Art is a healing contributor to cope with the effects of the COVID-19 crisis...
The effect of a pandemic, presently like the COVID-19 crisis, often creates for virtually everyone in our society - due to the loss of loved ones, or loss of livelihoods, as well as the contraction of our daily freedoms - trying and surreal times. Research has shown that especially the youth of our society, not only often experience immense difficulties to cope with these types of situations, but, more importantly, they are often inhibited to express and communicate their true feelings. To deal with this unfortunate constraint, the Visual Arts have proven to be an excellent outlet and contributor for comforting their inner feelings and troubling concerns. Thus, the Art 10, 20 & 30 students of Alberta Distance Learning Centre (ADLC) were invited to voluntarily create a work of art based on the emotional effects of their own personal COVID-19 pandemic experiences. As a result, we received over 120 submissions. These artworks were created during the months of April, May & June, and consequently reflect different aspects of the art students' personal feelings and experiences due to the imposed COVID-19 conditions. Hence, please find below the link to a sampling of their emotive and poignant submissions, as well as an accompanying video. To better understand the submitted artworks, we would encourage you to first read the accompanying individual Artist Statements, which you will find below each of the artworks. "My COVID-10 Experience" The Society for Safe and Caring Schools & Communities invites Alberta Students to design the logo for the 2019 Orange Shirt Campaign and share their vision for respect, remembrance, and reconciliation!
Students are asked to submit designs that:
The winning submission will be the official logo of the 2019 Alberta Orange Shirt Campaign, and will be featured prominently on t-shirts, campaign materials, and online. The winner will also be invited to the 2019 Alberta Orange Shirt Day event in September, and presented with a framed copy of their artwork! Contest Deadline: May 17, 2019 Contest Details: 2019 Orange Shirt Contest Details More Information: History of Orange Shirt Day Think Globally Art Contest: Are you an aspiring artist? Do you dream of having your painting or drawing showcased internationally? Show off your artistic talents by creating a painting or drawing that celebrates diversity in Alberta. Students of top selected artwork will receive a cool prize package and have their art displayed at the Alberta Legislature Building.
Enter the #Decarbonize #Decolonize - Youth Art for Climate Change Art Contest!
TakingItGlobal invites you to unleash your creativity and artistically explore the intersections of Decarbonization and Decolonization - two movements that are transforming our world. There is more to climate change than science! Each of us experiences climate effects and contributions in different ways, depending on our contexts. Share your experience. All forms of art are encouraged! Video, music, found art, recycled, stenciled, painted, and the list goes on! Get creative by any means possible. For further information and the contest submission page please review the following link: Creativity for Climate Change Contest Deadline: November 1, 2018 Congratulations to Annamaria Voros (a former ADLC Design Studies student) - who was the Third Place Winner for the Pembina Hills Public Schools Pink T-shirt design. Please see her winning design below! For more information about Pink T-Shirt Day and its Anti-Bullying Campaign, please visit https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/.We would like to share that the design of one of our Art 10 students at Alberta Distance Learning Centre, Amy Peters, was chosen as the winning entry for the 2017 Orange Shirt Day Logo Competition (hosted by Safe & Caring Schools & Communities)! Amy Peters' design was selected out of 380 entries for this year’s Alberta Orange Shirt Campaign and will be featured on the front of the official Alberta Orange Shirt, worn to honour residential school system survivors and to promote ongoing reconciliation.
Her artist statement (see below) for her design is thoughtful and optimistic: “What Orange Shirt Day is to me is a day for all citizens of Alberta and even Canada to remember the impacts of residential schools on our Aboriginal people and to promote reconciliation and healing within their communities as well as embracing First Nations Culture. In regards to my design, the dream-catcher within the child's eye represents how students at these schools dreamed of freedom and returning to their own culture, escaping the oppression of European settlers, and how the dream is slowly coming true with the assistance of reconciliation committees and awareness being spread. The beads on the dream-catcher are colors that represent healing (green), faith/happiness (red), and sharing (white); colors appropriate for renewing relations after so much suffering was endured." An Orange Shirt Day event will be held on September 29, 2017 at the Edmonton City Hall, where Amy and her family will be in attendance. Read more at Safe & Caring Schools & Communities Orange Shirt Day 2017. Additionally, the Orange Shirts, with Amy's logo design printed on them (unfortunately, due to budgetary reasons, her design is printed without colour on the t-shirts), are now available for purchase online (only $10) for Orange Shirt Day 2017 from the Orange Shirt Day Order Form. To learn more about the origins of Orange Shirt Day, read about Phyllis’ story. Call for Submissions for the WISH150 Contest!
Students across Alberta are invited to submit art (e.g. paintings, drawings, multi-media, poetry, spoken word, short stories, etc.) expressing their wish for Canada. You can reflect on one of the following themes represented in the Indigenous Youth Advisory Circle Idea Book. You are encouraged to review the submissions from other Indigenous youth from across the country and where they wish to see Canada in the next 150 years. Then, you are requested to submit your art, which should reflect or express separately: 1. What you think it means to be an Indigenous youth in Canada today... And/Or: 2. Your wish for the next 150 years in Canada... Selected art pieces will be unveiled on October 17-24, 2017 at the Latitude 53 Art Gallery in Edmonton. For further information, click on the following links:Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2017 Art from the Heart – Create Original Art for Fort McMurray Wildfire Victims:
Art From the Heart is a small collection of artists who wish to offer support to the residents of Fort McMurray and Anzac. The aim is to ensure every interested home receive an original work of art by connecting you with willing artists from across Canada. For detailed information, please visit the following website: https://www.artfromtheheart-fortmcmurray.com/ To view the invitation to artists, please read the following letter: Letter to Artists |
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