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The National Fine Art Exhibit

The National Fine Art Exhibit is something that the Boys & Girls Club takes pride in participating in each year. Members from four different age groups: 6-9, 10-12, 13-15 and 15-18, submit their art work in 10 categories against other Club members across the world.

Throughout the year members at all of our sites participate in programing specific to a category. Monochromatic drawing consists of pictures created using pencils, charcoal, crayons, etc. resulting in a submission all one color or hue. Multicolored Drawing is similar to the monochromatic drawing however it may contain multiple colors. The Pastel category consists of chalk or pastel. The paint category includes Watercolor; including tempera, pan-type or tube based paints and Oil or Acrylic which includes oil and acrylic based paints. Other categories are Print Making which is created by transferring an impression of a composition from one surface to paper (silk screening, etching, etc.), Mixed Media which is the combination of any other categories onto one two-dimensional surface. The final categories are Collage, Sculpture and Group Project; group projects do not need to fall into any one category and simply consists of a group of Club members working on one project together.

The works of art are judged nationally only after a local or regional exhibit. Our local exhibit will be held at the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows DWR facility and will be judged by members of our community. Our local exhibit will be open to the community and we invite everyone to come and support the young artists at the Boys & Girls Club in our community.