This multi-media exhibition is the result of Telamon Corporation’s successful collaboration with Rhea County Migrant Education Program and The University of Tennessee Extension 4-H Programs in Cocke, Rhea, and Bledsoe counties. The artwork was created by over 40 children ages 9 through 16, from both migrant farm worker families and rural Tennessee families, as part of Telamon’s statewide Youth Initiative, Growing Tennessee: Rural Youth Cultivate Common Ground. The program seeks to unite youth and adults from various cultural backgrounds through community-based art projects. The program is made possible by funding from Office of Head Start, Tennessee Arts Commission, and Peyton Manning’s PeyBack Foundation, as well as donations of digital cameras from Olympus America Incorporated.

The public is invited to a reception celebrating the exhibition Sunday, October 12, 2 – 5pm.