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2025 Chatham-Kent Arts Council scholarship recipients announced
The Chatham-Kent Arts Council has announced this year's recipients of the CK Emerging Youth Artist Scholarship.
The 2025 recipients are Tara J. Wilson and Ryan Tetreault.
Wilson is a graduate of Ursuline College in Chatham and is pursuing an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English in creative writing at the University of Ottawa.
Tara J. Wilson
Tara J. Wilson. (Source: Supplied)
She transitioned from visual arts to storytelling upon realizing it, '… was not the scenes which I loved to paint, but the vivid narratives behind them,' she said in a statement.
Tetreault is also a recent graduate of Ursuline College – The Pines – in Chatham. He will be studying in Sheridan College's Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance program. Tetreault said he is passionate about the creative process and the unifying power of storytelling in theatre and the arts.
Ryan Tetreault.
Ryan Tetreault. (Source: Supplied)
'The Chatham-Kent Arts Council is delighted to support these outstanding young arts practitioners as they embark on their artistic journeys,' said Laurie Langford, chair of the CK Arts Council Board of Directors. 'Practical encouragement like this invaluable at this career stage and we wish our recipients much success in their academic and artistic journeys.'
The recipients were selected through a community-based committee process.
The Scholarship was established in 2024 to support two graduating or recently graduated high school students from Chatham-Kent enrolled in their first year of post-secondary studies in the arts and culture field. The 2025 scholarship award is $1,500.
