An all-digital art project run exclusively by teenagers for teenagers was showcased for the first time at Jubilee Library on Thursday.

The 13 to 19-year-old group from Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA) worked on the View-Finder project as part of their art lessons. The project has redefined the way the teenagers think about learning art.

Pupil Connor Daly, 16, said: “I never knew art could be digital before View-Finder.”

The digital art project has been overseen by Marianne Holm Hansen, a visiting artist at BACA. She said: “It’s been exciting, it’s been excellent and it’s been challenging for all involved.”

The event at Jubilee Library was held alongside We Love Thursdays, the council’s regular homework support club, which gives young people a dedicated space to study and socialise with their peers outside of school hours.

Sara Morden, a council study support manager, said that events like View-Finder’s are great for young people. She discussed the importance of dedicating a space in the library for them to go to after school and said: “I think it’s underestimated how important it is. It’s undervalued and underused and I don’t think we’ve opened our arms enough to young people.”

The BACA pupils will also showcase their work from View-Finder today [Saturday 16 October] from 2pm to 5pm at Fabrica Contemporary Art Gallery, Duke Street. As part of the exhibition, teenagers from the project will go out into town and find other young people to help them take photographs to bring back to the gallery for display.

Admission into today's exhibition at Fabrica is free. For more information visit www.view-finder.org.uk/calendar.

By Amar Mahdi