Skill Building Workshops

Schedule: 5 sessions, 1 per week, 4:30-6pm

Format: Virtual (Zoom)

Eligibility: Open to ages 14-19 or grades 9-12

Explore new art skills or develop those you have!

Our virtual Skill-Building workshops connect you with a group of teens from around NYC and professional teaching artists while you try new skills or develop those you have in 5 consecutive sessions.

Build creative skillsets for your projects, and expand your resume for next steps in your creative career.

All workshops are live, on Zoom, meeting in 5 sessions after school, 4:30-6pm
No special equipment needed.
Accessible for all mobile and desktop devices.

Here’s what to expect:

Explore new art skills or develop those you have
Work in a small group of teens with a professional artist
5 – FREE, fun sessions
Meet on Zoom 4:30-6PM

Check out some of your options coming this fall: Coding Visuals with P5-Javascript, Self Care Visual Arts, Graffiti, Spoken Word / Visual Poetry.

Javascript P5 with digital artist, Ahmed El Shaer

Five Mondays,10/24, 10/31, 11/7, 11/14, 11/21

Write code and see your visuals immediately
Build and improve your skills in: coding to create visuals, interactive visuals, animation,
Make personal and collaborative projects
Learn about careers in computational media

2. Spoken Word/Visual Poetry with Ayling Dominguez, poet, creative, abolitionist, community-nurturer

Five Tuesdays 10/18, 10/25, 11/1, 11/15, 11/22

Build and improve your skills and confidence in Spoken Word, and a wide range of poetic forms including: visual poetry, generative poetry
Create text and image collages using @Canva
Connect with other creatives to hear or perform poetry in NYC

3. Graffiti 101 with Carlos Jesus Martinez AKA FEEGZ, professional graffiti artist.

Five Wednesdays 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16, 4:30-6pm

Build and improve your skills in: basic lettering forms, fonts, Block, Bubble, Blow ups to Freestyle
Create your Tag, Connect to history of writing and activism,
Learn about history of Graffiti in NYC
Develop your own project choosing from your array of skills

4. Self Care Visual Arts with Angel Thompson, creative artist.

Five Tuesdays 11/15, 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 4:30-6pm

Explore thought mazes, inside voice objects, art journalling, altars and more
Practice a focusing / grounding activity and create an art project in each session
Work with materials found in your home or environment
Create artwork connected to Self-Care, Resilience, Joy and Community Care