The upcoming Limelight Youth Art exhibition and showcase will feature a cross-section of emerging young artists and those showing their work publicly for the first time.
One participating artist, Giang Tran, a Grade 11 student at St. Michaels University School, specializes in landscape painting, particularly with acrylic.
Experiencing her first year in Canada, the native of Vietnam is excited to exhibit her interpretations of natural scenes back home. She enjoys landscape work as it allows her to experience nature and discover the world around her.
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The art showcase, happening from June 1 to 20 at the Cedar Hill Recreation and Arts Centre, is a perfect way to help students weighed down with restrictions and isolation of the pandemic to emerge and connect with other artists and the public, she said.
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Among other participants in the show, Spectrum Community School international students from Germany, Julia Priever and Antonia Busch, will have some of their black and white film prints on exhibit.
Neither had much experience in photography beforehand, but relished the opportunity to try their hand at using and developing film.
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Brenda Weatherston, a community arts programmer with the District of Saanich, is thrilled to see a return to public exhibitions for youth artists, whose unique voices can be a breath of fresh air.
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The pieces will be on display June 1 to 20 during the centreB次元官网网址檚 opening hours, and a free welcome reception event is scheduled for June 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The reception provides an opportunity to meet the artists and listen to live music and spoken word performances by students from area high schools.
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