Arts

Image Editing Workstations Now at Seattle Public Library
Need to do some scanning or image editing? Come to the downtown Seattle Central Library and sign up to use one of their new image editing workstations, with scanners, Photoshop and more.

Arts Portal from the City of Seattle
Links and info about local and regional arts programs, festivals, artists, music and more.

Push to Talk: A Blog Space for Teens
Seattle Public Library blog space for teens.

Drop-in Teen Program at Northgate Community Center
M.U.S.I.C. is the drop in teen program at Northgate Community Center. Teens can come in anytime after school for sports, games, food, road trips and more.

Northwest Film Forum Kids Workshops
Several filmmaking classes are being offered for kids and teens.

Read Poetry by Seattle Area Teens
The Seattle Public Library is on MySpace! Read the entries from their Call for Poetry from teens.

• 826 Seattle
  A non-profit writing center to help students develop their writing skills. Free workshops!
  
  
• 911 Media Center
  Workshops, screenings, socials, events, speakers, facilities and projects for media makers.
  
  
• Arts Corp
  Arts Corps offers free arts education classes to kids and teens.
  
  
• Coyote Central
  Coyote opens up Seattle for junior-high youth to discover their rich intellectual and creative talents through projects and problem solving with professionals in real-life settings.
  
  
• El Centro de la Razo
  El Centro de la Razo seeks to empower people to participate in social change, using social, educational, cultural and civic activities to bring people and the community together.
  
  
• Emerging Voices from Eleventh Hour Productions
  Poetry workshops and slams for young people of all ages.
  
  
• First Thursday Art Walk in Seattle
  
  
• Gage Academy of Art
  Gage Youth Programs offer practical art instruction in drawing, painting and 3-D design for 6-to 18-year old artists.
  
  Teen Art Studio at the Gage - Come to the FREE Friday night artmaking event every week!
  
  
• Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus
  Diverse Harmony is a musically creative social connection in the greater Seattle area designed to nurture friendships, promote musical abilities and provide a safe place where youth are accepted for who they are.
  
  
• Intiman Theatre
  The Intiman focuses on dramatic international literature and theatre, offers student matinees for many of its plays, and after school special productions for local youth.
  
  
• Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center
  Youth Theater Project, a nine-week summer program, offers musical theater training for youth and a public performance.
  
  
• Live Girls! Theater
  Live Girls! is a theater dedicated to producing and developing new works by women; they offer theater workshops for teens.
  
  
• Pat Graney Company
  The company performs original dance works regionally, nationally, and internationally, and creates programs that work with students, incarcerated women/girls and other special populations.
  
  
• Phffft! Dance Theater Company
  In 2008, they will offer Dance Empowerment, a four-month series offering dance and choreography with tech production and marketing instruction led by artists for youth culminating in a public performance.
  
  
• Photographic Center Northwest
  In fall of 2008 and spring of 2009, the Center will offer after-school workshops with professional photographers for 20 immigrant middle and high school youth.
  
  
• Pongo Publishing
  In 2008, look for Pongo Teen Writing; three artists will offer creative writing/poetry instruction for youth in detention or foster care, with two culminating events.
  
  
• The Power of Hope
  Arts-centered intergenerational and multicultural learning programs that value self-awareness, leadership, community and social change.
  
  
• Pratt Fine Arts Center
  In 2008: Youth Art Works, a four-quarter, after-school/weekend series offering hands-on, multi-arts instruction led six artists for youth culminating in community exhibits after each term.
  
  
• Queer Teen Ensemble Theatre
  9% of high school students identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or questioning. Are you one of them? Do you have a story to tell? This is your chance!
  
  
• Red Eagle Soaring Native American Theatre Group
  Seattle Indian Youth Arts & Performance, a two-week session featuring a drama intensive workshop for youth culminating in community performances based on teen life experiences.
  
  
• Reel Grrls
  Reel Grrls is an after-school media & technology training program that empowers girls to critique media images and to gain media technology skills in a safe, open environment, mentored by a network of multi-cultural women media professionals. Check them out on MySpace!
  
  
• Richard Hugo House
  An open mike night, writing program, and more programs for teens all the time.
  
