HERE I AM: Virtual Student Exhibition 2022
"HERE I AM" Virtual Student Exhibition is a collection of works celebrating the curiosity, passion, technique, and talent of emerging young creatives in grades 9 – 12 across Chatham-Kent. Explore the visual narratives young artists, designers, and makers use to capture their unique stories and impressions about their world through diverse mediums and creative processes.
The Thames Art Gallery staff would like to express our warmest gratitude to all the talented young artists who have submitted to both Here I Am and the Thames Art Gallery Graduating Art Scholarship. We have enjoyed viewing your art and are delighted to be sharing it with our community. A special thank you also goes to Cathy Van Raay-Myers whose generous donation made the Graduating Art Scholarship opportunity possible for the students of Chatham-Kent.
We would also like to acknowledge the support, guidance, and enthusiasm that parents and teachers alike have shown throughout the process of bringing this exhibition to life. You continue to inspire our young artists, a fact we should never overlook.
We encourage you all to vote for your favourite pieces in Here I Am. Three winners of a $100 People's Choice Award will be presented to those artists.
To all of the students: best of luck with your continued studies, and enjoy your summer!
Vote for People’s Choice Award!
We encourage you all to vote for your favourite pieces in Here I Am. Three winners of a $100 People's Choice Award will be presented to those artists.
We at the Thames Art Gallery would like to congratulate all the young artists who participated in Here I Am: Secondary School Virtual Exhibition 2022. It has been an absolute delight to see all your work; we are thoroughly impressed by the quality.
With great pleasure, we get to announce a special congratulations to the three People’s Choice Award Winners!
Teryn Romanick
Adia O’Rourke-Archibald
Myla Furlan
Myla Furlan, Lonesome Affection, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. Ursuline College Chatham: Grade 10.
Ally Wilson, Koi Pond, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 12.
Celia MacDonald, Portrait of a girl, 2022. Oil on canvas. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11
Nia Wood, Different View, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. John McGregor Secondary School: Grade 11.
Megan Giang, Morning Coffee, 2022. Painting. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11.
Myla Furlan, Painted Bones, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. Ursuline College Chatham: Grade 10.
Ally Wilson, Overgrown, 2022. Watercolour on paper. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 12.
Nia Wood, Different World, 2022. Pencil. John McGregor Secondary School: Grade 11.
Adia O'Rourke-Archibald, Let Me Rest, 2022. Digital. John McGregor Secondary School: Grade 11.
Nia Wood, The Shoe, 2022. Watercolour. John McGregor Secondary School: Grade 11.
Celia MacDonald, Portrait of a girl #2, 2022. Oil on canvas. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11
Jennifer Hua, Morning Freesias, 2022. Digital. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11.
Egan Johnson, I Am Here, 2022. Paint, pencil, pen, marker and crayon on paper. Ursuline College Chatham: Grade 10.
Teryn Romanick, Here I Am, 2022. Mixed media. Ursuline College Chatham: Grade 10.
Izabel Deschamps, Karaoke Feelings, 2022. Toilet Paper Sculpture, St Clair Catholic High School (Virtual Learning): Grade 11
Megan Giang, Cupcake? Cupcake, 2022. Pencil. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11.
Ally Wilson, Ceramic Mug, 2022. Ceramic. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 12.
Brooke Reilly, Sammy's Working, 2022. Digital Animation. Grade 12
Myla Furlan, Ripples of Me, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. Ursuline College Chatham: Grade 10.
Adia O'Rourke-Archibald, Seaside, 2022. Digital. John McGregor Secondary School: Grade 11.
Adia O'Rourke-Archibald, Hercules Beetle, 2022. Digital. John McGregor Secondary School: Grade 11.
Izabel Deschamps, My Protective Bubble of Pansexuality, 2022. Eco Art, St Clair Catholic High School (Virtual Learning): Grade 11
Tatum Mathieu, Eye Look Past, 2022. Digital. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 12.
Celia MacDonald, Fashion in the year 22, 2022. Digital Collage. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11
Megan Giang, Autumn Breeze, 2022. Digital. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11.
Jennifer Hua, Where We May Be, 2022. Clay. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11.
Izabel Deschamps, Cuddle Money, 2022. Installation Art, St Clair Catholic High School (Virtual Learning): Grade 11
Brooke Reilly, William's Day Off, 2022. Digital. Grade 12
Jennifer Hua, Prismatic Funk, 2022. Watercolour on paper. Chatham Kent Secondary School: Grade 11.
Brooke Reilly, Good Morning Millie, 2022. Digital. Grade 12
Ava Konstantinou, Expression, 2022. Violin, etching stick, acrylic paint and plaster. Ursuline College Chatham: Grade 10.
Ava Konstantinou, Expression, 2022. Violin, etching stick, acrylic paint and plaster. Ursuline College Chatham: Grade 10.
Ava Konstantinou, Expression, 2022. Violin, etching stick, acrylic paint and plaster. Ursuline College Chatham: Grade 10.
Thames Art Gallery Graduating Art Scholarship Award 2022: Aiden Hawgood
The Thames Art Gallery is offering a one thousand dollar scholarship award to a Chatham-Kent secondary school student who intends to further their education in any of the visual arts, including fine arts, commercial or graphic arts. The recipient must be planning to attend a post-secondary institution (college or university) full-time in the fall of the year following graduation in an arts program.
This scholarship is graciously donated by sponsor Cathy Van Raay-Myers who made this opportunity possible for the students of Chatham-Kent.
Congratulations, Aiden Hawgood. Your passion for advocacy, LGBTQIA+, Feminism and dedication to your practice was clear to see. We wish you the best in your continued studies.
Thames Art Gallery staff wishes commiserations to all the other graduating students who have applied to the scholarship. We received several deserving applications, and it was challenging to select only one of the many qualified candidates.
