Youth Art Month being held at Art Center

Many talented Fannin County and Copper Basin young artists had their pieces displayed recently at the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Center to kick off Youth Art Month.

Blue Ridge Elementary School, East Fannin Elementary School, West Fannin Elementary School, Fannin Middle School, Fannin County High School, and Copper Basin High School were well represented with various arts from rock painting to canvas.

The following Art teachers/mentors were on hand as well:

• Nancy Watkins

  Nancy Watkins – Blue Ridge Elementary School.

• Kimberly Huffman

• Kimberly Huffman- East Fannin Elementary School.

• Ben Sexton

  Ben Sexton- West Fannin Elementary School.

• Dana Stone

  Dana Stone- Fannin Middle School.

• Holly Viccaro

  Holly Vicarro- Fannin County High School.

• Jennifer Danner

  Jennifer Danner- Copper Basin High School.

Bethany Musselman, a Fannin County High School Art student, helped dedicate the month of March as Youth Art Month by reading the 2019 Proclamation.

Each First Place winner from the various schools represented received a Gift Certificate to The Art Center’s store.

• Hudson York- Blue Ridge Elementary School.

• Presley Daves- East Fannin Elementary School.

• Ava Acker- West Fannin Elementary School.

• Vanessa Medrono- Fannin County Middle School.

• Bethany Musselman- 2D- Fannin County High School.

• Alyssa Anderson- 3D- Fannin County High School.

• Aidan Garcia- Copper Basin High School.

Watkins, Huffman, Sexton, and Stone accepted the First Place prize awards for the students in their respective schools who were not able to attend.

Executive Director Nicole Potzauf commented the Youth Art Month event was one of her favorites at the Art Center which showcases and honors students to help develop creativity in the community.

One young artist, Ireland Wilson, a freshman at Copper Basin High School, sold her first acrylic painting.

She said in a candid interview the inspiration behind her painting was, “I love space. I gave Ms. Danner the idea of a ‘night sky’. We just went with it.”

To view all the wonderful pieces of art from our local youth, please visit the Blue Ridge Mountains Art Center at 402 West Main Street in beautiful downtown Blue Ridge, GA. Call (706) 632- 2144 or email BlueRidgeArts@gmail.com for more information on March Youth Art Month.

 

 

 

 

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