{"id":34103,"date":"2025-01-06T15:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=34103"},"modified":"2025-01-06T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T15:18:40","slug":"local-arts-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=34103","title":{"rendered":"Local Arts &#038; Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Student Artist Receives Nationwide Recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sophia-Basaldua.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sophia-Basaldua.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sophia-Basaldua-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Westfield High School 12th grade Sophia Basaldua has been selected among 50 students nationwide to have artwork featured in College Board\u2019s 2024 AP Art and Design Exhibit, a digital presentation of exceptional student creativity. Her work was chosen from over 80,000 submitted art portfolios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s exhibit features high-quality student artwork showcasing diverse ideas, styles, materials, and processes,\u201d writes Dr. Rebecca Stone-Danahy, Director of AP Art and Design at College Board. \u201cThe 2023 AP Art and Design Exhibit has had over 250,000 views and is used as a teaching and learning tool in visual art classrooms globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school district\u2019s Supervisor of K-12 Visual and Performing Arts Shawna Longo says she was thrilled to hear the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis extraordinary achievement is a testament to Sophia&#8217;s exceptional artistic talent, creativity, and hard work,\u201d says Longo. \u201cI am proud to have Sofia represent the Westfield Visual &amp; Performing Arts Department. Her selection is a significant honor that reflects the high quality of our arts program. We are incredibly proud of her accomplishments and look forward to seeing her continued growth as an artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>College Board plans to publish the digital exhibit in February.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credit: Amanda Procaccino<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Artist Receives Nationwide Recognition Westfield High School 12th grade Sophia Basaldua has been selected among 50 students nationwide to have artwork featured in College Board\u2019s 2024 AP Art and Design Exhibit, a digital presentation of exceptional student creativity. Her work was chosen from over 80,000 submitted art portfolios. \u201cThis year\u2019s exhibit features high-quality student [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"post_flags":[],"class_list":["post-34103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-westfield-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34106,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34103\/revisions\/34106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34103"},{"taxonomy":"post_flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_flags&post=34103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}