When students stepped into the Artists' Gallery last year for the organization's inaugural student art show, Sammy Burman noticed that many of them seemed apprehensive.

"Many children had never been in an art gallery before," said Burman, the gallery's owner.

She noticed a "fear that not only the children had, but the parents, of the stuffy gallery," she said.

But "once they come in, they see that it's a nice, friendly atmosphere, and it's not scary," Burman said. "All of a sudden, they're just relaxed and having fun and pointing."

Article courtesy of Canon City Daily Record