MAY 2018 THE RIDER /53 Mississauga Arts Council Lauds Literary Derby The Mississauga Arts
Council likes the Youth Liter- ary Derby. The Mississauga Arts
Council, one of a dozen high profile partners helping to as- sist and promote the fledgling Youth Literary Derby, encases 38,000 individual artists under one common umbrella and acts as a catalyst to inspire and en- gage and connect opportunities within the Mississauga arts community. The Mississauga Arts
Council’s executive director, Mike Douglas, immediately grasped the Literary Derby’s concept of encouraging On- tario’s youth connecting with the equine world and express- ing their encounters in prose and verse, and summed up his feelings. “Essential to creative expression is the stimulating effect of experiencing some- thing new, something that en- gages your senses and prompts you to think differently, see dif- ferently, feel differently.” he said. “At the Mississauga Arts Council we were immediately impressed by the presence of all of these stimulants in the new Youth Literary Derby. Kids away from home on a farm, engaging with magnifi- cent horses and writing about it.
—Sign Me Up.” The Youth Literary
Derby is a juried, horse-themed contest for Ontario students grades 5-8. It offers $2,000 in prize money and is designed to encourage writing and literacy skills. It reaches out to horse- loving kids with a literary flair to submit their evaluations and perceptions of the Standard- bred horse. The Youth Literary
Derby challenges the educa- tional system to draw the atten- tion of today’s youth beyond the world of computers and into the world of nature, and the horse, that has had a major impact on the history and de- velopment of this planet. The Youth Literary
Derby’s objective mirrors the Mississauga Arts Council’s 3- word mission statement of Cre- ate, Connect and Celebrate. It creates the opportunity for On- tario’s youth to connect and de- velop an appreciation for the
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