News Release
Three Rivers Project announces the winners of the Landscape Art Competition for Youth (ages 5 to 19)
November 26, 2004 – Whitehorse, Yukon –
The Yukon Arts Centre is pleased to announce the winners of the art competition that was launched at the opening of the Three Rivers: Wild Waters, Sacred Places exhibition in the Public Art Gallery, on October 15. This competition is a collaborative project between the Yukon Public Art Gallery, CPAWS-Yukon and the Yukon Conservation Society.
The competition was open to all school-aged (5-19 years) youths, in public schools or home-schooled, using the medium of their choice. The jury wishes to applaud the efforts of all participants and was thoroughly impressed by the quality of all submissions. But select they must and their final decision was …
K-7 category: “The view from my window”
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Nikita Bailey, Grade 3
Teacher: Ms. Williams
Selkirk Elementary School
Whitehorse
The prize chosen is $250 for an art project.
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Monica Johnson, Grade 1
Teacher: Jill Potter
Kluane Lake School
Destruction Bay
The prize chosen is a $250 trip to the Yukon Arts Center.
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Grade 8-12 category: “My favourite Yukon landscape”
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James Green (left) and
Megan Firth (right)
Grades 9 & 10
Teacher: Katrina Brogdon
Vanier Catholic Secondary School
Whitehorse
The prize chosen is $250 in arts supplies.
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Tonya Freake’s award-winning entry, on display
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Tonya Freake, Grade 9
Teacher: Brenda Mitchell
Del Van Gorder
Faro
The prize chosen is $250 in arts supplies.
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The winners and finalists are on display in the Kids Gallery
of the Yukon Arts Centre until December 19. Congratulations to all!
For more information, please contact:
Mary Bradshaw
Associate Curator, Yukon Arts Centre
Telephone: 867-667-8476
Fax: 867-393-6300
E-mail: associatecurator@yac.ca
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