VALDOSTA _ Art can help both artist and viewer better understand their world.
Filling one wall of the Roberta George Children’s Gallery is a mural of Valdosta. The colorful drawing details the city’s landmarks but also captures a sense of Valdosta’s spirit through the eyes of the youngsters of the Valdosta Boys & Girls Club.
Several youngsters created this inviting mural of Valdosta. So, it includes many themes and styles blended together into a community of artistic vision. It took a community of children to create this impression of a community.
In addition to this mural, dozens of artworks are displayed in the gallery: Children’s portraits, another collage-mural of a cartoon world, three-dimensional works, and more.
The arts center dedicates the Roberta George gallery to supporting and encouraging children’s art. The Valdosta Boys & Girls Club is devoted to supporting and encouraging area children. The combination of the two makes for a lively show.
GALLERY
The Boys and Girls Club exhibit is on display in the Roberta George Children’s Gallery, along with artist Fay Bridges Hyatt’s work, Price-Campbell Foundation Gallery; Best of Spring Into Art, Sallie and Harmon Boyette Gallery; artist Barbara Payne Ward’s exhibit, Josette’s Gallery; Valdosta Photo Competition, Jerry Tillman Gallery.
Where: Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N. Patterson St.
When: These shows run through Aug. 7.
Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; closed Sundays and Mondays with exception of opening reception evenings.
Admission: Free.
More information: Call 247-2787.
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