Bluets, 2013 Youth Arts in the Parks *Best in Show*, created
with colored pencil by Jenna Gale, a 12th grader in Fayetteville High
School in Fayette County.
Glen Jean, West Virginia, March 26, 2013 *— Flowers are blooming and spring is in the air. Check out how local students celebrate the glories of springtime in Appalachia through art at the Youth Arts in the Parks exhibit at Tamarack throughout April. In partnership with Tamarack and the school systems of Fayette, Nicholas, Raleigh, and Summers counties, New River Gorge National River sponsored an art contest for area students in grades K – 12. Students learned about the region’s wildflowers and Appalachian ecology while they created art using watercolors, oil pastels, pencils, clay, paper, and more.
The creativity and artistic talents of the student participants yielded amazing works inspired by wildflowers of southern West Virginia. Three-hundred twenty-nine students from 20 schools participated in this year’s contest. The top 55 juried pieces are showcased at Tamarack in Beckley from April 1st – 29th. The top five contest pieces will be featured in Tamarack’s David L. Dickirson Fine Art Gallery, for public sale alongside adult artists in the *Color Wheel* art show, while the works of the other 50 featured youth artists will be on exhibit in the vestibules that lead to Tamarack’s center courtyard. Tamarack is open daily from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. The on-line version of this youth arts exhibit opens April 2 at www.nps.gov/neri .Date and Time
Monday Apr 1, 2013 Monday Apr 29, 2013
April 1 - April 29, 2013
Location
Tamarack, "The Best of West Virginia!"
Contact Information
Jodi French-Burr
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