SACO — Every other year, the Saco Museum comes alive with artwork produced by students in our public schools. 

Presented in conjunction with National Youth Art Month, Art Safari: How Animals Inspire Art will be on display through April 29 at the Saco Museum.

This year, students from C. K. Burns School, Young School, Governor John Fairfield School, and Saco Middle School created artwork for the exhibition.  The objects on display include both two- and three-dimension works of art.  

The exhibit is organized and curated by local art teachers Debra DiGregorio, Justine Frappier, Shea Brook, and Marie Mack.  All student artists and their guests will receive complimentary admission to the show. 

The annual youth art observance was created to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs. 

It was created in 1961 by Art and Creative Materials Institute, a non-profit association of art and craft materials manufacturers, in cooperation with the National Art Educators Association.  In 1984, ACMI created the Council for Art Education to administer the national Youth Art Month program and encourage funding for the program.  

The Dyer Library/Saco Museum is at 371 Main Street (Route 1) in historic downtown Saco. 

Museum hours are from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

For additional information, please call 283-3861, ext. 114 or visit www.dyerlibrarysacomuseum.org