Visual Arts
The Club's Art Studio is an entire area dedicated to Boys & Girls Clubs of America's core program area, "The Arts". The brightly decorated space provides members with professional quality art supplies and instruction from our experienced full time Visual Arts Director.
Check out the Creates Corner to see Previous Contest Winners of the National Fine Arts Contest from 2018-2020!
Our 2020 Mural Project, funded by the Mass Cultural Council, is officially complete!
Click the button below for a video of the mural-painting process and the finished mural!
Visual Arts programs include:
Daily Projects
Club members can come and go from the Art Studio during regular hours. Our Visual Arts Director and Studio Assistant organize and implement a variety of projects and activities after school and during school vacations. Covering everything from drawing, painting, and collage; a majority of the daily activities are geared toward the National Fine Arts Program, allowing members to work year round at building their confidence and nurturing their developing skills as young artists while experimenting with color theory and the elements/principles of design in a calm, dedicated creative space.
Fine Arts
National Fine Arts is a year-round program that 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 local artists judge art pieces and select winners that are then submitted to the National Fine Arts Exhibit. Winners of the national contest have their work displayed throughout the year at BGCA events, including the annual National Conference. Each winning work is featured in a virtual gallery on BGCA's website.
Click below to checkout our Club's virtual gallery which includes previous local, regional, and national winners, as well as our annual contest portfolios for each age group!
Mural Club
Members ages 11 and up meet weekly to create large scale works of art. The program focuses on the technique and process of mural creation, from a small sketch all the way through enlargement and painting the murals on to the walls of the Boys & Girls Club. Mural Club is an opportunity for members to leave their mark on the Club forever!
Mural Club is funded in part by the Mass Cultural Council.
Image Makers
The Images Makers Photography Program encourages Club members ages 6 to 18 to learn and practice black-and-white, color, digital and alternative process photography featuring categories in portrait, nature and surroundings, fashion and design, culture and tradition, and editing and filter application. Teens (11-18) also have access to the Adobe Photo Suite and our Visual Arts Director hosts tutorials in Photoshop during Late Night Programming for teen members.
Media Club
A new opportunity for Club members to gain experience working with video/audio production, digitial photography, graphic design, journalism, & more! The program is run in collaboration with the Education Room and combines creative problem solving and real world applications, with focus on exposing Club members to potential careers in a creative field.
Mural Club is funded in part by the Mass Cultural Council.
