Thursday, February 14, 2013

3 rd annual youth art exhibition

The 3 rd youth art exhibition will be held on feb 16 th 2013 at the Alexandria Ballroom ,Dearborn Inn between 12:30 and 3:30 pm. 10 prizes will be awarded by a panel of judges . This is a quite unique and large art exhibition which will exhibit almost 230 art projects including paintings , sketches, sculptures and photographs . About 180 young artists between the ages of 5 to 20 will participate in the one day exhibition . This is the first year when 4 local schools will also participate as a group namely Huda School , Crescent Academy , Detroit Country Day and Al - Ikhlas Detroit Charter School and also group of students from Bloomfield Hills School district  will participate .
" I organize this exhibition every year to promote the artistic talents of our youth and to in courage them " , stated Almas Akhtar the event organizer and main sponsor . There is no registration fees for students residing in the state of Michigan . This year  the event has been widely promoted by MMCC and Miindia through their websites . This event is designed to promote artistic expression and creativity amongst youth in the Muslim community and their peers from other faith and ethnic traditions .  It is unique in the large number of Michigan Muslim youth that are involved . This year  kids belonging to many different faiths and many different cultural backgrounds will also participate in the exhibition . Over 400 people from students , their families , art critics and teachers are expected to attend this event at Dearborn Inn

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