This artwork submitted by Iris Nicole Romero, from Astumbo Middle School, won first place in the middle school category, 24th Isla Art-A-Thon. ()
The Isla Center for the Arts at the University of Guam announces the 24th Annual Art-a-thon Exhibition, themed “My Colorful Future,” which is opening this week.
The opening reception for the exhibit will be from 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9, at House No. 15, Dean’s Circle, on campus at UOG. The exhibit will continue through March 3, 2023.
The exhibit is open to the public and free of charge.
The exhibit will showcase more than 46 works selected from the artwork of 717 students from 16 Guam Department of Education Schools who participated in this school year’s Art-a-thon.
Students from elementary, middle, and high schools produced these impressive works using a variety of media including crayons, pastels, colored pencils, ink, collage, mixed media, pastels, markers, watercolor, ink, acrylics, cardboard, and digital media, according to Velma Jean Yamashita, Associate Professor of Art, and Coordinator at Isla Center for the Arts.
This year's Art-a-thon raised nearly $38,000. Forty percent of the funds raised will be distributed back to the participating schools to support student art programs. Isla retains 40 percent of the funds raised for programming, and the remaining 20 percent is used for art supplies and prizes for the participating students.
This project is sponsored by the UOG College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Da Local Grind House, Infusion, Meskla Guam, Pacific Islands Club, Pay-Less Supermarkets, and Tango Theaters.
The project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency, the Government of Guam, and the Office of the Governor.
Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; and Saturdays 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
For more information, call (671) 735-2965 or email islacenter@triton.uog.edu.
