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Youth Arts Gallery
Simple creative activities are some of the building blocks of child development. Learning to create and appreciate visual aesthetics may be more important than ever to the development of the next generation of children as they grow up. The arts helps children strengthen their motor skills, language development, decision making, visual learning, inventiveness, cultural awareness, and overall has been shown to help improve their academic performance. Featuring young West Virginia artists, check out our Youth Arts Gallery as we change this exhibit every four-six weeks.
Current Exhibit
National Parks Service: Youth Arts in the Parks- Appalachian Spring Wildflower Art Contest
April 6 - May 8, 2018
Exhibition Description
Has nature ever inspired you to do something creative? Local students can celebrate their creativity through the Youth Arts in the Parks program. This youth art contest and April art exhibition at Tamarack allows students to serve as community leaders and raise awareness of Appalachia’s natural diversity and parks. Their works will inspire community connections to local ecology, as well as outdoor stewardship. Student participants in this art program will also have the opportunity to explore the business of art and its role in economic development. This wildflower art contest is open to all K – 12 grade students in Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers Counties. Students may use a variety of mediums to create a work of art inspired by a spring Appalachian wildflower native to the New River Gorge area of West Virginia.
Upcoming Exhibit
Text to Connect - Call for Entry to All West Virginia Students, Grades K-12
Exhibition Dates: May 11 - July 17, 2018
Image Submission Deadline: April 26, 2018
Decision Notifications (sent via e-mail): April 30, 2018
Delivery Deadline for Accepted Work: May 7, 2018
Work Pick Up Deadline: July 27, 2018
Exhibition Description
To text, or not to text, that is the question. For this Youth Art Gallery exhibition the answer is “Text away!” This exhibition is all about incorporating text into your artwork as a way to connect to the viewer and make your message clear. Whether it’s through poetry like a Shakespearian line that emphasizes your message, a single letter used in new ways or recycled newspaper and books as your medium, we want to see text become part of your aesthetic vocabulary in this text-tacular exhibition. Tamarack Youth Arts Gallery is seeking original artwork from West Virginia students, grades K-12 that incorporates text. All work must be ready to hang. Unframed and matted work will be fixed to the wall with an adhesive. Each student may enter up to three artworks for consideration.
Telling Our Story
Exhibition Dates: September 21- November 6, 2018
Image Submission Deadline: September 6, 2018
Decision Notifications (sent via e-mail): September 9,2018
Delivery Deadline for Accepted Work: September 17,2018
Work Pick Up Deadline: November 16,2018
Exhibition Dates: September 21- November 6, 2018
Exhibition Description
Our past can be an owner’s manual for our future. Let’s take a look at our own personal history, culture, heritage, ancestors or a story from our lives and make it into art. Artists all over the world make artwork that is influenced by their own life and their background because it’s a way to show the world who they are. Art is one amazing way we can share our story so why not check out the past for inspiration on your future masterpiece.
Tamarack Youth Arts Gallery is seeking original artwork from West Virginia students, grades K-12 that tells a story from your life, history, heritage or culture.Students can submit up to three artworks. All work must be ready to hang. Unframed and matted work will be fixed to the wall with an adhesive, protect your work accordingly.
The Gift of Gratitude
Exhibition Dates: November 16 - January 1, 2019
Image Submission Deadline:November 1,2018
Decision Notifications (sent via e-mail): November 4,2018
Delivery Deadline for Accepted Work:November 12,2018
Work Pick Up Deadline: January 11,2019
Exhibition Description
Tis’ the Season for expressing thanks for all that we have in our lives and this exhibition does just that. Expressing gratitude for the people and things in our lives is a gift not only to ourselves but to those around us. So let’s show some appreciation through art! For this Youth Art Gallery exhibition students are being asked to create work that reflects what it is in their lives that they are the most thankful for so that the gift of gratitude can be shared throughout the holiday season.
Tamarack Youth Arts Gallery is seeking original artwork from West Virginia students, grades K-12 that reflects what they feel thankful for in their lives. Students can submit up to 3 artworks. All work must be ready to hang. Unframed and matted work will be fixed to the wall with an adhesive, protect your work accordingly.
