Local youth from OKIB plus GESS were mentored by Sylix artists David Wilson Sookinakin and Sheldon Louis along with recent UBCO graduates Nicola Treat, Will Hoffman, NAV, Moozhan Ahmadzadegan and Reuben Scott for a day's painting the ideas that had been prepared and planned in advance, during in-school class time.

2018 Skate Park renovation and Youth Festival - Spray painted boards

Two day Youth Festival: Local youth project to create and paint a large character portraits on canvas. Inspired by the Scott August exhibition Furbish: Remnant Themes of Post-Amusement with it's giant gofer billboard, local children and youth were invited to create larger than life characters of their own design to hang in the Art Alley for our first collection of Youth Banners in 2017. Mentor artists Brock Gratz, Jolene Mackie, Vana Evelyn Robertson, and Sharlene McNeill supported the work.