  
• Seattle Art Museum Free Teen Night
  The entire Seattle Art Museum museum is free for teens (up to age 19 with student ID) from 5–9 pm on the second Friday of each month.
  
  
• Seattle Center Academy
  Seattle Center Academy is a fun, educational, and affordable summer program where 7th and 8th graders explore their creative interests through hands-on experience in the arts.
  
  
• Seattle Center for Book Arts
  Sponsors Book Arts Workshop, a year-long session led by three artists offering youth bookmaking and bookbinding techniques and formats and culminating in numerous exhibits at branch libraries citywide.
  
  
• Seattle Children's Theatre
  Acting training and other exciting areas of theatre arts are offered in workshops.
  
  
• Seattle International Film Festival
  SIFF's mission is to create experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world, and to foster a community that is more informed, aware, and alive.
  
  
• Seattle Public Theater
  Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse is committed to creating community through the performing arts, responsible stewardship of the historic Bathhouse, professional theater of the highest quality, production of dynamic shows with great texts, and providing a safe, exciting and unique space for youth to express themselves.
  
  
• Seattle Repertory Theatre
  With an emphasis on plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays on two stages along with educational programs for youth and new play workshops.
  
  
• Seattle Scenic Studios
  In the Technical Internship program, theater artists will lead a nine-week session offering youth scenic and prop design instruction and mentoring using state-of-the-art tools and showcasing sets at local theater productions.
  
  
• Seattle Theatre Group
  Seattle Theatre Group (STG) is a non-profit performing arts organization dedicated to operating Seattle's historic Paramount & Moore Theatres, presenting diverse programming and maintaining extensive Education & Community Programs.
  
  
• SmartVentures
  This City program encourages innovation and widens cultural participation, particularly by individuals, organizations and communities that may not be served by the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs' other funding programs; youth under 18 may apply with an adult co-signer.
  
  
• Southeast Effective Development
  In 2008/2009: A six-month public art workshop series offers 15 teen residents at Rainier Vista an opportunity to design, fabricate and install a glass tile mosaic for a seating wall in the entrance of the newly constructed Boys & Girls Club.
  
  
• The Right Brain Center for the Arts
  The Right Brain is a digital arts resource organization specifically targeting Seattle’s youth and youth organizations, offering programming, equipment and teachers to youth organizations unable to offer digital arts programs because of limitations such as lack of space, equipment or expertise.
  
  
• The Service Board
  The Service Board provides Seattle area high school-age youth with life-changing experiences that build self-knowledge, skills, courage, and determination. TSB models the power of a supportive intergenerational culture and serves youth in need of its caring community.
  
  
• Urban Art Works
  Empowering young people through professional opportunities in the arts.
  
  
• Urban Wilderness Project
  The Urban Wilderness Project works to restore and encourage positive communities by providing four environmentally and culturally based service-learning "Works" programs for youth and adults. Participants earn service hours in all four programs.
  
  
• The Vera Project
  The Vera Project (Vera) is what every teenager wants, a music-arts center run by and for youth.
  
  
• YMCA of Greater Seattle Arts and Humanities Programs
  YMCA-sponsored opportunities include the Fusion Cafe all-ages music and performance venue, the All-City Youth Media Project and workshop, the Triangle Art Gallery, and Reel Grrls.
  
  
• The Young Shakespeare Workshop
  The Young Shakespeare Workshop, a non-profit organization, provides a tuition-free summer program for young people. Work on sonnets, speeches, scenes and plays by Shakespeare.
  
  
• Youth in Focus - Photography
  The mission of Youth in Focus is to empower urban teens, through photography, to experience their world in new ways and make positive changes in their lives.
  
  
• Youth Speaks Seattle
  In 2008: Spoken Word Residency, an after-school residency offering poetry/spoken word workshops and rehearsals exploring self-identity led by artists/peer mentors for youth culminating in preliminary slams and one final slam.
  
  
• Youth Theater Northwest
  Youth Theatre Northwest nurtures the intellectual, artistic and personal development of children and youth through drama education, performing opportunities and live theatre experiences.