Enjoy jazz-themed paintings from local youth! 

Visit the Children's Reading Room to view this wonderful traveling exhibit brought to you by Jazz Art Writers South (JAWS), the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Alabama, and the Mobile Arts Council. The collection includes 28 paintings from children who are members at four different Boys & Girls Club campuses in Mobile: Sonny Callahan, Gilliard Elementary, Bernard Malkove, and Kiwanis. Local artist, Soynika Edwards-Bush, shared a selection of jazz classics with the children at each campus and asked them to "close their eyes..., hear, feel, smell and see the sounds and the lyrics to the songs" for inspiration in expressing their own unique interpretations of jazz music on canvas! 

The exhibit debuted at the University of South Alabama Marx Library Art Gallery in May of this year and will be on display at Ben May Main Library for the entire month of August! For more information, please email Ms. Ponder at mponder@mplonline.org, or call 251-494-2298.