Creative works from Maine art students, including two from Boothbay Region schools, will be on display during the month of March at the Portland Museum of Art (PMA). This multi-media exhibition, sponsored by Maine Art Education Association (MAEA), highlights Youth Art Month, a national celebration sponsored by the Council for Art Education. The annual celebration, which typically takes place in March, emphasizes the value of art education for all children and encourages support for quality art programs in Maine schools. This event marks 24 years of collaboration between the Portland Museum of Art and the Maine Art Education Association to celebrate student creativity from kindergarten-12th grade.

This year, Hailey Greenleaf, a senior at Boothbay Region High School, was chosen by her teacher Manon Lewis to display her mosaic. Larissa Provost, a sixth grader at Boothbay Region Elementary School, was chosen by her teacher Jessica Nadeau to display her block print.

The exhibition runs from March 1 through April 1 on the Lower Ground Floor of the PMA. The celebratory opening reception is Saturday, March 3 from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Presentation of certificates will start with kindergarten to third grade at 4:30, fourth to seventh grade at 5:30, and finally, eighth to twelfth grade at 6:30. 

Admission to the Youth Art Month exhibition is free the day of the opening for Youth Art Month participants, their families, and teachers. Children 14 years and under are always free at the PMA. Additionally, the PMA has special family art-making programming, “Stormy Seascapes,” on March 3 from noon to 3 p.m.

For more information on the Youth Art Month exhibition visit www.portlandmuseum.org/learn/youth-art-month