Young Artists Program
“Like no canvas or gallery you’ve ever known”
The Winnipeg Folk Festival and the Winnipeg Art Gallery are pleased to present the eighth annual Young Artists Program at the 2012 Winnipeg Folk Festival: a week long “travelling studio” for visual artists 14 to 18 years old. Work with mentors and peers to create a collective art exhibit in beautiful Birds Hill Provincial Park during the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
The program begins at the WAG studios where participants experiment with a variety of eco-friendly materials to create collaborative large-scale outdoor artwork, as well as individual works. The group then heads out to the festival to install their creations in a collective art exhibition that interacts with the natural environment. Students experimented with hand-made, recycled, reclaimed and eco-friendly materials to create puppets, marionettes and other interactive sculptures in the 2011 installation, titled “The Amazing Art-a-matronic Dream Machine!” Each year, a new theme is explored.
Excerpts from the 2009 Young Artists Program. Video by Przemek Pyszczek
At the 2006 Young Artists Program. Photos courtesy the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Program Details:
- The YAP is a training program for emerging artists aged 14 to 18.
- All applicants must submit samples of their work with their application.
- It runs from Monday July 2, to Friday July 6, 2012.
- Part one features studio sessions and workshops at the Winnipeg Art Gallery Studio.
- Part two takes participants out to the festival to create group installations on site at Birds Hill Provincial Park.
- Approximately 45 artists will be accepted into the program.
- Artists of all disciplines are welcome.
- Transportation to and from the festival site is provided during program hours (transportation to-and-from the WAG studio is not provided)
- Five volunteers and three mentors will supervise during program hours (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Thursday)
Applications and more information about the Young Artists Program will be available online in February 2012.
For more information about the program, please contact us at (204) 231-0096 or email info@winnipegfolkfestival.ca.
Follow the Young Artist Program blog, run by the program’s dedicated volunteers, for updates and great photos!
