THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, April 12, 1996 TAG: 9604100076
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E1 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Student Gallery 1996
SOURCE: BY TERESA ANNAS, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 55 lines
``Well, it kind of means you're the upper crust of art students in the Hampton Roads area,'' said Benjamin Brown, a senior at Nandua High School on Virginia's Eastern Shore. ``I think that counts for something.''
``It's nice to be recognized. To be noticed. To be picked out of the crowd,'' said Anne Costa, a senior at Maury High School in Norfolk.
Brown and Costa are among 29 honorees whose art goes on view tonight at a private reception at Crestar Bank Gallery in downtown Norfolk. The show opens to the public on Monday.
On Sunday, the other half of Student Gallery - a regional high school art competition in its 24th year - opens at The Chrysler Museum of Art. Art by the 60 finalists will be unveiled at the Norfolk museum, and $2,650 in cash prizes will be awarded.
The judge this year is Thomas Sokolowski, director of the Grey Art Gallery at New York University. Sokolowski is a former European curator of The Chrysler Museum.
Staff writer Teresa Annas and Teenology correspondent Luis Paredes spoke with five Student Gallery artists about their life and their art - and how the two sometimes intersect. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by Motoya Nakamura\The Virginian Pilot< Student
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STUDENT GALLERY '96
What: Exhibit by 60 finalists
Where: The Chrysler Museum, 245 W. Olney Rd., Norfolk
When: Opens Sunday; through May 19
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday 1 to 5
p.m.
How much: Free
Call: 664-6200
What: Exhibit by 29 honorees
Where: Crestar Bank Gallery, 500 Main St., Norfolk
When: Opens tonight; through May 17
Hours: Weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
How much: Free
Call: 624-5492
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