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Billboard Generation VI

Posted on March 10, 2008 - 1:43 AM by


If I Were President by Daniel, St. Charles School, Bloomington, IN, March 2008

 

Announcing the Winners of Your Art Here’s 6th annual youth art billboard competition, Billboard Generation VI, beginning March 1st!

Your Art Here (YAH) is pleased to announce the winning entries of the sixth annual youth art billboard competition, Billboard Generation VI. In celebration of National Youth Art Month, YAH asked kids to make art on the topic “If I Were President…” Seven entries made by grade school through high school students will be on display on billboards in Bloomington and Indianapolis during the month of March.

The Billboard Generation project provides kids the opportunity to express themselves to the community through visual dialogue. This year’s theme, “If I were president …,” is inspired by the upcoming 2008 presidential election. We hope that this topic will encourage kids to understand the multi-dimensional roles and responsibilities of the presidency and how they can impact, if they were president, their community, their nation and nations abroad. Through visual expression, they will be able to explore current events and issues that affect them at a personal and community level. The topic is meant to encourage reflection on what qualities, characteristics, skills and experiences are critical in leading a large and diverse democratic nation. Lastly, this year’s theme will also instill at an early age the significance of voting for elected representatives and officials.

By providing public advertising spaces for youth art we hope to encourage thought on how to enrich our community through visual dialogue. Through this project we want to instill in kids the desire, knowledge, and confidence that will allow them to engage their community and world throughout their lives.

Winning Entries for Bloomington Billboards:

  • If I Were President by Daniel, St. Charles Borromeo School, Bus. St. Rd. 37, 0.75 miles north of 45/46 Bypass
  • The War in Iraq Will Be Stopped by William, Arlington Heights Elementary School, 3rd St. and College Ave., northwest corner
  • STOP WAR by Sara, Jackson Creek Middle School, 17th St., 0.4 miles west of College Ave.
  • EFS (Enforce Free Speech) by Jordan, Pinnacle School, 101 E. 6th St. [map]

Winning Entries for Indianapolis Billboards:

  • New Flag by Alexa, St. Matthew Catholic School, 922 Massachusetts Avenue [map]
  • The Hungry by Michael, St. Matthew Catholic School, 888 Massachusetts Avenue [map]
  • Voice by Kelsey, Broad Ripple High School, 1206 East 16th Street [map]

Important Dates

Funding for this year’s BBG VI is provided by the City of Bloomington, the Bloomington Community Arts Commission, and the donations of friends of Your Art Here. Billboard Generation VI is sponsored by Your Art Here and supported by these fine organizations: Bloomington Community Arts Commission, City of Bloomington, Harrison Center for the Arts, the Monroe County Library and the John Waldron Arts Center.

Billboard Generation V

Posted on March 14, 2007 - 1:53 AM by


Announcing the Winners of Your Art Here’s 5th annual youth art billboard competition, Billboard Generation V, beginning March 1st!

Your Art Here (YAH) is pleased to announce the winning artworks of the fifth annual youth art billboard competition, Billboard Generation V. In celebration of National Youth Art Month, YAH asked kids to make art on the topic “Be the Media: What Would You Say? ” Six artworks made by grade school through high school students will be on display starting March 1st on billboards in Bloomington and Indianapolis.

The Billboard Generation Project gives kids the opportunity to express themselves to the community through visual dialogue. This year’s topic was inspired not only by YAH’s own mission, but also the increasing ubiquity and diversity of media in our daily lives. Today’s media extends beyond the more traditional vehicles of communication such as newspapers, magazines, television, radio, etc. to include the Internet, video, electronic mail, blogs, podcasts, etc., all of which have generated an increased volume of media output and intake. Students from Bloomington and Indianapolis were encouraged to consider the affect of mass media on their everyday lives. They used this opportunity to “be the media” and realize the power of their own voice while considering the impact it can have on their community and the public-at-large.

By providing public advertising spaces for youth art we hope to encourage thought on how to enrich our community through visual dialogue. Through this project we want to instill in kids the desire, knowledge, and confidence that will allow them to engage their community and world throughout their lives.

 

Locations of Bloomington Billboards:

  • Don’t Litter by Nicolas, Arlington Heights Elementary School, 4th Street, 100 ft East of Walnut
  • Do Anything to Help Our Community by Alena, Unionville Elementary School, SR 45 West of St Rd 37 / Leonard Springs Road (near Super Walmart)
  • Freedom by Stephanie, Jackson Creek Middle School, SR 37 South of Bus Street (south of Starlight, billboard facing northbound traffic)
  • Untitled by Ryan, Bloomington High School North, 101 E. 6th St. [map]

Locations of Indianapolis Billboards:

  • Is No News Good News? by Jonathan, Broad Ripple High School, 888 Massachusetts Ave.   [map]
  • Celebrity by Dynesha, Broad Ripple High School, 922 Massachusetts Ave.   [map]

Important Dates

  • March 1st: Billboard Generation V Opens!
  • March 8th at 7pm, Reception at the John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington
  • March 9th at 7pm, Your Art Here / Art Hospital Art Auction and Benefit Show at Art Hospital, Bands: Racebannon, Mouthbreather, and more!

