitted the selected artwork during the 2025-26 school year. School and grade-level info included below is from last year.)<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Central High School<\/p>\n

Suzie Lou (Grade 12) \u2013 Title of Artwork (Marker and Ink on Paper) | Teacher: Melanie Painter
\nKatie Sabella (Grade 11) \u2013 Crushed Can (Charcoal and Colored Pencil on Paper) | Teacher: Melanie Painter
\nNex Cridlig (Grade 12) \u2013 Nipper (Watercolor on Paper) | Teacher: Melanie Painter
\nJune McCarthy (Grade 10) \u2013 Earth\u2019s Sweet Jewels (Oil on Board) | Teacher: Deb Anderson
\nJulia Zornow (Grade 10) \u2013 Sunshine Under the Ducks (Watercolor on Paper) | Teacher: Deb Anderson
\nReyhan Telli (Grade 12) \u2013 Profiteroles (Oil on Canvas) | Teacher: Deb Anderson
\nMia Chase (Grade 9) \u2013 Miazabebe (Acrylic on Canvas) | Teacher: Alexandra Palmer
\nMelissa Cheon (Grade 10) \u2013 Cabin (Oil Pastel on Paper) | Teacher: Alexandra Palmer
\nKat Valentine (Grade 9) \u2013 Roar (Reduction Linocut Print) | Teacher: Alexandra Palmer
\nCamryn Stephens (Grade 11) \u2013 Rooftops (Digital Photography) | Teacher: Marielle Martin
\nGiancarlo Papa (Grade 10) \u2013 Friday Night Lights (Digital Photography) | Teacher: Marielle Martin
\nMaddie Magill (Grade 10) \u2013 Sister (Digital Photography) | Teacher: Marielle Martin<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Middle School<\/p>\n

Christina Piccolo (Grade 8) \u2013 Globe (Charcoal on Paper) | Teacher: Gwen Kovacik
\nBrynn Elfeldt (Grade 8) \u2013 Quiet Water (Oil Pastel on Paper) | Teacher: Gwen Kovacik
\nAbigael Seluvangidio (Grade 8) \u2013 Untitled (Ceramic) | Teacher: Gwen Kovacik
\nJack Shufelt (Grade 6) \u2013 The Art Bart (Mixed Media) | Teacher: Julia Montepagani
\nChloe Quickenton (Grade 6) \u2013 Untitled (Watercolor & Ink) | Teacher: Julia Montepagani
\nCharlotte Dievendorf (Grade 6) \u2013 Untitled (Oil Pastel & Ink) | Teacher: Julia Montepagani
\nJosephine Kovacs (Grade 7) \u2013 Untitled (Tempera Paint on Paper) | Teacher: Shayna Vecchione<\/p>\n

Elementary Schools<\/p>\n

Luca Gianotti (Grade 1, Glenmont Elementary) \u2013 Untitled (Oil Pastel and Watercolor on Paper) | Teacher: Angela Pinkel
\nAlice Leone (Grade 4, Hamagrael Elementary) \u2013 Untitled (Marker on Paper) | Teacher: Angela Pinkel
\nChloe Loefke (Grade 1, Hamagrael Elementary) \u2013 Untitled (Model Magic, Tempera, and Sharpie on Paper) | Teacher: Angela Pinkel
\nMaryam Jabbar (Grade 3, Elsmere Elementary) \u2013 Untitled (Tempera Stick on Paper) | Teacher: Shayna Vecchione
\nGrace Roman (Grade 4, Elsmere Elementary) \u2013 Untitled (Oil Pastel on Paper) | Teacher: Shayna Vecchione
\nMaeve Strogatz (Grade K, Slingerlands Elementary) \u2013 Untitled (Mixed Media) | Teacher: Traci Fortin<\/p>\n

View all of the BC artwork featured at NYSSBA here<\/a> [PDF].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Student artists from across the Bethlehem Central School District had their work showcased last week at the New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[43998,44237,153,155,154,52634,67576,67577,67578],"class_list":["post-314953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bchs-news","tag-bcms-news","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-elsmere-news","tag-glenmont-news","tag-hamagrael-news","tag-slingerlands-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}