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MLK Portrait Program

Annual MLK Portrait Project

Unity through Artistic Collaboration

The MLK Portrait Project is a way to honor the impact of civil rights leaders by working together in unity- each creating an individual part, that ultimately becomes a whole. Every panel style is different, yet they all fit together. Each year it engages local High School art students to create large portrait mosaics as creatively as they desire. At the completion of the project, all portraits will hang in their corresponding schools, then displayed in a public gallery, then auctioned off to support EEA's scholarship fund for art and music students in need. 

The MLK Portrait Project was inspired by the work of our teacher, Kenneth Jackson. The project was created to engage talented student artists across the East End of Long Island and to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Portraits were created on individual 12 x 12 panels with mostly acrylic as a mosaic of images to construct an ultimate image of Martin Luther King Jr. and eventually other civil rights leaders.

Questions? Please contact Kathleen Ruscick at kruscick@eastendarts.org

 

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    Riverhead
    Riverhead

  • Teacher: Jo Ann Dellaposta

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Linda Ortiz • Panel #1 & #2
    Brianna Daman • Panel #3 & #14
    Riley Reister • Panel #4 & #12
    Hannah Witt • Panel #5 & #9
    Emma Eager • Panel #6 & #10
    Alessandra Menjivar • Panel #7 & #8
    Gio Maffetone • Panel #11 & #15
    Jayla Charles • Panel #13 & #16

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    Rocky Point
    Rocky Point

  • Teacher: Katerina Kyriakakis & Seth Meier

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    TJ Reice • Panel #1
    Katherine Elcik • Panel #2
    Samantha Friello • Panel #3
    TJ Reice • Panel #4
    Kalena Prendergast • Panel #5
    Myla Mamolen • Panel #6
    Elena Ramos • Panel #7
    Emma Raicovi • Panel #8
    Abigail Seplavy • Panel #9
    Lisa Toman • Panel #10
    Erin Weeks • Panel #11
    Robbie Christensen • Panel #12
    Alyssa Calderon • Panel #13
    Tessa Cunningham • Panel #14
    Madison Murphy • Panel #15
    Hannah Townsend • Panel #16

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    Southampton High School
    Southampton High School

  • Teacher: Pamela Collins

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Danny Jaya • Panel #1
    William Bess IV• Panel #2
    Olive Purrazzi • Panel #3
    Emily Zukosky • Panel #4
    Christopher Cruz • Panel #5
    Kyla Cerullo • Panel #6
    Kimberly Reyes Flores • Panel #7
    Danny Bustamante • Panel #8
    Maribel Cuamatitla• Panel #9
    Sophia Hawkesworth • Panel #10
    Emily Urbano Guevara • Panel #11
    Christian McClain• Panel #12
    Brianna Villalva • Panel #13
    Alexis Alvarracin Sangurima • Panel #14
    Kimberly Reyes Flores • Panel #15
    Joselin Castillo Caceres • Panel #16

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    Center Moriches
    Center Moriches

  • Teacher: Dan Kudreyko & Laura Sandberg-DeJohn

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Megan Farrel • Panel #1
    Lillian Babzien • Panel #2
    Grace Mintel • Panel #3
    Olivia Phillips • Panel #4
    Mollie DeJohn • Panel #5
    Daniella Baust • Panel #6
    Savanna Piccoli • Panel #7
    Sara Trionfo • Panel #8
    Brennan Weinstein • Panel #9
    Kaitlyn Cooper • Panel #10
    Cadence Bohleber • Panel #11
    Angelina Buttigieg • Panel #12
    Tori Rudnick • Panel #13
    Victoria Pendzick • Panel #14
    Cailey White • Panel #15
    Brennan Weinstein/Lillian Babzien • Panel #16

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    Shelter Island
    Shelter Island

  • Teacher: Catherine Brigham

    Collaborative Artwork by the Following Students
    Hayden Davidson
    Leonardo Dougherty
    Mary Gennari
    Johanna Kaasik
    Natalie Mamisashvili
    Steven Pacheco Silverio
    Lily Potter
    Danielle Rasmussen
    Jeremy Sabatel
    Margaret Schultheis
    Madison Springer
    Madigan Teodoru
    Harrison Weslek

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    Mattituck High School
    Mattituck High School

