I am a Youth Art Month Co-Chair for Tennessee this year and our theme is Art Speaks: Let your Creative Voice Be Heard! 
That is exactly what we all need to do. We need to raise our voices on the importance of art education. If we stand united, we will have a big voice! Let it be heard by writing letters to legislators telling of them of how important art is and that we need their support to stand with us to keep art and school and budgets from being cut. Support Youth Art Month by displaying art in the community and invite officials to your school art shows. Take pictures; collect paper clippings with your student’s pictures and articles in the paper. If a student gets in the paper, use it to our advantage and mention YAM and speak your voice in the article. Find out who your state’s YAM Co-chairs are and send them pictures and list what you have done in support of YAM. This is a time of year when you are having art shows anyway. All you need to do is to make it visible that you are in support of Youth Art Month. Make a poster by copying the YAM logo large and post it with your artwork. The Yam Co-Chairs need information and documentation from you to make a scrapbook to send into the YAM committee by June. We cannot submit anything without your help. You can use our YAM Wiki. Download documents here for your use. Just edit the information to fit your state or school. View "Ten Ways for Parents to Encourage Young Artists". Amy Broady, TN Youth Art Month Co-Chair, has graciously composed this information. Will you Step Up and Speak Out for Art Education with me? You can make a difference!
-Jackie Spaulding-Wright
The student of this winning flag design (Noelle G.) and her art teacher (Floweree Galetovic) from Bearden High School will win a trip to New York compliments of Sargent Art. Sargent Art has teamed up with several participating states offering a trip to New York for the winning flag design winner for each state. Additional winners from K-2, 3-5th, 6-8th, and 9-12th age groups will win art supplies for the winning student and art teacher. Kudo's to Sargent Art for Speaking Out for Art!
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