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Gemstone Gallery features a selection of youth artists in an annual exhibition as well as a series of permanently displayed artworks from the Annual Art Acquisition program.  

The annual exhibition represents the award-winning artists from the Art Society of Strathcona County’s annual Student Art Competition Show and Sale. Each May, the Show and Sale features students from Grades 10 to 12, who are registered in an accredited school or program within Strathcona County. From 2023 onward, winning artists from the Student Art Competition will be invited to a year-long exhibition at the Gemstone Gallery.  

The gallery is located on the second floor of the Emerald Hills Leisure Centre and is an inclusive place where youth artwork can be shared and enjoyed by the public. 

2025 Artists

Can A Heart Still Beat Once It's Broken
Can A Heart Still Beat Once It's Broken
Black Dahlia
Black Dahlia
It All Comes Out in the Wash
It All Comes Out in the Wash
Aslan
Aslan
Interstellar
Interstellar
Feathered Affection
Feathered Affection
My Own Worst Critic
My Own Worst Critic
I Don't Bite
I Don't Bite
Around the Tree
Around the Tree
Starless Reflection
Starless Reflection
A Self Portrait
A Self Portrait
Jeremy
Jeremy
  • Can A Heart Still Beat Once It's Broken

    Can A Heart Still Beat Once It's Broken

    Maddison Smith, Clay, 2025

  • Black Dahlia

    Black Dahlia

    Uzochi Ukiwe, Ink and charcoal, 2025​
     

     

  • Clarity

    Clarity

    Ashlyn Mok, Photograph, 2025

  • It All Comes Out in the Wash

    It All Comes Out in the Wash

    Amber Dancey, Acrylic

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  • Aslan

    Aslan

    Marisa Irvine, Acrylic

  • Interstellar

    Interstellar

    Lexi Schroter, Acrylic

  • Feathered Affection

    Feathered Affection

    Lyla Sales, Coloured pencil

  • Toronto Red

    Toronto Red

    Lauren Davison-Taljit​, Photograph

  • My Own Worst Critic

    My Own Worst Critic

    Olivia Peddle​, Graphite

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  • I Don't Bite

    I Don't Bite

    Amber Dancey, Pen

  • Around the Tree

    Around the Tree

    Marissa Ozdemir​, Graphite

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  • Starless Reflection

    Starless Reflection

    Samantha DeCoursey​, Acrylic

  • Challengingly Directioned ​

    Challengingly Directioned ​

    Ashley Ackerman, Digital art

  • A Self Portrait

    A Self Portrait

    Avery Ackroyd​, Graphite​

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  • Jeremy

    Jeremy

    Kennedy Dugay​, Scratchboard

Artworks from the Permanent Collection

Empress
Empress
Growing Heart
Growing Heart
Third Layer of the Tutankhamen Sarcophagus
Third Layer of the Tutankhamen Sarcophagus
  • Empress

    Empress

    Nancy Peters, Oil pastel and graphite on paper, 2003.

  • Growing Heart

    Growing Heart

    Kurstyn Pelchat, Oil pastel, 2011

  • Third Layer of the Tutankhamen Sarcophagus

    Third Layer of the Tutankhamen Sarcophagus

    Andrew McCaffrey, Polymer clay, 2005

  • Whisper Psychosis

    Whisper Psychosis

    Sydney Bosetti, Reproduction, pencil on paper, 2010

  • Behind the Mask

    Behind the Mask

    Hannah Jackson, Reproduction, pencil on paper, 2010

  • A Balancing Act

    A Balancing Act

    Josh Harnack, Soapstone, 2010

  • Point and Shoot

    Point and Shoot

    Christine Kereliuk, Reproduction, pencil on paper, 2010

  • Oblivion

    Oblivion

    Sydney Bosetti, Reproduction, mixed media on canvas, 2010

  • A Slap in the Face

    A Slap in the Face

    Rosemarie Juksokoski, Photography, 2014

  • Untitled

    Untitled

    Isabelle Kuzio, Mixed media, 2013

  • Marilyn

    Marilyn

    Rebecca Wilcox, Reproduction, Oil pastel, 2010

  • Stripped Away

    Stripped Away

    Jodie Heinrichs, Airbrush, 2015

  • Love Is Our Weapon

    Love Is Our Weapon

    Samantha Schultz, Acrylic on canvas, 2015

  • Lock in the Message

    Lock in the Message

    Madison Weimann, Reproduction, pencil on paper, 2012

Related topics

Visual arts programs

Art Collection Advisory Committee

Public art

Gallery@501

Last updated: Friday, September 19, 2025
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