The Isla Center for the Arts at the University of Guam is proud to announce the opening of the 21st Annual Art-a-thon Exhibition. The exhibit will run from Jan. 31 to March 1 and features selected works of art created by students who participated in the 2018–2019 Isla Art-a-thon, a competition to promote the involvement of students in the arts and to raise funds for the center and for art programs in the participating schools.

This year’s exhibit includes more than 65 works selected from more than 950 students from 24 schools who participated in the Art-a-thon. Students from elementary, middle, and high schools produced their works using a variety of media, including crayon, pastels, colored pencils, ink, graphite, collage, mixed media, watercolors, and acrylics.

The competition is steadily raising more funds each year, raising more than $34,400 this year, up from $32,000 and $29,000 the previous two years. Forty percent of the funds, or about $13,790, will be returned to the participating schools to purchase art-related materials for the students. Another 40% goes to programming at the Isla Center for the Arts, and 20% goes toward prizes for the students.

The Isla Center for the Arts is located on the University of Guam campus in House #15 of the Dean’s Circle. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Mondays – Fridays and from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturdays until March 1. It is open to the public and free of charge, but donations are appreciated.

The project is supported in part by the University of Guam. Corporate sponsors include Fish Eye Marine Park and Matson Foundation.

About Isla Center for the Arts

Isla Center for the Arts was established in 1980 and formally merged with the University of Guam in 1994. Its initial purpose was to provide visual art programs that were not otherwise available on Guam. It has since been serving as a venue for exhibition presentation, outreach, and resource collection development.