This annual juried exhibition features exceptionally talented Grade Twelve art students. Always a favourite with the community, this 15th annual show is packed with a huge variety of art. Come and enjoy additional events and projects in this anniversary celebration of local talent. Presented in collaboration with School District 43. Sponsored by Polygon Homes Ltd. In the studio: Bring your students to the Art Gallery at Evergreen to expand their artistic knowledge and skills in still-life drawing using various media. Perhaps they will be inspired to become a part of Emerging Talent in the years to come!

Gregg Simpson has been a fixture of the Vancouver art since since the 1960s. He combines surrealism and abstration to create a fusion of figure and landscape which arises directly from the visceral process of mark making and automatism. The exhibition features large-scale paintings from his recent body of work. In the studio: Students will explore abstract painting along with pattern and surrealist techniques such as 'automatic' painting and drawing to explore and expose their imaginations and inner thoughts.

Instructors Gay Mitchell studied at Vancouver School of Art, University of British Columbia, University of Victoria, Camosun College and Regent College. In 1982 she received a BA in education at UBC. With previous studios in Victoria and Vancouver, Gay now lives in Coquitlam where she has a studio at Esplanade in Port Moody. She teaches workshops and classes at Place des Arts in Port Moody. She teaches workshops and classes at Place des Arts, Port Moody Art Centre and Evergreen Cultural Centre. Gay also adjudicates and mentors emerging artists. Her work is displayed locally and internationally in group and solo shows. Wendy Anderson A talented freelance artist, designer and art educator, Wendy Anderson is a graduate of the Bachelor of Design Program at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. Wendy is adept at engaging students of all levels, sharing her passion and knowledge of visual arts and the creative process. A five year veteran of the Arts Education Program, Wendy is also an instructor with “Learning Through the Arts” a program of the Royal Conservatory of Music, Vancouver. Performing Arts Michael Charrois A professional actor (Equity, UBCP/Actra), Michael has been teaching drama classes for ages 5 to adult for over 20 years. Michael studied acting, playwriting and directing at the University of Alberta and the Banff School of Fine Arts and he has taught drama classes for adults at the Vancouver School Board Continuing Education, teens at the Burr Theatre and Fringe Theatre Adventures as well as kids of all ages for a decade at the Stage Polaris Academy of Drama. Michael has performed in hundreds of productions on stage, screen, radio and the street, over a dozen of his plays have been produced and if you Google him, he shows up as the guy who says “ They went that’a way!” in Clint Eastwood’s Academy Award-winning film Unforgiven. Mandy Tulloch Mandy studied Acting/Dance/Production at the Barbara Speaks Stage School in London England along with Dance at George Brown College. A Professional Actor (Equity/Actra/UBCP/British Equity) Mandy has appeared in over a hundred commercials world wide, had both Lead and Principal status in many TV/Film productions as well as musical theatre, pantomime and drama on stage in both England and Canada. “Having had the training from a very young age, I am thrilled to be able to pass some of this along to the children I teach, I truly understand what they are thinking and feeling having been there myself!” Corina Akeson Corina is a professional actor working primarily in Theatre, but also works in voice over, Film and Television. She is a honours graduate of Studio 58, the professional theatre training program at Langara College and a member of Cor Departure Physical Theatre, Pacific Theatre, Mortal Coil and is the performer of the many voices in the Fun With Composers classical music education program CD’s. Corina has been instructing drama sessions with the Evergreen Cultural Centre since 2004. During sessions at the Evergreen, Corina likes to put an emphasis on abstract sound & movement as a source for inspiration, but also as a jumping point for physical storytelling and character work.

Chinese Perspectives In Art Instructor Arabel Luk will lead this experiential visual arts workshop. Cross-cultural discovery enables students to create a hands-on project in the art studio, while gaining insight into Chinese art and culture. Arabel Luk holds a Bachelor of Education degree with teaching certificates in Art, English and Geography and has a post graduate diploma in Special Education. She has been teaching art to elementary, secondary and college levels for 25 years. Please visit www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca for more details.