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Advanced Placement Student Exhibition in the
Art League of Long Island’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery
Exhibition Dates: March 8 through March 22, 2025
Artists’ Reception: Saturday, March 22, 2025 from 1:00pm-2:00pm
For the 18th year in a row the Art League of Long Island is pleased to offer the opportunity for High School Advanced Placement or equivalent art students throughout Suffolk and Nassau counties to exhibit their work in an AP Art exhibition entitled, “GO APE”. This exhibit celebrates the exceptional artwork, as selected by their teachers, of AP, IB or equivalent art students in Long Island’s High Schools. Each school may submit up to 3 works to be apportioned as the teachers see fit among in what we hope is a wide cross section of media: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Photography, and Computer Graphics. This exhibition will feature talented art students working across Long Island and will give the students the opportunity to view artwork created by their peers in a professional gallery setting.
In that AP students are aiming at careers in the fine arts, presentation appropriate to a professional gallery setting should be stressed. To encourage more attention to appropriate framing, we will be giving a special award for “Best Presentation.”
Awards will be given at the reception scheduled for Saturday, March 22nd, from 1:00 – 2:00 pm, and will honor outstanding work created in each two and three-dimensional content area.
About the Juror: Cheryl McBride – Artist and Educator
Cheryl McBride is a New York-based artist and educator with over 35 years of experience in the arts. Her work sits at the intersection of fine art, graphic design, law, statistics, and human rights, confronting pressing social issues through a lens of activism and critical inquiry. As an African American woman, Cheryl draws upon her personal experiences to create impactful works that challenge established thought, provoke discourse, and inspire societal change. Her art, rooted in the legacy of pioneers like W.E.B. DuBois, transforms data and laws into visually compelling narratives that expose racial, gender, and social inequities.
For the past 17 years, Cheryl has been a professor in the Art Department at Nassau Community College, where she teaches graphic design and mentors students in achieving their academic and professional aspirations. Her dedication to education is matched by her passion for “artivism”—art as activism—which she has embraced fully in recent years. Cheryl’s artwork addresses critical issues such as gun violence, the opioid crisis, and systemic inequalities, integrating statistical data and historical context to foster empathy and understanding.
Cheryl’s artistic achievements include an upcoming exhibition of six pieces at the Patchogue Arts Council Museum of Contemporary Art, running from January 16 through February 27. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Visual Arts from SUNY New Paltz and a Master of Science in Animation Graphics from the New York Institute of Technology, graduating with honors. Cheryl’s commitment to using art as a universal language underscores her belief that creative expression can be a powerful tool for education, awareness, and positive change.