ART OF THE CITY
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The Art of the City Scholarship seeks to encourage and empower artists of all disciplines to submit an original piece of art around the year's chosen theme.
2026 Scholarship Submissions Now Open!
We are excited to announce the 2026 Art of the City Scholarship theme is: TRANSFORMATION.
As we enter our 5th year offering the Art of the City Scholarship, we invite all Creatives, past and present, to explore the Art of the City Gallery. Gather inspiration from past Gold & Silver scholarship recipients, explore interactive gallery elements & help celebrate our local Creatives!
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We’re excited to officially announce the 2026 Art of the City Scholarship theme: TRANSFORMATION.
This theme encourages the Creatives to explore the processes of change, growth, and discovery — Consider new artistic mediums, combine different art styles & demonstrate the theme through your creative process.
Transformation scholarship now open to grade 12 students from Semiahmoo Secondary, Earl Marriott Secondary, Elgin Park Secondary, Grandview Heights Secondary.
2026 TRANSFORMATION
SCHOLARSHIP
OPEN STUDENT SUBMISSIONS
Art of the City Gallery is a celebration of our Art of the City Scholarship recipients’ creative works, displayed in an interactive, rotating gallery space for VERVE residents and Creatives to enjoy.
We warmly invite you to participate in this shared creative experience. Receive one of our new Art of the City Society exclusive alumni pin — a limited keepsake created to celebrate community, creativity, and participation.
ART OF THE CITY
GALLERY
Open by appointment,
COLLECT YOUR EXCLUSIVE ALUMNI PIN!
Now OPEN TO
eligible students!
Featured Past Scholarship Themes
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The 2025 Art of the City Scholarship welcomed the graduating classes of 4 local high schools to explore this year's theme, SELF.
The 2025 Creatives examined the theme of SELF through every lens — Discovering and detailing relationships between themselves and the world around us, Creatives found SELF in everyday moments & unexpected places.
Congratulations to the graduating classes of 2025 — We're honoured by the opportunity to support our local students, and wish them our best as they continue their Creative journeys!
Our 2024 Creatives pushed their artistic boundaries in the pursuit to exemplify
CHAOS. Students explored the way CHAOS is inevitable — through the mundane or the extraordinary, whether embraced or challenged.
This year's submissions showcased the greatest range of artistic mediums we've seen yet, and we are thrilled by the incredible talent and creativity displayed by this year's Creatives.
We're honoured to have the opportunity to support our fellow Creatives and wish the graduating classes of 2024 endless inspiration in their pursuits!
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We are so inspired by the creativity, interpretation and conceptualization of this year’s theme, HOPE. From poems to embroidery, sculptures to paintings, the 2023 Creatives demonstrated exceptional artistic talent and imagination.
A progression from the 2022 theme UNITY, we are inspired by the many interpretations of HOPE through original art pieces. The creatives have taken HOPE and explored, defined and deconstructed it.
We offer our sincerest congratulations to the 2023 Art of the City Scholarship Creatives, and wish them all the best in their future artistic endeavours!
We are so proud to have launched our Art of the City Scholarship in 2022. For our premiering year's theme, we chose: UNITY.
From fashion to film, and everything in between, each submission was an incredible journey as Semiahmoo Secondary's students explored, deconstructed and demonstrated the concept of UNITY and what it means to them.
We are incredibly grateful for every submission received in our inaugural year and we couldn't be more proud of our fellow creatives.
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reflection
“Self means deep inner reflection to me. It's who you are on the inside and show to the world. It's a very personal word.”
- m.h
2025 scholarship recipients have been announced!
the 2025 creatives examined the theme of self through every lens — we're honoured by the opportunity to support our local students, and wish them our best as they continue their creative journeys!
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unreflective windows
“Self is when you can look back at all the different versions of who you have been... but still either appreciate or even just accept what came your way.”
- a.b
freedom in constraints
“For me, self represents understanding: understanding of who I was, who I am now and who I will be in the future.”
- w.j
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