Jericho High School art teacher Ms. Gilfedder urges her students to explore their unique artistic voices. She said, “I want my students to take risks. During my teaching career I have seen so many art portfolios that look the same. They consist of the same old projects taught year after year with the same old mediums. My personal goal for my students is to find their artistic voices that only they have. Students have approached me asking, ‘What should I create for my next project?’ I then have to say, ‘Well, what do you want to create? What is your favorite medium? What ideation are you thinking of? What haven’t you experimented with yet? More often than not, my students already have their creative ideas. They just need a little encouragement when it comes to believing in them.” Gilfedder urges her students to continue to pursue art and enter competitions in the future. She said, “I hope they continue to enter as many art contests as possible. Their work is amazing and it should be shared with the world. In regards to the current Scholastic Art and Writing recipients, it must be amazing to be able to say, ‘Hey, you know that award that the famous artist Andy Warhol won? Yeah, well, I won the same one! That’s right, I’m kind of a big deal.’”
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