Arts Carleton Place is excited to present its first ever Youth Art Competition under the umbrella of our Express Yourself program! Open to Carleton Place and area youth between the ages of 6-18, "Expressions of Carleton Place" will see works of Visual Art, Digital Photography, Poetry and Slam Poetry on display at the BIA's 3rd Annual Lamb's Down Festival on June 11, 2011. Each participant is invited to submit one work to the competition. The contest opens on April 1, 2011 with entry forms being returned to Arts Carleton Place by May 1, 2011. Entry Forms and Competition Rules are available at Arts Carleton Place and participating locations in town or by downloading them here. View: Entry Forms and Competition Rules.

Prizes will be awarded to the top three entrants in each age group and category; these works will be on display at the Lamb's Down Festival. Those works that are not one of the top 36 winners may be exhibited at another venue in town during the summer of 2011. Arts Carleton Place would like to acknowledge those businesses who have committed to sponsoring each category - Brush Strokes (Visual Arts), Picture It Studio (Digital Photography), Read's Book Shop (Poetry) and CP Cinemas (Slam Poetry). We would also like to thank the BIA and the Carleton Place Library for their support and contribution to the competition. Please contact Arts Carleton Place at 613-257-2031 or by e-mail at artscpoffice@gmail.com should you have any questions.

Participating Locations to pick up Entry Forms as of March 24, 2011:

Brush Strokes
129 Bridge Street
Carleton Place, ON

Read's Book Shop
1 - 130 Lansdowne
Carleton Place, ON

Carleton Place Public Library
101 Beckwith Street
Carleton Place, ON

Arts Carleton Place
132 Coleman Street, Train Station
Carleton Place, ON

Participating Schools

"Expressions of Carleton Place" Youth Art Competition at Lambs Down Festival, June 11, 2011

The presentation of prizes for the Arts Carleton Place "Expressions of Carleton Place" Youth Art Competition took place on June 11, 2011 at the Lambs Park Festival. A total of 88 artists took part in the categories of Visual Art, Multi-media, Digital Photography and Poetry. Several judges evaluated the artwork of youths aged 6-18 who represented many of the different schools in Carleton Place and area. Arts Carleton Place's Express Yourself Committee would like to thank all of the young artists who participated and the parents and teachers that encouraged them to do so.

Be sure to keep an eye out for the mini tour of the finalists' work taking place within Carleton Place this summer. Check out the Arts Carleton Place website at www.artscarletonplace.com for details in the next few weeks.

This inaugural youth art competition could not have been a success without the support of our sponsors. Many thanks to the Category Sponsors: Brenda MacDonald-Rowe, Century 21, Brush Strokes, Picture it Studio and Read's Book Shop. A special thank you to the Carleton Place BIA for their promotional support and their donation of BIA Bucks. As well, a big thank you goes out to our Gift Bag Sponsors: Arts Carleton Place, the BIA, Blockbuster, Bulk Barn, Dairy Queen, Picture it Studio, Read's Book Shop, Subway, The Granary and the Town of Carleton Place.

Arts Carleton Place would like to congratulate all of the winners and we encourage them to continue to express themselves through the arts ! Congratulations go to:

Expressions of Carleton Place Youth Art Competition

List of Winners

VISUAL ARTS

6-10

1st - Abbie Giles 2nd - McKinley Van Klei 3rd - Josef Stepanuik

11-14

1st - Alexander Braun 2nd - Kaia Marie Sequillion 3rd - Sophia Reimer

Honourable Mention - Carina Hochgeschurz

15-18

1st - Jena Spurrell 2nd - Ilana Reimer



MULTIMEDIA

6-10

1st - Caterina Cinciripini 2nd - Seth Dodge 3rd - Riley Nault

Honourable Mention - Rachel Pharand



DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

6-10 1st - Kaleigh Mae 2nd - Joseph Drapeau

11-14

1st - Colin Braun 2nd - Leah Reimer 3rd - Erica McCulloch

15-18

1st - Lilliana Mayer



POETRY

6-10 1st - Toni-Jade Turpin 2nd - Chloe Belisle and Emily Costain 3rd - Sydney Osborne and Emma Graham