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Each spring the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts sponsors the Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition, a show mounted on the LCVA's Lower Level. The exhibition features work from some 400 students from ten counties, including public, private, and home schools. In 2013, the youth art exhibition will run from March 24 – April 20, with a free opening reception for the young artists, their families, and the adoring public on March 24. The LCVA would like to express appreciation to
the Jessie Ball duPont Fund for its sponsorship of our 2013 youth art exhibition.
2013 Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition
Lower Level
24 March – 20 April
The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts is proud to present Start with Art, Learn for Life, the Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition. On Sunday, March 24, the LCVA hosted an opening reception from 2 - 4 p.m. This year’s youth art events were made possible by generous support from the Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
The Main Street Window Gallery featured "Vincent Van Gogh: Sunflower Days & Starry Nights," an installation by Pre-K through Fourth grade students from Prince Edward County Elementary School. The installation was coordinated by art teachers Carol Edmonson and Joy Utzinger.
This is the thirteenth year LCVA has sponsored the Annual Area Youth Art Exhibition. The following schools will participate in the 2013 exhibition: Amelia County High School, Amelia County Middle School, Appomattox County High School, Appomattox Middle School, Appomattox Primary School, Bacon District Elementary School, Blackstone Primary School, Buckingham County High School, Buckingham County Middle School, Buckingham Primary School, Burkeville Elementary School, Central High School, Central Middle School, Crewe Primary School, Cumberland Elementary School, Cumberland High School , Cumberland Middle School, Eureka Elementary School, Five-County Home School, Fuqua Lower School, Fuqua Middle School, Fuqua Upper School, Lunenburg Middle School, New Life Christian Academy, Nottoway County High School, Nottoway County Intermediate School, Nottoway County Middle School, Phenix Elementary School,
Pocahontas Elementary School, Powhatan Elementary School, Pocahontas Middle School, Powhatan Junior High School, Powhatan High School, Prince Edward County Elementary School, Prince Edward County Middle School, Prince Edward County High School, and Thomas Jefferson Center.
Featured Artwork: Julie Hackman (grade 12), Animals, color pencil, 12 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches, Powhatan High School, art teacher: Jill Ward.
For more information, contact:
Emily Grabiec, Curator of Education
434-395-2648
grabiecea at longwood.edu
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