May 3 - 28
7TH ANNUAL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS JURIED SHOW
Juror: Olexander Wlasenko - Curator, The Station Gallery, Whitby
Works submitted by:
I.E. Weldon Secondary School (IEWSS)
St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School (STASS)
The Lindsay Gallery is pleased to provide the opportunity to showcase in a public art gallery the artwork being encouraged and developed by the art teachers in our area high schools. This annual exhibit of student art work attracts the highest number of visitors to the Gallery every year. It also demonstrates the high quality of art work being produced in our area high schools.
It took volunteers Bruce Young and John Humphries about two hours to arrange and hang the 31 pieces of art submitted by the Heads of the Art Departments at I.E. Weldon Secondary School, and St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School on Tuesday. Labels were produced by volunteer Claire Fisk.
It took the Juror another three hours the next day to select the Award Winners. The Juror was Olexander Wlasenko, Curator of The Station Gallery in Whitby, who stated that “This year’s selected works have a strong impact on the viewer – this is an overall impression. One by one, each work draws you in. This year’s calibre is particularly high and leaves a lasting impression. Thank you.”
Awards were selected in thirteen categories. These cash awards, generously provided by several community organizations listed below, will be presented to the students at the Opening Reception and Awards Presentations on Thursday, May 5 at 7 pm.
Juror Olexander Wlasenko is Curator of The Station Gallery in Whitby, ON.
He has also curated a number of exhibitions in recent years for The Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa. He is an experienced juror, lecturer and author of exhibition catalogues and numerous papers. He is an exhibiting artist in his own right and has had many solo exhibitions in public galleries. He received his Master of Fine Arts in 2000 from University of Western Ontario, Honours BA from University of Guelph in 1997, and graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, in 1995.
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 5 at 7 pm
Helene Baker Memorial Award for Highest Achievement
$100
The Garden by Kaitlyn Pinkett, STASS (Acrylic and Oil)
Rhoda Humphreys Memorial Award
for a City of Kawartha Lakes Student
who is going on to post-secondary studies in the arts.
$100
Exposing an Era by Adam Bremner, IEWSS (Serigraph, 5 colours)
The Creative Sense of Balance and Composition Award
Retired Teachers of Ontario, District 18
$50
Night and Day by Xenia Hebert, IEWSS (Paper)
The Technical Skill and Use of Colour Award
Settler’s Village Artists
$50
iCoke by Michael Vincent, STASS (Acrylic)
The Interpretation of Personal Vision Award
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
$50
Help! By Valerie Fry, IEWSS (Mixed Media)
2 Juror’s Choice Awards
Juror’s Choice Award
Kawartha Arts Festival
$50
Gentle State of Deliberation by Kaitlyn Pinkett, STASS (Oil)
Juror’s Choice Award
Victoria County Studio Tour Association
$50
Self-Portrait by Mickayla Huntley, STASS (Pencil and Watercolour)
5 Honourable Mention Awards
4 Honourable Mention Awards of $25 each
Royal Canadian Legion
Sir Sam Hughes Branch 67
The Spirit of Travel by Avery Isbrucker, IEWSS (Mixed Media)
The Eyes of the Wolf by Adam Bremner, IEWSS
(Watercolour Crayon and Acrylic)
Sunflowers by Nora Kwon, IEWSS (Acrylic on Paper)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by Jessica Knot, IEWSS (Mixed Media)
$25
Birthday Gift for Claude Monet by Shannon Fiedler, IEWSS (Mixed Media)
Honourable Mention
The Optimist Club of Lindsay