Please join us at Hill Center on Wednesday, November 2nd from 5:00pm-7:00pm for an Opening Reception celebrating our new Young Marines Art Workshop Exhibition!

We invite you to tour the art on our ground floor, celebrate these young artists, and enjoy light refreshments!

The entire gallery will be both online and in-person as of November 1st. Click HERE to learn more about this exhibition. The exhibition runs November 1, 2022 – November 30, 2022.

This exhibition features artwork of the 8^th & I and Nations Capitol Young Marines, staff, family members, and workshop instructors/ volunteers.  The Young Marines is a national youth program for boys and girls, ages eight through high school graduation, focused on leadership, citizenship through community service, self-discipline, and living a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The artwork represents their participation in learning about the history of the Armed Forces Awards and Decorations followed by a session in creative writing to write about a decoration they created in clay for themselves and/or others.  The meaning of their artwork is written on paper made by Frontline Paper Veterans from Marine uniforms from WWII to the present.