Wantagh Student Honored For Her Incredible Art

WANTAGH-SEAFORD, NY - From Syntax: Wantagh High School senior Erin Hogarty was selected as a Long Island Arts Alliance Scholar Merit Award winner for having demonstrated excellence in drawing and painting.

The LIAA Scholar Artists Program is presented by the New York Community Bank Foundation and is produced in cooperation with Newsday. Awards are presented to students in the areas of visual arts, media, dance, photography, music and theater. To receive this designation, the student, as a senior, must be nominated by his or her high school and represent the highest level of artistic excellence. Applicants must also have maintained an unweighted grade point average of 90 percent or above.

Erin‘s previous work was selected for exhibit in LIU Post’s Advanced Visions 13 competition, the Art Supervisor Association’s All-County Art Exhibit and the Heckscher Museum of Art’s Long Island’s Best Exhibit She is also an honorable mention winner in the 2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, designed the poster for the high school’s 2017 art show and received a scholarship to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design program over the summer to study imaginative character design and story telling through 2-D animation.

Erin says she is totally invested in her art studies and is currently taking the high school’s new digital animation and screen-printing courses and has completed an Advanced Placement course in art. She intends to major in illustration and minor in animation upon entering college next fall.

The district congratulates Erin on this outstanding academic accomplishment and continued best wishes for success in her art studies.

Photo courtesy of the Wantagh School District