PHOTOS | City Island gallery holds annual student art show

At the Focal Point Gallery in City Island student paintings and photographs were sold and displayed. The galley was packed with visitors, students and refreshments for the opening on Saturday, April 1, 203. Photo Max Blease

Community Health Academy of the Heights students display their art on the walls of the Focal Point Gallery in City Island. Pictured, the walls are packed with creative and diverse uses of style and medium. Photo Max Blease

Tiffany MacKnight, an art teacher for the Community Health Academy of the Heights, in the doorway of the Focal Point Art Gallery. The gallery showcased the work of MacKnight’s students on Saturday, April 1, 2023. Photo Max Blease

Tiffany Codeno Pena poses in front of her painting, which hangs on the top left corner of the wall. The painting depicts an otter floating in garbage caused by environmental mismanagement and speaks to Codeno Pena’s passion of environmental issues. Photo Max Blease

Ron Terner, the director of the Focal Point Gallery with Tiffany MacKnight. Terner opened the gallery in 1974 to serve emerging and established artists. Photo Max Blease