The Murfreesboro City Hall Art Committee presents its annual Murfreesboro City Schools Youth Art Competition for children in grades kindergarten through sixth. This important community event promotes youth involvement in the arts and allows young artists to showcase their promising artistic abilities.

Once again, the beautiful rotunda of Murfreesboro’s City Hall will serve as host to the artwork, on display through May 3. The exhibit is free and open daily, Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Murfreesboro Mayor Tommy Bragg presented awards for each grade level at an opening reception held March 21.

The exhibit and competition are sponsored and presented by the City Hall Art Committee. Additionally, City School Representatives Leslie Eatherly and Lisa Trail serve as organizational liaisons between city schools and the committee.

The City Hall Art Committee is comprised of artists and art supporters from the Murfreesboro community who are appointed by Mayor Bragg and approved by the City Council. The committee is responsible for advancing the awareness and support of visual arts resources in Murfreesboro and for scheduling exhibitions of community artists and artists of local interest in the rotunda and lobbies of City Hall. The current committee consists of Chairman Eric V. Snyder and members Patricia Tenpenny, Lee Ann Walker, Ashley Stearns, Lee Anne Carmack, Charles Clary and Michael Baggarly.

For more information on the competition or the City Hall Art Committee, call Patsy Smith at (615) 893-5210.