- Hello, I'm Beth Macmillan and welcome to "ARTEFFECTS."

In our featured segment, we meet Juliette Lee-ong, a decorated painter and violinist from Sparks.

Her artwork raises thousands of dollars for nonprofit organizations.

She has won nearly 20 international competitions and she has performed violin with both the Reno Philharmonic and the Reno Chamber Orchestra.

If that's not impressive enough, it's even more impressive to know that Juliet is just eight years old.

Juliet shows us not only her talents, but how she just loves to laugh and play like any other child.

(playful music) - My name is Juliette Lee-ong and I'm eight years old.

My most favorite thing to do is play with my friends.

Second is reading.

I like graphic novels, fiction, nonfiction.

I love reading so, so much I get in trouble for reading.

And I love painting.

(playful music) I started painting when I was eight months old.

My parents put me on the dining room table and gave me paint on paper to play with.

I guess they wish they didn't really do that because I made a mess on my table.

I just like splatted my hand in the paint and like basically fingerprinted the whole table.

(playful music) I use color pencils, acrylic paints, watercolor paints, and garage paint.

And I tried oil paint, but it took forever to dry and I don't like waiting forever.

I'm impatient.

(laughs) (playful music) Gathering materials is kind of the first step of painting but an idea is really the first step.

I paint landscapes, abstracts, animals, and portraits, oh, and abstract realism.

Sometimes I feel stressed when I'm doing it in live competitions or I have to like paint in person with other people that are not kids.

But when I'm just painting for fun, I feel happy and excited.

(playful music) I donate the proceeds from the sale of my paintings to raise money for nonprofit organizations that help others such as AADP or Asian American Donor Program.

Race to Erase MS, Ladies Who Rock for a Cause, and many more.

It makes me feel great helping people and trying to save their lives.

When I'm not painting, I'm usually playing my violin.

(playful music) I first saw a violinist play at San Francisco City Hall when I was about two years old, and then after I saw Ray Chen perform, then I really wanted to play the violin.

So that's what got me started.

(classical music) I love practicing my violin while roller skating.

You learn how to hold your bow straight and it has to be straight and not like crooked because then it'll go off the fingerboard, it'll be all over the place.

(ambient music) I got to play with the Reno Chamber Orchestra because I won the Concerto competition in March, and it was so exciting.

(audience cheering and applauding) They like made a big box for me to stand on.

(laughs) That was funny.

("Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major") My favorite concerto is the Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major.

("Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major") The Reno Chamber Orchestra is really fun orchestra.

I get to meet some of the solo violinists.

They always come out and I love the Reno Chamber Orchestra.

("Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major") I wasn't nervous because I just think of it as another public performance, or if I'm practicing at home.

("Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major") I love performing so much.

To me, an artist is a person who has an idea in their head and they just share it with the world.

("Mozart Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major") (audience cheering and applauding) - [Narrator] Funding for "ARTEFFECTS" is made possible by Sandy Raffealli with Bill Pearce Motors.

Heidemari Rochlin.

Meg and Dillard Myers.

In memory of Sue McDowell.

The Carol Franc Buck Foundation.

Chris and Parky May.

And by the annual contributions of PBS Reno members.

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