YOUTH ART MONTH 2012

CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF YOUTH ART WINNERS

Best In Show winner, Thuy-Hahn Tran "Nature's Irony", Gainesville High School, 12th grade. 

March is nationally recognized as Youth Art Month, and at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center it will be celebrated in style. All Quinlan gallery spaces will be devoted to the display of youth art entries from March 16 through April 14, 2012.  This annual youth art competition is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Gainesville.  All local Gainesville and Hall County middle and high schools have been invited to submit their best artwork from students grade 6 to 12.  Winners of this competition will receive scholarship awards from the Charles J. Thurmond Youth Art Scholarship fund.  The award announcements will be made at a reception for students and parents will be held at the Quinlan on Friday, March 16, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.  Click HERE for official announcement and art entry forms. 

For elementary schools, entry forms and information are now available, please click HERE .

We are so pleased to announce the opportunity for elementary students to participate in Youth Art Month this spring!

This is a non-competitive art exhibition for elementary school students grades 3 – 5. All participants will receive special certificates of recognition.

2011 Best in Show Winner, David Patterson "Portrait of an Artist"