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Art and Frame Shop staff include, from left, Laura Delvers, Ivan Hawn, and proprietor Susan Pew. The Art and Frame Shop staff matted and mounted hundreds of two-dimensional art pieces from students throughout Cumberland County. The pieces, which vary in media, technique and subject, will be hung in the school booths around the perimeter of the Community Complex exhibit building. / (Click for larger image)

This close-up shows the process of using bobbin shuttles and thread for making lace. / (Click for larger image)

Elaine Ahrendt will be one of the adult volunteers teaching youth at the Hands-On Experience tables. Ahrendt learned the technique of moving threads around to make lace at a crafts camp in Missouri several years ago. / (Click for larger image)

The Plateau Writers Group has planned several interesting experiences for youth, including short stories, short poems and acrostic. In back, from left, are Gloria Tartaglia, Dorothy Rogers, Joyce Roabaugh, Dan Jacober, Joyce Cohen, Carol Campbell and Harry Sutherland. In front, from left, are Nort Goodman, Sharon Hilton, Elaine Johnson and Pat Filsinger. / (Click for larger image)

Jean Kinslow directs student members of the Children of Crossville Prepatory Chamber Orchestra. The group consists of children of various ages playing violin and cello. The orchestra will be performing at the Youth Expo from 11 a.m. to noon on the stage of the Community Complex exhibit building. / (Click for larger image)

Students of the Children of Crossville Preparatory Chamber Orchestra play their instruments. / (Click for larger image)

Student prepare for Youth Expo. One of the Hands-On Experiences will be tables where youth can draw and paint with the instruction of adult volunteers from various art groups, including the Art Guild at Fairfield Glade, the Tansi Art League, the Artist Corner, Starving Artist Gallery, Roane State art students and individual private instructor Sandra Reilly. / (Click for larger image)

From left are Theresa Lisa, art teacher at South Cumberland Elementary, and weaving students Dan Hicks and Jordan Davis. / (Click for larger image)

Fantastic Quilters President Nancy Scaggs and member Charlotte Plummer are shown with a collection of donated quilts for the group’s charity projects. The quilters will have several stations for students to experience the "exciting world of quilting." In addition to handling a needle and thread for quilting on a frame, students may color traditional quilting patterns, arrange fabric in various patterns and click on the laptop to create new patterns. / (Click for larger image)

Crossville Christian School art teacher Le Voss stands behind students, from left, Michelle Nowak, Kate Zecher, Anna Hill and Kline Willier, while they work on their art. / (Click for larger image)