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Conyers proclaims March as Youth Arts Month, highlights student photography exhibit
Summary
City leaders read a proclamation recognizing Youth Arts Month and praised a student photography exhibit organized by local teachers and the Rockdale Council of the Arts.
Conyers Mayor and City Council formally proclaimed March as Youth Arts Month during their meeting, recognizing student art programs and a student photography exhibit displayed at a new city facility.
The proclamation says art education “provides substantial educational benefits to all elementary, middle, and high school students” and called for public support of school art programs. Shelly Seibert of the Rockdale Council of the Arts described the photography project’s 10-year development and thanked the city for allowing the exhibit in the new facility. "This particular program is really special," Seibert said, and she credited Katie King, a Ray Davis teacher, as “the brains behind all of this.”
Katie King, who teaches photography, told the council she appreciated the city’s and county’s support for youth arts and youth-arts-month activities, saying, “You guys are very supportive. You come to our events. You come to — you’re very connected with our school system and I appreciate that as a teacher.”
City staff and the arts council described the exhibit as a community partnership that grew from a small display at a hospital into a larger, recurring program involving judges, prizes and displays across Conyers and Rockdale County. The proclamation notes local partnerships with the Rockdale Council of the Arts and local teachers, calling the partnerships “invaluable in cultivating the skills and love for art in students.”
The council did not take a formal vote on the proclamation at the dais beyond the reading and public acknowledgment. The exhibit is on display at a city facility this month.
