Young Aspirationsyoung Young Artists

Ya ya guild: provides visual arts and entrepreneurship training to youth ages 13-25. Participants are encouraged to participate throughout high school and beyond and are trained in a wide range of artistic media, while gaining leadership and life skills to help them thrive in their adult lives, including collaboration, project management, financial literacy, marketing, portfolio/resume development and client relations. The 40 yaya guild members can attend this free program every day afterschool and have opportunities to travel and represent the organization publicly

Urban heroes: places ya ya guild alumni as teachers and mentors in schools, for school programs hosted at the yaya arts center, and at community events and festivals, significantly expanding the reach of yaya's visual arts program and providing employment opportunities for our alumni Artists. Urban heroes programs reached more than 200 individuals in 2022.

Community and family arts: serves youth ages 5-12, and their families with free afterschool visual arts programs, with an emphasis on social and emotional learning and building positive communication skills. This program operates two days per week plus monthly family days and a four week summer camp and served 582 youth and their caregivers in 2022.

Creative glass: ya ya creative glass educates the public about glass arts through ya ya's public access glass studio. This program offers fee-based classes, hands on field trips and demonstrations for school groups, and a free monthly glassblowing demonstration and open house, reaching nearly 545 people in 2022.