Sponsor Youth Art Month!
Project Details
If there is one month the Art Center would like to have several times a year, it is YOUTH ART MONTH! We LOVE it!
We celebrate Youth Art Month (March) every year by organizing an exhibition of outstanding artworks produced by students within a 50-mile radius. After art teachers select works for review, a local art professional chooses 80-90 artworks for a museum-quality exhibition. Each year focuses on either elementary, middle, or high school students and in 2022 work by high school students will be featured.
Your financial gift to Youth Art Month supports:
Professional framing costs for 50-60 artworks. Each child's artwork is sent home with them after the exhibition is over as a lasting reminder of the incredible artistic ability they possess.
Reception costs. Hundreds of students, families, and teachers attend the opening reception, which features the Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem of Sioux City and other dignitaries.
Award certificates and discounts on Art Center classes.
And, most important, the creativity and encouragement of the children of Siouxland!
The Arts, and particularly Youth Art Month, includes children of all socioeconomic backgrounds, and gives them creativity and confidence that carries over into all areas of their lives. Events like Youth Art Month provide the child and their family with great memories and strenghtens the child's self-esteem through public acknowledgment of their artistic gift. The ARTS are ESSENTIAL!