We have two programs we already offer youth, the Young Artists and the Side by Side competitions.

We are very excited about this camp because there is nothing in the area for youth to stay to have orchestral, chamber and solo experiences. Three camp scholarships will be available.

Students audition for a spot to play side by side with one of our professional musicians. This gives the students an opportunity to learn what it's like to get ready for a performance and to know what it's like to be a professional musician.

We're going to ask artists in each state where the exhibit travels to paint portraits of all the servicemen and women from their state who have been killed. The portraits would stay on permanent display at the museum in that state.

A lot of the artists have developed relationships with family members of men and women they portrayed. Artists are an intelligent group of people who often don't have a public voice. This has given them an opportunity to speak up through their artwork.

At the age of four, you were an artist. And at seven, you were a poet.