CENTENNIAL SCHOOL PRESENTATION

We have been working on making connections with the local high schools for some time now. We were finally given the opportunity to speak at Centennial Secondary School in Belleville. Thanks to Bill Tomlinson we were invited to give a presentation his intermediate and senior art classes. The goal of the presentation was for us to explain Spark Box Studio, give the students an idea of who we are, what we do, how we got to where we are, and why we are interested in working with youth in the area. Being graduates of an art program are quite aware of how scary it can be to consider entering a field where you may become the ‘starving artist’. Being an artist is difficult road to travel, but it is a possible line of work.  As part of our presentation we outline how we are trying to help young artists get started by providing many resources such as: out online guides, the Art School Guide, and the Emerging Artist Guide, a volunteer/mentoring program, portfolio consultations, residency awards and a community space to work in and interact with seasoned artists. This talk at Centennial was the first in it’s series. Thank you Bill for helping to arrange this presentation we both had a blast talking to your students.