A tradition for over 20 years, the Kawartha Art Gallery
Annual Juried Student Exhibition is back!
It is an opportunity for all high school students in the City of Kawartha Lakes and within the Trillium Lakelands District School Board, and is one of our most anticipated exhibitions of the year.
The students’ work span a variety of media and include representations of landscape, everyday objects, loved ones, belonging and identity. This exhibition provides an exciting opportunity to showcase the wide variety and high quality of artwork created by our area high school students.
Artwork submissions were selected by the art teachers with all work to be done for a course in Visual Arts within the current academic year or has been completed since September 5, 2023.
There was no limit on the number of students or grade level from each high school who may participate, with a maximum of two pieces of original work per student, in any media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, mixed media, fibre arts, and digital art
The student artworks were selected by an external juror, with the juror providing constructive comments and suggestions for acknowledging and building on the students’ skill sets. This year we were delighted to work with juror Anders Widjedal.
We welcome you to come view the artwork from Tuesday March 5 to Saturday March 30, 2024, at Kawartha Art Gallery located on the second floor of the Lindsay Public Library located at 190 Kent Street West in Lindsay, Ontario.
ABOUT THE JUROR: ANDERS WIDJEDAL
Anders Widjedal has been active in the arts community for over 30 years both as an educator and an artist.
One of the founding members of the Kawartha Arts Network, Anders also taught art, photography, and media at area high schools LCVI and I.E. Weldon.
During his 30-year teaching career, Anders juried and hung the annual TLDSB art show, was involved in the early years of TLAC, and worked to actively promote the arts within the school board through exhibits both locally and internationally.
Anders thoroughly enjoyed his career teaching the next generation of creatives and the challenges with new mediums and is looking forward to seeing the 2024 submissions for Kawartha Art Gallery’s Annual High School Juried Exhibit.
More than $1200 will be presented in awards due to generous support of:
LEAD EXHIBIT SPONSOR
EXHIBIT SPONSORS
AWARD SPONSORS
ABOUT THE HELENE BAKER MEMORIAL BURSARY AWARD
This bursary for $100 is presented to the exhibiting student whose work is considered to be of the highest achievement in the exhibit.
Helene Baker was a founding member of Kawartha Art Gallery and a lifelong proponent of the arts. Helene lived with her family on a farm in the Valentia area. Multi-talented in a variety of arts and crafts, Helene was also a piano teacher. This Award has been established by Helene’s family in her memory.
ABOUT THE BRENDA MILNER MEMORIAL BURSARY AWARD
This bursary for $100 is presented to an exhibiting Grade 12 student going onto post-secondary studies in the visual arts. Brenda Milner’s association started with Kawartha Art Gallery in its early days, with Brenda serving on the Gallery Board for 13 years.
For over 30 years Brenda taught Basic Drawing, Watercolour and Mixed Media through Fleming College’s Lindsay and Haliburton campuses and at Kawartha Art Gallery. Brenda was very active in the Lindsay community and was honoured to be chosen as Citizen of the Year in 2002. This Award has been established by Brenda’s family in her memory.