(KNZA)--March has been designated as Youth Art Month in Hiawatha. Mayor Becky Shamburg read and signed a proclamation at Monday's Hiawatha City Commission meeting making the declaration.
The proclamation urges all citizens to take interest in and give full support to quality school art programs for children and youth.
Hiawatha Elementary School art teacher Kate Miller, who serves as president of the Hiawatha Area Arts and Theatre Society, said in honor of Youth Art Month, the organization will be holding its first annual Youth Art Month Show, which is open to all Brown County schools.
The youth art exhibit will run from March 6-31 in the upstairs of the Hiawatha City Hall.
On March 20th, Miller said a Youth Art Month celebration and reception will take place from 6:00 to 7:30 that evening, and the public is invited to see the works of art on display.
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