{"id":35410,"date":"2024-11-14T15:02:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T20:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=35410"},"modified":"2024-11-14T15:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T20:02:53","slug":"youth-arts-on-the-rise-drop-in-program-helps-young-artists-find-voice-and-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/youth-arts-on-the-rise-drop-in-program-helps-young-artists-find-voice-and-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Arts on the Rise drop-in program helps young artists find voice and place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Young York Region artists will have a new place to let their creativity flow as the Aurora Cultural Centre launches its new Youth Arts on the Rise program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the idea of offering a welcoming \u201cthird space\u201d for youth to explore their artistic side \u2013 that is, a place outside of the home or school environment \u2013 the free initiative is the brainchild of Samantha Jones, Gallery Manager for the Aurora Cultural Centre, and Gallery Assistant Adora Lau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s intended to serve \u201carts-impassioned\u201d high school youth from Grades 9 \u2013 12 develop their skills, connect with other arts-minded youth and arts professionals, and provide opportunities for community collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast year when the Mayor\u2019s Celebration of Youth Art (MCOYA) was running, I created a program called After School Art Program \u2013 ASAP for short \u2013 developed out of a need for studio space, providing students with a safe space to create more art and just trying to foster this program for youth within Aurora,\u201d says Lau. \u201cYouth Arts on the Rise (YAR) is like a continuation of that. During this time in the fall semester, it\u2019s the time when students really have arts classes and it is really a need when they are building their portfolio for universities and colleges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a place of no judgement, it\u2019s a place free of any criteria that are set by schools for projects, it\u2019s a space away from home, school and all of the expectations that are set from there, allowing [the students] a space to really create the things they want to create, that maybe touch on their identity, or spaces they wouldn\u2019t normally feel sharing \u2013 it\u2019s a third place away from those identities you\u2019re in within those spaces and getting away from that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I was still in high school I thought about how I have a very limited, small studio space at home and I had limited space to create large scales \u2013 that\u2019s the goal of this as well to provide an open space for these students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YAR is created for and available to all registered high school students in York Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it is an informal space, YAR offers some programmed elements, which begin this Friday, November 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such engagement opportunity is an Open Studio followed by an Art Critique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a very important practice in arts\u2026to provide constructive criticism on other\u2019s work and, in turn, receive constructive criticism on your own work,\u201d says Lau, noting these take place every last Tuesday per month, with 90-minutes allocated for open studio time and 30 minutes for the critique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second program offering is what Lau calls Muddled Mural Meet-Up, which allows participating students to collaborate on transforming a movable wall into a multifaceted mural which will be exhibited in local businesses and other locations around Aurora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third element of the program is an \u201cUnderground Gallery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPart of the basement space (at the Aurora Cultural Centre) is really barren brick walls and they have gallery rails along the top,\u201d says Lau. \u201cI want to allow earlier grades, younger grades, to also participate in curating and exhibiting their artwork and to celebrate their artwork as well. That Underground Gallery is open to all high-school age students and the display goes on for two months. All they have to do is show up on the curation day with their artwork and they would curate for about two hours or so and put it up on display, then it would be going on for two months before restarting again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a complete list of dates and times related to YAR, including how to register, visit auroraculturalcentre.ca\/youth-artists-on-the-rise.<\/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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