On Saturday, June 2, 2018, students, teachers, families, and friends created living representations of works of art from the Albright-Knox's collection and beyond for our annual living art contest, Art Alive.
Thousands of spectators turned out in the beautiful weather to enjoy the tableaux and vote for their favorites in the People's Choice Awards.
Nick Napierala and Brian Muffoletto swept all four awards in the Adult/Family/Group category with their moving re-creation of Albright-Knox visitor favorite Georges Seurat’s Étude pour "Le Chahut" (Study for “Le Chahut”), 1889.
In the Grades K–8 category, John F. Kennedy Middle School won Best Tableau from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s Collection or AK Public Art for their re-creation of Jean Dubuffet’s Le Vociférant (The Loud One), 1973; Northwood Elementary won the Handyman Award for Best Craftsmanship for their re-creation of Leonid Afremov’s Dark Night 1, 2008; and St. John Vianney won the Off-the-Beaten-Path Award for Most Unusual and the People's Choice Award for their re-creation of Edward Hopper’s People in the Sun, 1960.
In the Grades 9–12 category, Nichols School Free Draw Club won Best Tableau from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s Collection or AK Public Art, the Off-the-Beaten-Path Award for Most Unusual, and the People's Choice Award for their re-creation of James Tissot’s L'Ambitieuse (Political Woman), 1883–85, and Dinga McCannon’s Revolutionary Sister, 1971 (recently on view in We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85), while the Charter School for Applied Technologies won the Handyman Award for Best Craftsmanship for their re-creation of Jean Dubuffet’s Le Vociférant (The Loud One), 1973.
Thank you to all of this year's participants, sponsors, and volunteers for continuing to make Art Alive such a fun and successful event! Save the date for Art Alive 2019 on Saturday, June 1, 2019.