Teens Seen: Art Showcase
The Hudson River Museum, in partnership with sixteen high schools throughout Westchester County, highlights the complexity and diversity of teen experiences through art.
Teen artists are powerful interpreters of their lives and the present moment. The Hudson River Museum, in partnership with sixteen high schools throughout Westchester County, highlights the complexity and diversity of teen experiences through art. Chosen by art teachers, the wide range of work across diverse media—from paintings and drawings to vector illustrations, lino prints, and cyanotypes—showcases the talent of more than eighty students, as well as the importance of high school art programs.
The artworks reveal the depth, tension, and nuance of young adulthood—emphasizing that teenage life is not “easy,” “dramatic,” or “just a phase”—it’s layered, contradictory, and deeply felt. The artworks reveal the many pressures teens are balancing in their lives, from societal and social media expectations about appearance to maintaining positive mental health while staying engaged as global citizens and family members. There is also a strong desire for connection, joy, and fun. Together, these works offer an unfiltered view of adolescence today—inviting us to look more closely, listen more carefully, and take seriously the perspectives of the next generation of artists.
The Hudson River Museum has a strong commitment to engage and empower teens, including through our award-winning Junior Docent Program, which serves students (Grades 9–12) from public high schools throughout Yonkers. The Junior Docent Advisory Board, a group of thirteen highly-motivated young leaders, participated in the development of the exhibition and gallery activities. The Museum also recently launched an initiative to offer free admission to all Westchester County high school students on the weekends, made possible by a generous gift from the Anita K. Hersh Philanthropic Fund. This generous gift ensures that fees are not a barrier to access the HRM’s collections, exhibitions, and workshops.
This exhibition is supported in part by a generous gift from the Anita K. Hersh Philanthropic Fund and 2025 Bridgemaker Prize awarded to the Hudson River Museum from the Art Bridges Foundation.
Participating Schools and Teachers
Bronxville High School (Courtney Alan) • Eastchester High School (Rachel Sydlowski) • German International School New York, White Plains (Miriam Kennedy) • Hackley School, Tarrytown (Jessica Bottalico) • Harrison High School (Sarah Palefsky) • Hastings-on-Hudson High School (Cory Merchant and Lorienne Solaski) • John Jay High School, Cross River (Kristen Lowe and Amy Stockfield) • Kennedy Catholic Preparatory School, Somers (Katie Glembotzky) • Maria Regina High School, Hartsdale (Teresa Pereira) • The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry (Brian Galderisi) • Pleasantville High School (Gregory Nemec and Adrienne Sapione) • Riverside High School, Yonkers • Robert Halmi Sr. Academy of Film and Television, Yonkers (Jude Rustin) • Roosevelt High School, Yonkers (Eralda Balaj, Laura Morgan, and Jennifer Siciliano) • Saunders Trades and Technical High School, Yonkers (Shirley Azcona, Nelson Carpio Tavarez, Laughton Huggins, and Bonnie Moncada) • Yonkers High School
Featured Artists
