A showcase of art by young members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast opened at the Santa Maria Town Center on Dec. 13 and is scheduled to remain on display through the end of December.
Every year, the local Boys & Girls Clubs organization hosts activities related to the National Fine Arts Program at each of its club sites across San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties—namely in San Luis Obispo, Atascadero, Paso Robles, Creston, Shandon, Santa Maria, and Guadalupe. As part of the program, young participants have their art judged and put on display for the public in an annual exhibit.
Artworks on display in the mall showcase were arranged according to age level and medium. The featured categories of this year’s local Boys & Girls Clubs showcase are monochromatic drawing, multicolored drawing, pastel, watercolor, oil or acrylic, printmaking, mixed media, and collage.
Since the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast encompasses cities in both San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, the group has held two separate displays of contest participants’ artworks in past years, with one exhibit location chosen in each county. Similar to the program’s 2023 iteration, this year’s display will showcase contest submissions from participants that reside in both counties under one roof in Santa Maria, at the city’s mall.
For more info on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast and its youth exhibition, visit centralcoastkids.org. Δ
This article appears in Dec 19-29, 2024.