The Arts

Programs in this area enable youth to develop their creativity and cultural awareness through knowledge and appreciation of the visual arts, crafts, performing arts and creative writing.

• IMAGE MAKERS:     A comprehensive photography program for all Club members from ages 6 – 18.   This National Photography Program has been created so that Club members can see the world and themselves in a different way.  Photography is taught in four different ways:  as a way of seeing; as a way of expressing; as a way of documenting; as a way of storytelling.  Good photography programs may help Club members achieve in education and technology.  Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning, a 2000 study conducted through the Arts Education Partnership and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, states that according to its findings, “learners can attain higher levels of achievement through their engagement with the arts.”  Similarly, studies of arts programs in out-of-school time have found that achievement in school is linked to participation by young people in high-quality arts programs.  This program is sponsored by the Circuit City Foundation.

• ARTS & CRAFTS:  Members engage in a wide variety of options and learn many different types of art.  they create projects which are used as thank yous for sponsors, show what our members can accomplish to the community, and to take home.

•  MUSIC LESSONS:  the club offers a full range of private music lessons for members.  Instruments range from piano to drums and everything in between including voice.  Costs are minimal.