OPENING DOORS FOR YOUNG ARTISTS & KICKSTARTING THEIR ART CAREER
The Artstart Foundation is getting ready to open its doors to the Artstart 2023 Exhibition, focused around secondary school students and the potential they hold for the future of local art.
Burnside High School has 2 current students, Year 13 Sienna Croad, Year 12 Lucy Uren and Shawn Clancy (2022) participating.
The Artstart Foundation which launched in 2018 (formerly known as The Creators’ Room), offers a youth development programme available to young creatives aged 15-18 years to showcase their work and connect with Aotearoa’s community of collectors. The programme currently receives over 2,000 submissions per year from young creatives across Waitaha / Canterbury.
Artstart provides upfront financial support, through the purchase and professional framing of the original artworks and funding the reproduction of limited edition prints. The artworks are then made available to the collectors through an online marketplace and annual exhibition, with all profits going directly to the artists.
Original work will be up for sale during the 14-day exhibition with prices ranging from $200 – $800. 12 guest artists from around Waitaha / Canterbury as well as 18 alumni students will also exhibit alongside the students.
