Arts & Culture

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. In conjunction with teaching techniques and different mediums of art, I add a little bit of art history to the curriculum. I feel it is important for our members to learn about past successful artist that worked in the mediums they are learning and I also believe it helps to create inspiration along with allowing for the retention of the material.

The works of art are judged nationally only after a local or regional exhibit. Our local exhibit will be held at Swill Coffee and Wine for the month of December. This is year is the first year the local exhibit has been held off a Boys & Girls Club campus. Every site in Reno will submit artwork from their members to be displayed and judged to move on to the regional competition. The reception and judging will take place on December 5th from 4-6 p.m., the judging will be done by the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows board members that night. Moreover, throughout the month the community has the opportunity to cast their vote for their favorite piece. We are excited to have our local exhibit displayed at a local business and we invite everyone to come out and support the young artists of the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows.

By EddiE Guth, Art CoordinAtor

Dolan Automotive Group

2100 Kietzke Lane, Reno (775) 826–2750 Nancy Estrada, Age 12