Students selected for NJ State Teen Arts Festival

Artists, writers, performers selected for NJ State Teen Arts Festival
Posted on 03/27/2023
This is the image for the news article titled Artists, writers, performers selected for NJ State Teen Arts FestivalMore than a dozen Piscataway High School students were selected to take part in the NJ State Teen Arts Festival for outstanding works in art, dance, animations, creative writing, and musical theater.

These students are eligible to take part in the state festival May 30 to June 1 at Middlesex College. They were chosen from their participation in the Middlesex County Teen Arts Festival on March 13.

Those who were selected include:

Visual Arts
Senior Danielle Cole for "Ominous Self Portrait"
With guidance from teacher Dorothy Amme

student art honoree

Creative Writing, Prose
"Landfill" by senior Rebecca Deally
"Sorry" by junior Kayla Garcia
"To Hunger, To Devour, To Kill" by junior Edward Arroyo
Creative Writing, Poetry
"Boiled" by junior Tatiana Michelle Portillo
"GeneviEVE" by senior Samuel Winfield
With guidance from teacher Lydia Collins

Dance
"I Am Multiplicity" performed by Avery Dunham, Giselle Hernandez, Jaison Labung, Kendall Langevine and Kiyah Williams
With guidance and choreography from teacher Jessica Taylor

Musical Theater
Seniors Najam Muhammed and Ashley Hamilton, "Bad Idea" from "Waitress"
With guidance from teacher Michael Yoson



Film/Animation

Shaun Jeter for "HalfWit"
With guidance from teacher Gwen Sylvan