Winners Of 2022 Bierk Art Fund Bursaries Announced

The Electric City Culture Council (EC3) has announced the winners of the 2022 Bierk Art Fund Bursaries as Austin Bowie and Ashleigh Gillen. Each student will receive a $1,000 bursary to pursue post-secondary studies in the Visual Arts or Architecture.

The Bierk Art Fund Bursary program was developed and administered by EC3 to support young artists in the community. Annually, they provide bursaries of $1,000 each to two graduating high school students in the City or County of Peterborough.

Austin Bowie is graduating from the Visual Arts Program at Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School, and will study visual arts at NSCAD (Nova Scotia School of Art and Design) in the fall.

“I want to pursue a career in the arts and continue studying arts because it is my passion and what makes me happy,” said Bowie. “I not only love creating art, but also enjoy being able to speak and teach others the things I have discovered, whether it be from my own practice or researching other artists / movements / techniques and more.”

Ashleigh Gillen is graduating from Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institution, in the Arts and Culture Special High Skills Major program, and will be studying at Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture in the fall.

“Art is my passion. I am excited to expand my knowledge of art, design and their practical applications. I want to combine art in multimedia with my other interests like science and social consciousness,” she said. “I am interested in the combination of styles, textures and media to communicate ideas through art.”

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