Institute for the Arts & Education
is a 501c3 non-profit focused on visual arts, cultural diversity, community enrichment, and fostering art education among youth. As part of our commitment to bring art education into the community, the Youth Art Competition for ages 5-13 is integrated within the art show. This program encourages students to enter his/her original art publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. On Sunday at 3 pm, there is $250 Youth Art Awards presented at the show as young artists are exposed to the rules and entrepreneurship of doing art shows for a living. Each youth art winner also receives the same two-foot-long colorful gorgeous ribbon that the professional artists receive. (We are looking for a sponsor for this area.)