The Educational Gallery Group: A Community of Young Artists (Eg²) was created as a space to showcase the visual and performing art talents of all students in Palm Beach County.
We are a non-profit organization started by the Visual Arts teachers at Bak Middle School of the Arts, located in Palm Beach County, Florida. Our goal is to give any child in our county attending public, private, or home school, an opportunity to display their art or perform in a public setting. For many of these students it is an experience that they will remember for the rest of their lives. For some, it is the catalyst that will determine a life-long commitment or career in the arts.
We believe that Art Education is vital -- that young people exploring and developing their creativity is critical to our future as a society. The quality of life comes not from the ability to take standardized tests, but from a more profound interaction and exploration of the world. By supporting our art teachers, and through them our children, we are ensuring a more dynamic and positive future for us all.
Eg2 has monthly exhibitions of student artwork from public and private schools across Palm Beach County. Each exhibition has an opening reception, where the young artists bring friends and family to see their work exhibited. Our artists range in age from elementary to high school. In order to bring some unity to the exhibitions, we plan a theme for each show, and often have a section of the gallery that shows reproductions of work by professional artists whose work relates to the theme.