  • Teacher: Dina Rose

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Kate Murphy • Panel #1 & #16
    Claire Paetzel • Panel #2 & #5
    Ella Glover • Panel #4 & #7
    Imogen Blair • Panel #8 & #10
    Ella Inbar • Panel #9
    Bailey Shannon • Panel #14
    Ola Rychlik • Panel #15 & #16
    Claire Nemschick • Panel #3 & #13
    Leah Divello • Panel #11 & #12

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    Bridgehampton
    Bridgehampton

  • Teacher: Robin Gianis

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Sheila Huidobro • Panel #1
    Oscar Leon • Panel #2
    Jose Rojas Dorado • Panel #3
    Naiven Mabry • Panel #4
    Beatrix Huberty • Panel #5
    Willa Levine • Panel #6
    Pearl Cherry-N-Brown • Panel #7
    Sergio Lazaro • Panel #8
    Laura Sanchez Mendez • Panel #9
    Alex Ramirez Lopez • Panel #10
    Neo Simmons • Panel #11
    Eustorgio Rojas • Panel #12
    Evan Buccigross • Panel #13
    Marcus Mikelic • Panel #14
    Christian Cruz • Panel #15
    Makayla Pinckney • Panel #16

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    Mt. Sinai
    Mt. Sinai

  • Teacher: Andrea Morganelli

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Envy Hainey-Culbert • Panel #1 & #2
    Deanna Pesce • Panel #3
    James Suhadolink • Panel #4
    Camryn Chamberlain • Panel #5
    Kassia Bono • Panel #6
    Delilah Mile • Panel #7
    Brielle Williams • Panel #8
    Essence Hainey-Culbert • Panel #9
    Mikayla Negus • Panel #10 & #11
    Ashley Autino • Panel #12 & #15
    Ava Archila • Panel #13
    Alyssa DiStefano • Panel #14
    Mikayla Negus & Delilah Mile • Panel #16

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    East Hampton
    East Hampton

  • Teacher: Heather Evans

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Jenny Nguyên • Panel #1
    Anthony Vargas • Panel #2
    Larissa Marin • Panel #3
    Joseph Friscia • Panel #4
    Johanna De Paula Fructuoso • Panel #5
    Mya Del Percio • Panel #6
    Emily Cubero • Panel #7
    Keira Atwell • Panel #8
    Dillon Islami • Panel #9
    Oceana Eledon Campbell • Panel #10
    Ava Poblete • Panel #11
    Julia Caldwell • Panel #12
    Gabrielle Payne • Panel #13
    Kym Bermeo • Panel #14
    Katie Kuneth • Panel #15
    Ella Miller • Panel #16

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    Eastport-South Manor
    Eastport-South Manor

  • Teacher: Allisyn Massimo

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Julia Faulkner • Panel #1
    Heather Moran • Panel #2
    Hailey Reilley • Panel #3
    Keira Bree • Panel #4
    Adrianna Greco • Panel #5
    Katie Mueller • Panel #6
    Molly Johnson • Panel #7
    Reagan Walsh • Panel #8
    Carin Murray • Panel #9
    Cassidy McCutchan • Panel #10
    Abigail McCutchan • Panel #11
    Katarina Dietz • Panel #12
    Sophia Raguso • Panel #13
    Sophie Rambelle • Panel #14
    Ellie Perez • Panel #15
    Katie Giusto • Panel #16

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    Hampton Bays
    Hampton Bays

  • Teacher: Keegan Bishop

    Panels are numbered from left to right, top to bottom

    Caren Amador & Abril Vasquez & Manuela Rodriguez Henao • Panel #1
    Franclin Saldana • Panel #2
    Daphne Sequeira • Panel #3
    Yammileth Veliz • Panel #4
    David Orrelana & Aldana Romero • Panel #5
    Anna Soto • Panel #6
    Kevin Guzman • Panel #7
    Eli Amos • Panel #8
    Dayana Quijada & Metzli Vasquez & Daniela Rodriquez Henao • Panel #9
    Mackenzie David & Kelly Velasquez & Merilyn Arias • Panel #10
    MInal Naeem • Panel #11
    Valetina Pereira • Panel #12
    Dunavan David & Dalila Zane & Merilyn Arias • Panel #13
    Emily Barnes & Jessica Gutierrez • Panel #14
    Melina Rojas & Merilyn Arias • Panel #15
    Omar Milan & Merilyn Arias • Panel #16

*Some portraits are delayed. Please check back for additional portraits.

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