Monday, May 19, 2025
The Art Studio in Rockville Centre will host its third annual Wonder Wall art show on December 14, celebrating students, teachers and local artists.
Danielle Barbaro, the owner of The Art Studio, said that this year’s event features a wide array of artists, ranging in skill from the professional to emerging new talent.
“There are some people that are professionals,” Barbaro said. “Everyone here is an artist. If you’ve made work and you’ve sold it, you’re an artist. Some people have done art shows and been in galleries. Then there are some people who are just starting out.”
She said the show is a great way for budding artists to network and meet others they may wish to emulate.
The show will also highlight different mediums, including paintings, sculptures, printing, and more.
“There’s a big variety,” Barbaro said. “Some are pen and ink. There’s oil paint. We have an artist who does assemblage — 3D objects configured together. So there is a little bit of everything for everyone, which is really cool.”
Deciding who and what gets featured in the show is a serious and time-consuming process. More than 35 artists submitted over 100 works of art, only 75 of which will be displayed in the show.
“We want to make sure that the Wonder Wall is an affordable art fair,” Barbaro said. “So we want to find that Venn diagram of interesting, unique, something that people would want to hang in their home and affordability at the same time.”
Barbaro said that this year’s event only took half the time to put together than it did the year before.
“What’s so great is that we really busted our butts last year,” Barbaro said. “It was much easier this time, because all the steps were put in place … it only took a month or two this time, versus four months (last year).”
This year’s event not only features art students, but the teachers and teaching assistants who helped them as well.
“I’ve seen it from start to current,” Zahra Rizvi, a teaching assistant and administrator with the studio, said. “I think it’s really heartwarming to see all the different teaching assistants, teachers or other roles go from one step to the next. It shows their continuity and it kind of makes you feel like you’re seeing a whole story come to life too.”
New, this year, guests are also invited to participate in a painting challenge, with an opportunity to donate to Love, Nana in Rockville Centre.
The third annual Wonder Wall art show will take place on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 4 – 8 p.m. at The Art Studio, 221 N. Long Beach Road. As always the studio takes no commissions on the sale of artwork, with all proceeds going directly to local artists. For more information visit TheArtStudioRVC.com.
