Youth Make Their Mark

18 July - 24 August 1997

A major exhibition of some of the best art works produced by senior art students in Canterbury secondary schools, this show will present an overview of art work being created today. Youth Make Their Mark will display the full range of art media including examples of current painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking and photography.

Imagery selected and manipulated by the young artists, and the manner in which they tackle the deployment of line, shape and colour, will generate a very interesting and challenging exhibition. Art students will be able to see some fine examples of work by fellow youthful artists. Teachers will have the opportunity to see works by other schools and the general public will see that teenagers today can often reach heights of excellence unexpected from the young. They will also see how today's art curriculum draws amazing work from senior students performing at high intellectual and technical levels. Youth Make Their Mark promises to be quite an eye-opener!

Participating schools cover the full spectrum from single sex private colleges to co-educational schools from widely different suburbs. Rural schools and those as far away as Greymouth and Timaru will also be contributing to Youth Make Their Mark making it an exciting and stimulating show.

The supporting programme will include a short symposium, or discussion panel, at the Gallery on Saturday 26 July at 2 pm. In this programme `Youth on Art' young artists will discuss their thoughts and ideas on the role of art in today's world and in the world they envision for the future.

This exhibition was held at the Robert McDougall Art Gallery in the Botanic Gardens.