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Durham Art Gallery Kids
Holiday Art Competition

Slideshow created by our talented Youth Coordinator Trinitee Thompson

Watch this slideshow to see all the wonderful artistic submissions
we received from local kids!

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Here are the Durham Art Gallery’s 2024 Holiday Card artwork Competition selected artwork for our 2025 cards!
A drawn landscape Christmas card of a snow man in the center of the piece with his bottom resting on the bottom of the artwork. The snow man is wearing a black top hat, a red scraf with blue accents on the bottom, and the snow man has green arms. The snow man has three black buttons on the middle of his body. At the top of the picture in the right side corner there is an orange circular sun. The top of the drawing is a brown border. At the bottom of the drawing are dark blue snow hills.

Jacob, Grade 1 at MacPhail Memorial Elementary School

A Christmas card of a large Christmas tree and Santa Claus riding a sleigh. In the center of the drawing is a wide green tree with red, purple, pink, blue, and yellow decorations. At the top of the tree is a yellow star. To the right of the drawing is Santa Claus in red sleigh with gold skis attached to the bottom. The background has blue snow flakes and blue snow on the bottom of the artwork. On the card is says "Merry Christmas" in red font.

Jason, Grade 2 at MacPhail Memorial Elementary School

A white snowy scene. There are grey snowflakes across the entire background of the artwork. There are two green evergreen trees on top of a snowy hill. In the right corner of the photo there is a fire that is red and orange flames with brown wood. At the bottom of the card it reads "Happy Holidays".

Fox, Grade 2/3 at MacPhail Memorial Elementary School

A Christmas card with a yellow background and three evergreen trees at the bottom. The trees are decorate in red, blue, green, and purple decorations. At the top of the vertical card is a square of tear drop shaped silver sticker gems. At ouside of the card is dark green and the bottom reads "Season's Greetings!"

Daniel, Grade 3 at MacPhail Memorial Elementary School

Nora, Grade 5 at Edgehill Country School

Aida, Grade 4 at Edgehill Country School

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Owen, Grade 6 at Edgehill Country School

Dara, Grade 7 at MacPhail Memorial Elementary School

Trink, Grade 8 at MacPhail Memorial Elementary School

EXTRA SPECIAL THANK YOU to all the teachers and administrators at MacPhail Memorial Elementary School and Edgehill Country School for taking the time to help your students participate in this year's competition. You are our heroes!

 

Artwork created for this year's competition will be printed for our 2025 holiday season!

All proceeds from sales of these cards go to community arts programming at the Durham Art Gallery

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NOTE: The DAG is located in the region of Grey Bruce

not to be confused with the region of Durham

The Durham Art Gallery respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabek: The People of the Three Fires known as Ojibway, Odawa, and Pottawatomie Nations; the Chippewas of Saugeen, and the Chippewas of Nawash, now known as the Saugeen Ojibway Nation; and the Six Nations of the Grand River, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat-Wyandot-Wyandotte peoples.

 

We recognize that the Métis Nation of Ontario whose ancestors shared this land and these waters are still well represented throughout the region. We recognize that it is our responsibility to continue listening, learning and upholding the critical importance of truth, reconciliation and reparation as we strive for justice in all our relations.

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In line with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, we are committed to the dismantling of anti-Indigenous racism and discriminatory practices against Indigenous People.

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We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
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We would like to acknowledge program funding support from Heritage Canada, an agency of the Government of Canada.

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We would like to acknowledge our community support from the following organizations:
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The Fallis Family

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Lind Family Fund

Margaret Norquay Fund

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Thank you to our partners and collaborators who have transformed work into play.
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