Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint to Participate in

ImageMakers National Photography Contest

Circuit City Foundation Sponsors Annual Search for Top Young Photographers

         Flint, February 18, 2005 – The Boys & Girls Clubs o f Greater Flint is joining a nationwide search to identify talented young artists. The competition is part of Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s (BGCA) ImageMakers National Photography Contest. Sponsored by the Circuit City Foundation, the contest is part of a comprehensive initiative encouraging artistic skills, cultural enrichment and creativity in the medium of photography.

         As a participant in the ImageMakers National Photography Contest, the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Flint will submit members’ photography in four age divisions and five categories, including color process, black-and-white process, alternative process, digital and photo essay. Selected photos will compete at the regional level; regional winners will be judged nationally. Forty-four national winners will be named and their photography displayed in the ImageMakers National Photography Contest traveling exhibition and at special BGCA events throughout the year. Winning photographers will receive an award and letter of congratulations from BGCA President Roxanne Spillett. Regional finalists will receive a certificate of participation.

This is the first year the Boys and Girls club of Greater Flint will participate in the ImageMaker National Photography Contest.  You can view the photography exhibit at the Genesee Valley Shopping Center during the week of April 4-April 8, 2005.