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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 1, 2024

Youth residing in the Hamilton County Juvenile Detention Center recently presented artwork to the juvenile court. Under the tutelage of artist Olga de Klein and her colleagues, the young people created small, colorful pieces of art on three mosaic-style canvases. Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Robert Philyaw, Court Clerk Gary Behler, magistrates and staff gathered in the courthouse lobby to dedicate a display of the artwork. de Klein teaches weekly art classes in the detention center – a program that began in 2014. Since then, hundreds of Hamilton County youth have had opportunities to learn how to draw, sketch and paint, write poetry, engage in photography and more during the time they are detained. Chattanoogan.com has more on the story.Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Robert Philyaw, Court Clerk Gary Behler, Magistrates, and staff gathered in the courthouse lobby for dedication and display of artwork made by youth in the detention center.