HOPE – My Store

THANK YOU

TO OUR 2023 CREATIVES!

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.

GOLD SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

The Gold Art of the City Scholarships were proudly presented to five Creatives in the amount of $1000 for their exceptional artistic achievement and successful expression of HOPE.

Missing Marsh

“I have noticed that hope seems to be necessitated by pain. People sustain hope to escape from some form of anguish, or to manifest never falling into anguish. But ultimately, we do not hope for things within our control.” - C.S

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Through The Cracks

“Hope is often used to contrast. While your environment and even future may look grim you still persevere with the shield of hope.” - Z.M.O

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Night Shift

“To me, hope lies in the knowledge we gain and how we are able to apply it, especially in the hands of the youth who are the future and the promise of tomorrow.” - I.A

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Building Bridges to Where Hope Leads

“Hope is not just a passive idea but something we actively cultivate.” - M.A

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I Will Be Free

“This poem shows how easy it can be to lose hope but how necessary hope is to living a fulfilling life.” - N.M

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Missing Marsh

“I have noticed that hope seems to be necessitated by pain. People sustain hope to escape from some form of anguish, or to manifest never falling into anguish. But ultimately, we do not hope for things within our control.” - C.S

LEARN MORE

Through The Cracks

“Hope is often used to contrast. While your environment and even future may look grim you still persevere with the shield of hope.” - Z.M.O

LEARN MORE

Night Shift

“To me, hope lies in the knowledge we gain and how we are able to apply it, especially in the hands of the youth who are the future and the promise of tomorrow.” - I.A

LEARN MORE

Building Bridges to Where Hope Leads

“Hope is not just a passive idea but something we actively cultivate.” - M.A

LEARN MORE

I Will Be Free

“This poem shows how easy it can be to lose hope but how necessary hope is to living a fulfilling life.” - N.M

LEARN MORE

SILVER SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

The Silver Art of the City Scholarships were proudly presented to ten Creatives in the amount of $500 for their exceptional artistic achievement and successful expression of HOPE.

AND SO WHOEVER IN THIS LIFE A COCOON TO A BUTTERFLY FOLLOW THE LIGHT A FUTURE'S HOPE IS PAST

LITTLE HOPE GLIMPSE OF GUIDANCE FLOATING DREAM SECRET SPRINGTIME CULTIVAT-ING-ION-ED

FEATURED ARTISTS

FIGURING THE FUTURE

GARDEN OF HOPE

THE SPARK WITHIN

ONLY YOU

THE LAST BELL

THE CLIMB

HUMAN ASPIRATIONS

HOPE OF LIFE EGG

HOPE

COWARDICE!

EYE THINK THEREFORE EYE AM

GROUNDED

THE GOOD PIRATES

FROM OUR CREATIVES

“Hope is not just a passive idea but something we actively cultivate.”

-- c.l

“Hope to me [is] how we see this world in an optimistic way, which helps our attitudes to change for a better life. I believe the world doesn’t change often, but rather the way we perceive it does.”

-- r.l

“To me, hope lies in the knowledge we gain and how we are able to apply it, especially in the hands of the youth who are the future and the promise of tomorrow.”

-- y.l

“I have noticed that hope seems to be necessitated by pain. People sustain hope to escape from some form of anguish, or to manifest never falling into anguish. But ultimately, we do not hope for things within our control.”

-- j.l

“The chrysalis before the butterfly, the sliver of light before a sunrise, that is hope.”

-- m.z

“Hope can be overwhelming and powerful, it can be terrifying, it can be beautiful, but at the same time it can all be something quite simple.”

-- c.f

FEATURED PAST THEME: UNITY

We are so inspired by the creativity, interpretation and conceptualization of the 2022 theme, UNITY. From poems to embroidery, sculptures to paintings, the 2022 Creatives demonstrated exceptional artistic talent and imagination.