{"id":25874,"date":"2020-02-07T12:20:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=25874"},"modified":"2020-02-13T19:17:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T00:17:47","slug":"art-grads-let-public-in-on-their-creative-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/art-grads-let-public-in-on-their-creative-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Art grads let public in on their creative process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

They have been hard at work since returning to the\nclassroom for their high school victory lap, and now local Grade 12 students\nare ready to lift the curtain on their creative process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual Mayor\u2019s Celebration of Youth Arts, a\nstudent-led exhibition of visual and performance at created by Grade 12\nstudents from five local high schools, opens this Wednesday, February 5, at the\nAurora Cultural Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday afternoon, student curators were joined at the\nCentre by Mayor Tom Mrakas, whose office is once again sponsoring this\ninitiative, as well as Cheryl Shindruk of Geranium Homes, co-sponsor of the\nexhibition, for a sneak preview of the installation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The installation was a precursor to the reception\ncelebrating visual arts on the evening of February 5 and a special evening\nshowcasing performance art on the night of Wednesday, February 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited we have been able to include all five high schools this year and having 20 volunteers from the schools here to curate each of the rooms,\u201d said Suzanne Haines, Executive Director of the Aurora Cultural Centre, during Friday\u2019s installation. \u201cAs you look around, the themes are very different and the students are coming from different perspectives and the students [here today] have to find a way for all of those to fit and learn those curatorial skills. I am really proud that students take such pride in that and it is so important for them that they get this opportunity to show [their work] in a professional setting.\u201d\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also important to Ms. Haines is the chance for students\nfrom different high schools to collaborate in ways they might not otherwise\nhave the chance. They can share ideas and perspectives that will hold them in\ngood stead for the future, she says, as they prepare to embark on the next\nchapters of their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, at the Mayor\u2019s Celebration of Youth Arts, you also\nget a sense of what matters to students here and now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the things we see every year\u2026is how the students\nexpress themselves through the art they present and it is a very meaningful art\nthat comes through,\u201d said Mayor Mrakas. \u201cYou actually see and feel what the\nartist is actually thinking and that evolves from year to year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adds Ms. Haines: \u201cYou get the temperature of what\u2019s\nhappening in the schools. We have a social piece with the Australian [bush\nfire] and now we have art on our wall that reflects that. When the #metoo\nmovement was right out of the gate, we had a whole exhibition about that. That\nis what they are thinking about and putting on walls. There might be some stuff\nthat is coming that is a bit challenging for people to see, and we need to know\nthat these are the thoughts and feelings we\u2019re having in our graduating class.\nIt is amazing we get to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And you have many chances to see for yourself. In addition to this week\u2019s Opening Reception and the Performing Arts evening on February 19, the Mayor\u2019s Celebration of Youth Arts runs through February 29. The Aurora Cultural Centre galleries are open Monday through Saturday from 9 \u2013 4 p.m. Admission is free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir <\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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