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Mercer University's McEachern Art Center (affectionately
known as the MAC) at the conclusion of the Art from the
Heart program on Dec. 2, 2022. The Mercer art gallery
is a space designed to advance artists and create in our
community, a place where all are welcome to contemplate
art, according to its mission statement. Free and open
to the public, the gallery exhibit featuring the collected
artworks of the youth participants will be displayed
alongside some of the works of the featured artist, Kevin
Lewis. It intends to encourage the families of the students
to explore art personally and within the community. Art
created by the children will be auctioned off to help fund
arts and education programming at local clubs. Benjamin
Dunn, lecturer and director of the MAC, acknowledged that
bringing in local, younger artists to show their work in the
same spaces where museum-quality exhibitions are staged
is something special. "It's always a pleasure to host and
support local organizations at the MAC," Dunn explained.
"Mercer enjoys moving further into our surrounding
community, creating partnerships with folks like the Boys
& Girls Clubs of Central Georgia." Such exhibits, he added,
can really open a world of possibilities and imagination for
these young artists.
Follow along on their art journeys on BGCCG's Instagram
and Facebook. Be sure to visit the MAC on Friday, Dec. 2, to
see their masterpieces in person and to observe the impact of
BGCCG's programs on the youth.
