The Vanguard Youth Arts Collective: Stephen Drouin, Program Advisor, Samantha Enríquez, Vice President, Sophie Hinch, President and Kristina Bradt, General Member.
STORY BY MICHAEL SEGUIN PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY VANGUARD YOUTH ARTS COLLECTIVE
100 JOURNALS PROJECT New Project Unites Art and Community
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AN ARTIST’S JOURNEY IS, by nature, often solitary. The patience, determination and focus that honing a craft requires can be, at best, taxing and, at worst, isolating. Which is ironic, considering that creating art is fundamentally altruistic—a method of bringing people together to share emotions and ideas. That said, nothing can be more invigorating for a young artist than discovering a community of likeminded peers. The Vanguard Youth Arts Collective is an organization of young artists dedicated to serving emerging creatives in the WindsorEssex region. Operating under the Arts Council-Windsor & Region umbrella, Vanguard nurtures creative development in a number of ways, including acting as a vital resource for local artists, raising awareness, encouraging collaboration and generating career opportunities. “Vanguard started in 2015 through a grant that the Arts Council received,” Sophie Hinch, the President of Vanguard, explains. “They recruited a bunch of creative young people working in
