The Fine Arts Center is proud to celebrate all the great art educators and art students in the New River Valley by continuing our participation in Youth Art Month. This year, the entire Historic Downtown Pulaski area will be joining in support of our teachers by displaying student art in their front windows. Visit downtown to see the art or visit our online gallery.
Youth Art Month is an annual celebration of student artists and their teachers started by the Council for Art Education. It occurs every March, and it is one of the most popular exhibits hosted by the Fine Arts Center. Student artists of all ages K-12 from schools from across the region submit hundreds of works to exhibit in our Edna B. Love Gallery. The event usually culminates with a reception for families that brings dozens of families to Pulaski on a weekend afternoon to view the art, mingle, and enjoy historic downtown.
While 2021 is not going to allow the Center to host an indoor event, the Board of Directors at the Fine Arts Center has a special plan to celebrate our young artists and their teachers this year. We are collaborating with Pulaski on Main and the Pulaski Tourism and Art Committee to plan a larger venue for student art. We have contacted local businesses and building owners in Downtown Pulaski and asked them to display youth art in their front windows through the month of March. We have had overwhelming agreement to support our students and teachers!
Every year, Youth Art Month has a theme and this year’s theme for the Fine Arts Center is “Being Proud of the NRV.” This supports the coinciding theme, “Pulaski County Proud,” sponsored by the Pulaski County Commission on Children and Families which has its own day - March 26, 2021! In times like these, to celebrate that which makes us proud and glad to live in this region is a welcome cause! Come downtown and view the student art to celebrate the hard work of our art educators this past year despite many challenges.
Pulaski on Main (87, 89 W. Main Street) is one of the many places that our Youth Art Month pieces are on display.