YAM 2010: Exhibition for Youth Art Month
March 7 May 2
This year marks the 23rd annual Youth Art Month (YAM) exhibition of student artwork on view in the Grisham Gallery. This exhibition showcases nearly 200 exuberant works of art by youth in kindergarten through grade 12 from Huntsville City, Madison City, Madison County, Athens City, Limestone County, Decatur City, and Scottsboro City schools.
Also on display in the Beck Meeting Room from March 7-14 is the Visual Arts Achievement Program (VAA) Alabama’s District V. 17 Blue Ribbon Finalists of middle and high school works of art will be displayed. The award-winning works will then subsequently travel to Montgomery to be displayed at the Alabama State Council on the Arts, along with other regional winners from across the state. Also on view is the winner of the Congressional Art Competition, selected from high students in the 5th Congressional District from March 7-May 2. The work will later travel to Washington D.C. for a yearlong display in the Cannon Tunnel at the U.S. Capitol.
Youth Art Month is observed nationally each March to emphasize the value of art education for children and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. Youth Art Month is endorsed by The National Art Education Association, Alabama Art Education Association, Alabama State Department of Education, Alabama Arts Alliance for Art Education, and locally the Huntsville-Madison County Art Education Association.
Organized by HMA.
Click here for the YAM 2010 Invite
Additional support provided by:
Cobham Analytic Solutions/Sparta
The Alpha Foundation
RBC Bank (USA)
BB & T Bank
Dr. Greg Gum
Dr. and Mrs. John J. Johnson Jr.
Teledyne Brown Engineering
Alabama Alliance for Arts Education
The Alabama State Council on the Arts
The Huntsville Times
The Women’s Guild of the Huntsville Museum of Art