Community ARTS
programs are hands-on projects for young people (ages 13-18) interested in creating art to build stronger communities.
Spring 2024 - Making ARTS Series
Spring 2024 - Making ARTS Series
Join us this April for this session of the Making ARTS community workshop series. Work alongside our Community ARTS Project teams as our youth team members and our teaching artists guide you through an exploration of light and shadow across various media.
Wednesday,
April 3, 2024
5 - 6:30PM
I'm Grateful for the Little Things
Sheena Rae Dowling
Show your art work in ARTS' inaugural Mini Gallery Exhibition!! It doesn't matter if you are new to art making or a seasoned pro, all abilities are welcomed. Paint a mini canvas with acrylic paint or create a mini sculpture with air dry clay. Make one to keep and leave one behind to showcase in our grand opening of the Mini Gallery on May 18.
Wednesday,
April 10, 2024
5 - 6:30PM
Very Superstitious
Christopher Tucker
Did you know that cameras can steal your soul? They can also take pictures of ghosts, and prove that your long lost loved ones are still around. For as long as cameras have existed, they have been used to both document and subvert our understanding of the world around us. In our workshop, we will lead a group of unsuspecting community members into a very suspicious photo shoot. On the surface, our photo series will highlight important scientists with their 3d printed and laser cut objects of Enlightenment learning, but be careful not to look too closely, or you may find something spooky in the background!
Thursday,
April 18, 2024
5 - 6:30PM
Patched Together
Claudia “Sew Loka” Rodriguez-Biezunski
Students will have a variety of cyanotype fabrics with different designs ready for community members to decorate utilizing embroidery and other mixed media like fabric markers and puffy paint. Community members will decorate a square of fabric that will be sewn onto our 2023 fall existing quilt.
Thursday,
April 25, 2024
5 - 6:30PM
Collaborative Sound Map
Pablo Dodero
Participants will use materials provided to add a depiction of a sound they hear at Kimball Park or from their memories in National City to a primed canvas laid out on a table outside of the ARTS building. Students will prompt participants on what are examples of sounds and ways to depict them. The final collaborative map will be displayed at the Youth Arts Festival.
Open to Middle & High School Youth in the South Bay
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No experience necessary!
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Earn Community Service hours!
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Open to Middle & High School Youth in the South Bay 〰️ No experience necessary! 〰️ Earn Community Service hours! 〰️
Community ARTS - Spring 2024
Community ARTS is an in-house program designed for youth between the ages of 12 to 18 living in the South Bay who are interested in creating art to build stronger communities. Students split up into different classes or “project teams,” and have the opportunity to earn up to 50 hours of community service.
Light & SHadow
This Spring, participants will examine the theme of “Light and Shadow” as they delve into either visual, media, textile, or performing arts based on the team they chose to join. Led by professional teaching artists, youth create artwork that is exhibited in a final culminating event entitled, “Youth Arts Festival”. Along the way, they will develop meaningful friendships, cultivate new skills, and openly engage with their communities through art workshops, field trips, and guest speaker visits.
Media Arts
Digital Sculpture
Learn the basics of Blender and bring your digital artwork to life through 3D printing!
Christopher Lloyd Tucker
Check out my website: www.sites.google.com/view/christopher-lloyd-tucker/home and follow me on IG - @christopher_lloyd_Tucker
Sound + Music
SOUND COLLAGE
Explore ways to create sound-based work through music, recordings, sound makers, and more!
Pablo Dodero
Visual Arts
Paintings & Murals
Build skills in painting and digital design as you work towards creating a mural here at ARTS!
Sheena Rae Dowling
Check out my website: www.sheenaraedowling.com
Textile Arts
SEWING 101 & 102
Learn how to use a sewing machine and utilize recycled fabrics to create your own apparel and accessories!
Claudia “Sew Loka” Biezunski Rodriguez
Sew Loka Store:
2113 Logan Avenue or online at sewloka.com
Join us this Spring to work
with these amazing Teaching Artists!
Look back at fall 2023
Explore testimonials and creations from our Fall 2023 Community ARTS - Teens program