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Jeunesse créative NB Artful Youth exhibition to open at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery

May 3, 2024

(Saint John, NB, May 2, 2024) – The NB Arts Centre Association / Association des centres des arts du NB announces that the Jeunesse créative NB Artful Youth exhibition will open this month at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick in the Harriet Irving Gallery, with a free public opening on May 5, 2024, at 12 PM.

Made possible with generous funding from the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation, this provincial high school visual arts program is a collaborative partnership between nine provincial art centres: the Aberdeen Cultural Centre, Moncton; Centre des Arts et de la Culture de Dieppe; Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton; Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre, St Andrews; Ax Art Centre, Sussex; Société Culturelle Kent-Sud, Bouctouche; Saint John Arts Centre; Centre des arts d’Edmundston; Andrew & Laura McCain Gallery, Florenceville-Bristol) and the Neqotkuk Art Studio (Tobique First Nation).

Five students per location, in grades 10 and 11, received 16 hours of intense training by hired, qualified artists and art educators, each exploring a number of art mediums offered at each art centre. The purpose of this project was to encourage creative young students to consider a career in the fine art or fine craft sectors. Each student involved in the project created a meaningful body of work and was encouraged to participate in dialogue with their peers in other communities through social media.

Artwork created by the Jeunesse créative NB Artful Youth participants will be featured in an exhibition at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery from May 5 to June 9, 2024. Those interested in viewing these excellent works by New Brunswick students are encouraged to join the free public celebration on May 5, 2024, at 12 PM in the Harriet Irving Gallery in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

Light refreshments and tours will be available during the opening celebration. No RSVP is necessary.

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This project was made possible with generous funding from the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation and coordinated through the NB Arts Centre Association / Association des centres des arts du N.B.

Media Contacts:

Andrew Kierstead | Saint John Arts Centre | director@sjartscentre.ca | (506) 633-4870

Kathryn McCarroll | The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation | shmf@sheilahughmackay.ca | (506) 693-5647

Curtis Richardson | Beaverbrook Art Gallery | crichardson@beaverbrookartgallery.org | (506) 458 2028

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