Less than 7 days left to vote for your favorite artwork in the teen art contest So You Want To Be an Artist?

Online voting ends at 11:59 EST November 15, 2015

OTTAWA, Nov. 9, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Art works by 258 aspiring artists aged 16 to 19 from across Canada are featured in the 5th edition of the National Gallery of Canada (NGC)'s contest So You Want to Be an Artist? Members of the public have until 11:59 pm EST November 15, 2015 to vote for their favorite artworks on the contest website soyouwanttobeanartist.ca

This year's contest features submissions from across the country; from Quispamsis, New Brunswick to North Saanich, British Columbia and everything in-between.

The contest will have 15 finalists, 12 chosen by the voting public, and three additional artworks selected by NGC Associate Curator of Canadian Modern Art, Adam Welch. These 15 finalists will have their artworks displayed at the NGC in the Artissimo Gallery.

In early December 2015 the jury, which this year includes, Associate curator of Canadian Modern Art, Adam Welch, artist Luke Siemens, artist Sandy Plotnikoff, and artist and Associate Professor of Painting at the University of Ottawa, Jinny Yu, will select three prize winners from the 15 works on view.

The first-place winner will receive a trip to Ottawa, an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the Gallery, a portfolio review by an NGC curator and a gift certificate for art supplies. Join the conversation by following the contest on Twitter and Facebook, @Art_Canada, and facebook.com/makeart.faisdelart using the hashtag #WeAreArtists.

CBC/Radio-Canada and Colleges and Institutes Canada are collaborating with the contest by promoting it through their various digital platforms

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* Number of participants per city below.

NGC contest So You Want To Be an Artist?
Participants provenance

Province	City	Number of participants
Alberta	Barrie	1
Alberta	Bawlf	1
Alberta	Calgary	5
Alberta	Courtenay	1
Alberta	Didsbury	1
Alberta	Edmonton	4
Alberta	Fort McMurray	2
Alberta	Grande Prairie	1
Alberta	Lethbridge	1
Alberta	Nobleford	1
Alberta	Olds	1
Alberta	Penhold	1
Alberta	Red Deer	4
Alberta	Spruce View	1
British-Columbia	Abbotsford	1
British-Columbia	Coquitlam	1
British-Columbia	Creston	1
British-Columbia	Dawson Creek	1
British-Columbia	Delta	1
British-Columbia	Kamloops	1
British-Columbia	Kelowna	2
British-Columbia	Langley	1
British-Columbia	Mission	1
British-Columbia	North Saanich	1
British-Columbia	Pitt Meadows	1
British-Columbia	Prince George	1
British-Columbia	Surrey	1
British-Columbia	Vancouver	3
British-Columbia	Vernon	1
British-Columbia	Victoria	3
Manitoba	Gladstone	1
Manitoba	Winnipeg	4
New-Brunswick	Notre Dame	1
NewFoundland-Labrador	Hare Bay	1
Nova-Scotia	Amherst	1
Nova-Scotia	Bridgewater	1
Nova-Scotia	Coldbrook	1
Nova-Scotia	Dartmouth	2
Nova-Scotia	Halifax	2
Nova-Scotia	Liverpool	1
Nova-Scotia	Yarmouth	1
Ontario	Alexandria	1
Ontario	Apple Hill	1
Ontario	Aylmer	1
Ontario	Barrie	4
Ontario	Beamsville	1
Ontario	Bowmanville	3
Ontario	Brampton	1
Ontario	Brantford	2
Ontario	Brockville	1
Ontario	Burlington	4
Ontario	Cambridge	2
Ontario	Collingwood	2
Ontario	Corbeil	2
Ontario	East- Hawkesbury	1
Ontario	Fenelon Falls	1
Ontario	Guelph	1
Ontario	Hamilton	5
Ontario	Kanata	2
Ontario	Kemptville	3
Ontario	Kingsville	1
Ontario	Lakefield	1
Ontario	Limehouse	1
Ontario	London	2
Ontario	Manitowaning	1
Ontario	Markham	5
Ontario	Merrickville	1
Ontario	Mississauga	13
Ontario	Nepean	1
Ontario	Newcastle	3
Ontario	North Bay	14
Ontario	Nottawa	1
Ontario	Oakville	3
Ontario	Ottawa	22
Ontario	Pembroke	1
Ontario	Pickering	1
Ontario	Port Stanley	1
Ontario	Rainy River	1
Ontario	Richmond Hill	2
Ontario	Russell	1
Ontario	Sarnia	1
Ontario	Scarborough	1
Ontario	Spencerville	1
Ontario	St Catharines	1
Ontario	Stouffville	1
Ontario	Sudbury	1
Ontario	Sutton West	1
Ontario	Themiskaming Shores	1
Ontario	Thornhill	1
Ontario	Thunder Bay	1
Ontario	Toronto	6
Ontario	Vaughan	1
Ontario	Wasaga Beach	3
Ontario	Windsor	1
Ontario	Woodbridge	1
Prince Edward Island	Belfast	1
Prince Edward Island	Cardigan	1
Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown	1
Québec	Brossard	2
Québec	Drummondville	1
Québec	Gatineau	2
Québec	Laval	2
Québec	Longueuil	1
Québec	Lorraine	1
Québec	Montréal	14
Québec	Nicolet	1
Québec	Québec	2
Québec	Rawdon	1
Québec	Rivière-Bleue	1
Québec	Rosemère	1
Québec	Saint-Benoit	1
Québec	Saint-Georges	1
Québec	Saint-Hyacinthe	1
Québec	Saint-Jérôme	2
Québec	Saint-Pie	1
Québec	Sainte-Madeleine	1
Quebec	St-Lambert	1
Quebec	Terrebonne	1
Quebec	Vaudreuil	1
Quebec	Vaudreuil-Dorion	1
Saskatchewan	Hazlet	1
Saskatchewan	Kyle	1
Saskatchewan	Regina	6
Saskatchewan	Saskatoon	4
Saskatchewan	Weyburn	1
Total		258

SOURCE National Gallery of Canada

For media only: To set up an interview with a Gallery spokesperson or a contest participant from your region* (upon participants' prior approval), please contact: Josée-Britanie Mallet, Senior Media and Public Relations Officer, National Gallery of Canada, 613.990.6835 / [email protected]