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Sister City art show at OR Library

By: Betsy Abernathy | Oak Ridge Staff

Special to The Oak Ridger

Oak Ridge teenage artists have contributed works for the International Sister City Young Artists' Competition, on display now at the Oak Ridge Public Library.

Works of art contributed to the local competition for the International Sister City Young Artists' Competition are hanging now in the Oak Ridge Public Library. Every year, in cities all over the country which have international sister cities, artists between the ages of 13 and 18 are invited to submit works of art on a theme connected to international friendship and

understanding. The artwork must be two dimensional and can be paintings, drawings, computer art, and photography, among other media. The winners are sent to a national competition in Washington D.C. sponsored by the Sister Cities International organization, where the very best 36 works of art are selected for an art show which travels to cities all around the country.

Young artists from Jefferson Middle School, Robertsville Middle School, Oak Ridge High School, and St. Mary's School have submitted more than 20 works of art for the Oak Ridge competition. The judges of the contest are Marty Fleischer, an Oak Ridge weaver and fiber artist, and Jane Buchanan, an Oak Ridge photographer.

The name of this year's show is Connecting Global Villages. "We want young people to know there's a world out there outside of Oak Ridge," says Marese Nephew, art show organizer.

The works of art will be on display at the library for two weeks. The winning works will be sent to Washington at the end of April.

Oak Ridge's sister cities are Naka Machi, Japan and Obninsk, Russia. For more information about the Oak Ridge Sister City Support Organization, go to their Web site at http://www.korrnet.org/ortnscso