FAME (The Foundation for Art and Music in Education) is a professional organization that reaches 202+ art, music, dance and drama teachers and principals throughout northern Indiana. The organization’s mission is to teachi multi-cultural arts to children ranging from pre-k to 8^th grade through a wide range of classroom initiatives. The anchor event for the FAME organization is the annual FAME Festival, which highlights the talented student choirs, musicians, dancers and artists. The FAME Festival sees 6,000 pieces of student artwork, 2,000 performers and over 12,000 guests during the two day event. 

One of my favorite parts of the FAME Festival is how diverse the collection of creativity is from some seriously talented kids. There isn’t just one type of medium represented, and creativity from all is encouraged! You’ll find singers, dancers, painters, photographers, sculptors and so much more! The best part is that all of the particpants are local students from a number of elementary and middle schools in Fort Wayne and the surrounding areas. FAME is also very interactive for all in attendance to keep those creative juices flowing. The FAMEous Imaginarium featured 15 hands-on activities. Here you can create your own crafts and works of art to take home, while exploring different types of art. This year will also see FAME and Science Central partner up to create a truly out of this word experience for FAME attendees!