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Our Art of the City Scholarship seeks to encourage and empower artists of all disciplines to submit an original piece of art around the year's chosen theme.
Thank you to our 2024 Creatives!
We are incredibly honoured to announce that we have selected the 2024 Art of the City scholarship recipients. We offer our sincerest congratulations to the graduating classes of Semiahmoo Secondary and Earl Marriot Secondary!
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$30,500
Awarded
45
Scholarships Granted
86
Awarded
$30,500
Awarded
45
Scholarships Granted
86
Awarded
Our 2024 Creatives pushed their artistic boundaries in the pursuit to exemplify
CHAOS. Students explored the way CHAOS is inevitable — through the mundane or the extraordinary, whether embraced or challenged. We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to feature their pieces and wish them all the best as they continue their creative journeys.
2024 ARTIST FEATURES
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"I do not believe I am capable of creating a pure distillation of ‘hope’. But I believe I can at least represent what growth feels like, and by extension what we may hope to achieve. I think these steps can be applied broadly, be that to the individual, a group, or to society at large. We often hope to achieve a desirable end state, but at times do not consider what must occur between where we are now and where we want to be."
- C.M
FROM OUR CREATIVES
"The bridge is usually perceived as a physical structure but in my artwork, it takes on a more ethereal, symbolic meaning, representing the psychological and emotional ties that bind our dreams and realities. The phrase "Building Bridges" also implies that these are fluid activities. It suggests that hope is not just a passive idea but something we actively cultivate. The maintenance of hope requires focus and resolve, just as constructing a bridge requires effort and planning."
- M.A
"Like many teenagers, I have lost hope and struggled with self- perception because of what other people thought or said about me. I’ve come to realize that we shouldn’t waste our time away worrying about these things because at the end of the day, it only really matters what we think of ourselves"
- N.M
- Z.M.O
"While your environment and even future may look grim you still persevere with the shield of hope. The persistent grasp to something beautiful, a reminder that there's always potential for a single spark of light that burst through the darkness but only if we are open to embrace it. To let that light guide you towards a better future. I really wanted to represent that in my piece"
- J.W
"When we look at the night’s sky, we see a reflection of the past. A hundred years ago when people would wish upon a star, they too saw into the past. What we see is what their future holds. All of their wishes, dreams, and hopes strung into the sky as a projection, constellations dancing and holding the stories of those to give hope. The stars are a gentle blanket covering us as we dream. A light shining in the darkness, illuminating our way from smothering abyss. Millions of eyes, watching, protecting in millions of ways. Keeping us, allowing our hope."
"Through learning and filling our brains with new and adverse information, we are slowly ameliorating ourselves and the futures we plan on having by broadening our range of knowledge on how to solve different problems around our world. To me, hope lies in the knowledge we gain and how we are able to apply it, especially in the hands of the youth who are the future and the promise of tomorrow."
- N.M
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