Email Announcement(s)

Billboard Generation V is sponsored by Your Art Here and these fine organizations: Art Hospital, Bloomington Area Arts Council, Bloomington Community Arts Commission, Buskirk-Chumley, City of Bloomington, Friends of Art Bookstore, Harrison Center for the Arts, John Waldron Arts Center, The Lodge, Monroe County Community School Corporation and the Monroe County Public Library.

Billboard Generation IV

Posted on March 12, 2006 - 2:21 AM by

The Astronaut with a Turtle by Tristan, Clear Creek Elementary, Bloomington, IN

 

Announcing the Winners of Your Art Here’s 4th annual youth art billboard competition, Billboard Generation IV, beginning March 1st!

Your Art Here (YAH) is pleased to announce the winning artworks of the fourth annual youth art billboard competition, Billboard Generation IV. In celebration of National Youth Art Month, YAH asked kids to make art on the topic “Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?” Seven artworks made by grade school through high school students will be on display starting March 1st on billboards in Bloomington and Indianapolis.

The Billboard Generation Project gives kids the opportunity to express themselves to the community through visual dialogue. This year’s topic asked kids to self-reflect on the kind of person they want to be as an adult and how they can have a positive effect through their work, their family, and their community. Students from Bloomington and Indianapolis communicated their hopes, dreams, and questions about their future, imagining such things as career choices, what they will look like, and what it will mean to be true to themselves as grown-ups in the world.

By providing public advertising spaces for youth art we hope to encourage thought on how to enrich our community through visual dialogue. Through this project we want to instill in kids the desire, knowledge, and confidence that will allow them to engage their community and world throughout their lives.

Locations of Bloomington Billboards:

  • The Astronaut with a Turtle by Tristan, Clear Creek Elementary School, Boomerang Hair on 6th St, Wall facing Encore parking lot   [map]
  • Astro-Physicist and Artist… That’s What I Want to Be by Erin, Binford Elementary School, Bicycle Garage on Kirkwood Ave., Wall facing People’s Park   [map]
  • find yourself by Alex, Bloomington High School South, Rhino’s Youth Center & All-Ages Music Club on Walnut St. between 2nd and 3rd Streets   [map]

Locations of Indianapolis Billboards:

  • I Want to Be a Zookeeper by Azariah, Paul I. Miller Elementary School, 888 Massachusetts Ave.   [map]
  • The future by Bryan, Grassy Creek Elementary School, 3732 Martin Luther King Jr St.   [map]
  • I am Color by Corinne, Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center, 922 Massachusetts Ave.   [map]
  • My Dream Future by Mariam, Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center, 1445 Madison Ave.   [map]

Important Dates

Billboard Generation IV is sponsored by Your Art Here and these fine organizations: Bicycle Garage, Bloomington Area Arts Council, Boomerang Hair, Harrison Center for the Arts, Humanetrix, John Waldron Arts Center, Monroe County Community School Corporation, Oliver Winery, Omega Properties, Rhino’s Youth Center & All-Ages Music Club and Second Story Nightclub.

Billboard Generation II

Posted on March 12, 2004 - 7:37 PM by


Members of Your Art Here hanging a billboard with winnners from the Minnie Hartman School [Photo by Nathan Purath]

 

The second Youth Art billboard competition took place in Bloomington and Indianapolis, resulting in four billboards in each city. Eight different artworks made by students in grades k-12 responded to the question “What would you like to tell your community?” Winning themes included the effects of pollution on our environment, diversity, and the importance of community involvement.

Press

Around The Arts, The Indiana Daily Student, April 8, 2004

School 78 Art Appears on Billboard, The Indianapolis Star, March 2004
http://www.indystar.com

Galleries in the open air: Local students use artistic talent to strike conversations with community, By Jane Charney, The Indiana Daily Student, March 11, 2004

The Billboard Generation, By Paul F. P. Pogue, NUVO, March 10, 2004
http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2004/03/10/the_billboard_generation.html

Writ large: Kids speak out with artwork, By Nicole Berner, The Herald Times, March 10, 2004, Vol.127, No.256.
http://www.heraldtimesonline.com/stories/2004/03/10/news.0310-HT-A1_MCW46953.sto [log-in required]

Billboard contest features youth art: Bloomington, Indianapolis students submit art to compete, By Jane Charney, The Indiana Daily Student, February 19, 2004
http://idsnews.com/story.php?id=21476

Hey, kids, what time is it? (March is National Youth Art Month), IU Home Pages, January 16, 2004.
http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/011604/text/yourarthere.shtml

Arts Eye #30, Indiana Arts Commission, December 2003
http://www.in.gov/arts/publications/dec2003.html

Billboard Generation I

Posted on March 20, 2003 - 7:26 PM by


This is Your Choice, By Ben, 8 years old

 

Billboard Generation I was the first YAH call for entries within Bloomington area schools in Celebration of National Youth Art Month. The contest theme was Peace and/or War, and it resulted in two youth art billboards on commercially rented spaces in Bloomington, IN. Peace, Worth Striving For, by Esther, and This is Your Choice, by Benjamin went up for display the day before the War with Iraq started.

Press

World Wide Billboard Domination: Your Art Here, Bloomington’s Finest Subvertisement Agency, By Christopher Lombardi, The Pin-up, Vol.2, No.3, February 7, 2003

Look up! Local group puts art on Bloomington billboards, By Jane Charney, The Indiana Daily Student, February 13, 2003