Stella Aiken • Mila Angoff • Anthony Antonecchia • Samantha Aurello • Arianna Ayala • Grace Bartelemucci • Julia Ruiz Benito • Miriam Bertin • Alexander Bravo • Benjamin Bredel • Bria Cardillo • Emma Chen • Oriannyz De La Cruz • Christopher Sanchez Cruz • Sara Dehgan • Emerson Dennis • Grace Jennifer De-Souza • Talia Doran • Iyana Edwards • Samara Ellerbe • Lilliana Esposito • Melany Fajardo • Caleb Fitzsimmons • Marina Friscia • Elisse Garcia • Bella Germosen • Lysann Goubeau • Meilanny Gracia • Kimberly Gutierrez • Mariyam Henderson • Libni Hernandez • Kalin Huang • Clayton Huling • Leika Isaac • Emma Jammes-Finney • Will Koranteng • Lucas Laungayan • Hajeong Lee • Karen Bautista Lopez • Ximena Lopez • Audrey Lovett • Sophia MacMillan • Ed Mancini • Caroline McCarthy • Mikayla McGough • Melissa Mejia • Mason Montalvo • Finnegan Moran • Kate Morton • Alexa Mucilli • Brooke Muto • Zara Nahim • Kelechi Onwuasoanya • Hali Orellana • Rosalina Pastrana • Luke Pavlenishvili • Anjali Paz • Armando Perez • Anya Peri • Zavier Pine • Amber Prado • Liz Pressly • Leo Pryor • Keitumetse Rankoe • Noelani Rhodes • Bethel Rodriguez • Zariah Scott • Kate Sims • Faith Sinco • Sophia Shaw • Olly Somma • Marina Speckesser • Anna Speth • Ee-Ee Sung • Lilianna Tesoriero • Neave Traymore • Angelic Tufino • Amber Twomey • Vanessa Wager • Nora Warren • Abigail Weiss • Catherine Yi • Henry Zeder-Allaire
HRM Junior Docent Program
Advisory Board Members: Mackenzie McGough • Jenny Galeno • Isabella Escamilla-Ponce • Kai Prophete • Arielle Charran • Kium Hwangbo • Isabel Dourmashkin • Camila Reboledo • Eva Stern • Dylann Grant • Gabriel Mendoza • Lens Isaac • Daniela Hernandez Lopez
Junior Docent Exhibition Installers: Litzy Hernandez • Leika Isaac • Jenny Galeno • David Doyaga • Lens Isaac • Paul Benson Kale Villafuerte • Jiselle Cruz • Libni Hernandez
Pedro Betanzos, Manager, Youth and Family Programs
Selected objects
Zavier Pine (Hackley School, Grade 11). Hands, 2025. Digital photography. Class of Jessica Bottalico.
Emma Chen (Bronxville High School, Grade 11). Self Portrait (after Van Gogh), 2025. Pastel on paper. Class of Courtney Alan.
Ee-Ee Sung (Bronxville High School, Grade 11). Red Delicious , 2025. Watercolor on paper. Class of Courtney Alan.
Audrey Lovett (Bronxville High School, Grade 10). Evening Bliss, 2026. Charcoal on paper. Class of Courtney Alan.
Emerson Dennis (Bronxville High School, Grade 11). Self-Portrait (after Modersohn-Becker), 2024. Oil pastel on paper. Class of Courtney Alan.
Ed Mancini (Pleasantville High School, Grade 11). Lunch, 2025. Acrylic on canvas. Class of Adrienne Sapione.
Kate Morton (Pleasantville High School, Grade 11). Untitled, 2026. Oil on canvas. Class of Gregory Nemec.
Miriam Bertin (John Jay High School, Grade 11). Untitled, 2025. Acrylic. Class of Amy Stockfield.
Caleb Fitzsimmons (Eastchester High School, Grade 12). Opposite Autobiography, 2026. Digital art print. Class of Rachel Sydlowski.
Stella Aiken (Hastings High School, Grade 12). Untitled, 2025. Acrylic paint. Class of Lorienne Solaski.
Hajeong Lee (Hastings High School, Grade 11). Illusion, 2025. Oil on gessoboard. Class of Lorienne Solaski.
Abigail Weiss (Hastings High School, Grade 11). Untitled, 2025. Digital photographic composite. Class of Lorienne Solaski.
Lilliana Esposito (Hastings High School, Grade 12). Untitled, 2026. Digital photographic composite. Class of Cory Merchant.
Sara Dehgan (Hastings High School, Grade 11). 1318, 2026. Digital photographic composite. Class of Cory Merchant.
Kimberly Gutierrez (Saunders Trades and Technical High School, Grade 11). Spring Petals, 2026. Digital art. Class of Bonnie Mancado.
Keitumetse Rankoe (Maria Regina High School, Grade 12). Sonder, 2025. Colored pencil on paper. Class of Teresa Pereira.
Anjali Paz (Maria Regina High School, Grade 12). Two Sides of My Bharatanatyam, 2026. Acrylic and colored pencil on paper and board. Class of Teresa Pereira.
Anna Speth (Maria Regina High School, Grade 11). Birds of a Feather, 2025. Colored pencil on poster board. Class of Teresa Pereira.
