ABOUT
The Calgary Youth Art Exhibition is an initiative founded in 2013 to recognize and celebrate talented young artists in the City of Calgary. It provides passionate young artists an opportunity to network with fellow artists and exhibit their artwork at a professional, friendly venue for free. It is the first opportunity of its kind that enables artists to come together and display their artwork in a community environment. Submissions for the exhibition are currently open and will be accepted until 11:59PM MT on Friday, June 13th 2014.
Our Mission Statement: Empowering youth artistic spirit through by encouraging expression, conversation and celebration.
EXECUTIVE TEAM
TRACY LI
Tracy is currently a grade 12 student at Sir Winston Churchill. She is passionate for embracing individual initiative and is consistently seeking areas of development within youth arts, culture. Her friendly, diplomatic and driven persona is evident throughout her involvements in Junior Achievement, Model United Nations and position as a part-time piano and voice teacher. She hopes to further pursue her interest in startups, and international development this summer by volunteering with Startups Calgary, and the Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association. She will be pursuing a Bachelor’s of Commerce degree at Queen’s University in the Fall. She describes herself as a sincere art lover -- one who loves its spontaneity, unpredictability, hidden messages and raw expression. Art museums top of her travel bucket lists. She has always had an affinity for fine arts, oil painting landscapes since she was ten. Currently, she is finishing a school mural.
VICKY XIAO
Vicky is a Grade 12 student currently attending Western Canada High School. Her interests include the visual arts, the sciences and anything involving the intersection of the two. At school, she involves herself in the Western Canada High School Wind Ensemble, Model UN and Science Club. In her free time, she undertakes historial research with the Mission - Cliff Bungalow Community Association and volunteers as a member of the Otafest executive team. She is excited to begin studying at University of Pennsylvania in the fall and ultimately hopes to pursue a career in computer animation. She also spends an alarmingly large amount of time sketching in the middle of the night.