Voice on Canvas is a nonprofit organization that

engages youth of Denver and surrounding

communities to speak through art, by sponsoring

summer art camps and encouraging children to

tell how they see their community being or

becoming a child and youth friendly environment

in and annual art competition, exhibition, and

youth art festival. 

 

 

VOC 2007 Youth Art Festival

 

Vioces on Canvas Week

Mayoral Proclamation

read by,

Carla Madison 

District 8 Council Woman 

  

Artist, Mellynnia Littlejohn

 YOUTH ART FESTIVAL

   WHEN & WHERE in 2008

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Voices on Canvas (VOC) is a supporter of the world wide

  ‘Child & Youth Friendly City Initiative’. By engaging youth

   and adults, in a free art campaign to create their visions in

  an artistic fashion of how they see their ‘dream’ city as a

 child and youth friendly place to be. VOC sponsors summer art camps within inner urban communities, and extends invitations to individual youth groups, community organization, and summer youth camps; inviting each to participate in its annual Youth Art Festival.

                 All entries are provided with a FREE canvas, paints, brushes, and competition rubric. Judging of these

    entries are during the annual event held during the month of August, and prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, Honorable Mention, and Most Creative categories.

  Entries sale proceeds support the VOC “Youth

        Uplifting Youth” scholarship fund. VOC chose scholarship nominees, which exemplify the ability to utilize creative

      thinking and tools to produce a positive change within their environment physically, socially, and/or functionally.

2007 1st Place Winning Canvas