Youth Art Month is observed nationally each March to emphasize the value of art education for children and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. It is hosted each year in Huntsville by The Huntsville Museum of Art’s Museum Academy. Youth Art Month also provides a forum for recognizing skills developed through visual arts experiences that are not possible in other curriculum subjects. Youth Art Month is endorsed by The National Art Education Association, Alabama Art Education Association, Alabama State Department of Education, Alabama Arts Alliance and locally the Huntsville-Madison County Art Education Association.
This year marks the 38th annual Youth Art Month (YAM) exhibition of student artwork on view at the Huntsville Museum of Art in the Adtran, Jurenko, Thurber, and Guild Galleries. This exhibition showcases nearly 200 exuberant works of art by youth in kindergarten through grade 12 from Huntsville City, Madison City, Madison County, Athens City, Limestone County, Decatur City, and Scottsboro City schools.
The Juried Art Teachers’ Biennial, Congressional Art Competition (on view February 23-27), and VAA: Visual Arts Achievement Program District V Blue Ribbon Finalists (VAA on view February 23) exhibitions complement the student artwork this year. The VAA District V award-winning works will then subsequently travel to Montgomery to be displayed at the Alabama State Council on the Arts, along with other regional winners from across the state. The artwork by the winner of the Congressional Art Competition, selected from high school students in the 5th Congressional District will later travel to Washington D.C. for a yearlong display at the U.S. Capitol.
Join us as we celebrate the talents of North Alabama’s young artists and teachers as the Huntsville Museum of Art presents the YAM 2025: Exhibition for Youth Art Month on Sunday, February 23.
2 p.m. – Award presentations for VAA Blue Ribbon Finalists and the Congressional Art
Competition in the Great Hall
As part of the Museum’s Community Free Day program, admission fees will be waived to all visitors that day.
Artists’ Demonstrations from 1-3 p.m.
Learn about a variety of different art techniques as artists work in their selected mediums in the
galleries!
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Thank You Sponsors!
Lead Sponsor
Joyce Griffin
President’s Circle Sponsors:
The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Artists’ Circle Sponsors:
Courtney and John Allen
Additional Support:
The Alabama State Council on the Arts
Alabama Arts Alliance
Huntsville Museum of Art Guild
Thank you to Pic-A-Frame for providing mats for the VAA: Visual Arts Achievement Program artwork.