The Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis

Enables youth to develop their creativity and cultural awareness through knowledge and appreciation of the visual arts, crafts, performing arts, and creative writing.

National Fine Arts Exhibit Program

This program encourages artistic expression among Club members ages 6-18 through drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media and sculpture displayed at local and regional exhibits.  A panel of distinguished judges selects works from the local competition to move on to regional and national competition.

ImageMakers National Photography Program

This program encourages Club members ages 6-18 to learn and practice black-and-white, color, digital and alternative process photography.  Club members compete at local, regional and national levels.

Digital Arts Suite and Digital Arts Festivals

Club Tech's suite of self-directed arts courseware consists of Web Tech, Design Tech, Photo Tech, Music Tech and Movie Tech.  Once Club members have participated in these programs, they can submit their digital artwork to the annual Digital Arts Festivals.  The festivals celebrate Club members' creativity in five areas - Web design, graphic design, photo illustration, music composition and movie making - and provide Club members with recognition at local, regional and national levels.

Winners of the 2008 Fine Arts Competition

The winners of the local Fine Arts Competition will go on to the Midwest Fine Arts Competition.  Winners from there will compete with Clubs from across the country.  Below are the winning artists' work:

Demarcus Young, age 8	Jacob Echols, age 6	Hailey DeMoss, age 9

Jason Vaden, age 9	LeDejah McGee, age 9	Ivory Foulkrod, age 9

Timmy Bryant, age 12	Jenne Peterson, age 12	Ashley Stinett, age 12

Mariah McKinley, age 12	Elissa Garcia, age 11	Bailey Didion, age 10

Bailey Didion, age 10	De'Jah Matthews, age 13	Adrianne McClain, age 15

Alonzo Webb, age 13	Cedric Shirley, age 13	Mike Mooney, age 13