
Beacon Art Show

Ethan Cole Wong: Inspired by "Water Lilies" by Claude Monet
"I chose these set of paintings by Claude Monet because when I was younger in another art class we studied these paintings and learned...


Noah D Stengel-Eskin: Inspired by "Mihrab(Prayer Niche)" 1354-55 C.E. by unknown artist
and "Madame Manet" by Edouard Manet 1880 "I saw the mihrab in real life a few months ago and fell in love with the intricate detail and...

Luha Ali Naseez: Inspired by "Attic" by Willem de Kooning
"I drew inspiration from Willem de Kooning's series of painting that culminated to make the piece "attic". I was to the painting firstly...



Emily Zas: Inspired by "Iguaca" by Alexis Roman
"I was inspired by the 2011 print piece called "Iguaca" by Alexis Roman, which I found on the Whitney site. I was struck by the...

Ruby Weingartner: Inspired by "Pier n' Ocean" by Mary Weatherford and "Exterior" by Milano Chow
"I decided to take inspiration from both Mary Weatherford's piece, Pier 'n' Ocean and Milano Chow's piece, Exterior from the Whitney. I...


Talia Katreczko: Inspired by Janiva Ellis and Shara Hughes
"There two pieces from the Whitney collection reminded me of each other, and I tried to combine the bright colors of both works with the...

Bella Orelowitz: Inspired by Cindy Sherman's untitled self portrait
"While in quarantine, I've been doing a lot of self-portraits and I thought photography was an interesting medium that I hadn't tried...

Maya Renaud Levine: Inspired by "Portals" by Njideka Akunyili Crosby
"The piece I was inspired by is called "Portals" and was created by Njideka Akunyili Crosby in 2016. Though I really enjoyed a lot of the...

Sadie Pickering: Inspired by "Nude in a Wood" By Henri Matisse
"I was drawn to this painting because of the style, the color, and the idea behind it. To me, Matisse's style is so fearless and and bold...

Stella Namboos: Inspired by "Brooms with a View" and "Two Studies of a Man's Bust in Profile"
"I was inspired by Emily Mae Smith's 2019 "Brooms with a View" made with oil paint on linen and Edward Hopper's 1895-1899 "Two Studies of...


Carmen Lopez Villamil:Inspired by the Caribbean and Central American masks in El Museo
"Inspired by the Caribbean and Central American masks in El Museo’s permanent collection. The masks don’t have a sole artist or date,...

Mai Listokin: Inspired by "The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dali
"I was inspired by Salvador Dali's piece "The Persistence of Memory",I used pencil and acrylic paint to create my own take on the...



















