Florence, AL (WAFF) - Young artists from northwest Alabama are putting their work on display this spring.

Artistic Renderings of Youth, a juried exhibit of work by 7th through 12th grade artists from Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale counties, will be on display at Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts in Florence from March 5 through April 17. It's all part of a celebration of Youth Art Month.

Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is located at 217 East Tuscaloosa Street in Florence and is open, free of charge, from 9:00a.m. to 4:00p.m., Monday through Friday. Museum programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.

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