Craft Youth Culture is a free arts after-school program designed for teens who are interested in the arts. We are now taking applications for Craft Youth Culture 2024-25. This fall, successful applicants will join a professional teaching artist for weekly workshops exploring hands-on crafting techniques and materials. Students will take inspiration from current exhibitions, and learn about careers in the arts. Applications are open to highly motivated, incoming 9th - 12th grade students or homeschool equivalent, who can commit to being an active attendee of all classes (see schedule below).
Image Credit - Craft Youth Culture 2023-24
APPLICATIONS DEADLINE
Sunday, September 15, 2024
The program includes:
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Gallery visits and facilitated discussions about art
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Working with professional, contemporary artists
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Hands-on artmaking projects and portfolio development
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Guest speakers and programs exploring careers in the arts
- All necessary materials and tools for projects
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Free admission to the museum, special events for you and your family
- A culminating professional showcase of work created throughout the year in the form of an exhibition, event, or catalog
About the Artist
Natalie M. Godinez (she/her/ella) is a Los Angeles-based artist, educator, and community advocate raised in Tijuana, México. Godinez explores memories, identity, and relationships to places and language through textiles, printmaking, process-based art, text, and collaboration. Her work aims to be a tool for conversations about our shared experiences, the possibilities of our imaginations, and our desires to create change in the world.
Godinez is an artist collaborator of AMBOS Project (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), a platform for binational artists to speak on border issues. She has performed artist interventions, led education projects, and coordinated humanitarian aid efforts there. Her work has been exhibited at the Hammer Museum, the Sun Valley Museum of Art, the San Diego State University Gallery, Angel's Gate Cultural Center, the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles, and the Vincent Price Art Museum. Godinez holds a Bachelor of Applied Design from San Diego State University.
Schedule
October 2, 2024 –
March 26, 2025
The Craft Youth Culture program will meet weekly on Wednesdays from 5 - 7 pm on the the following dates. Please note that some changes to the schedule may occur.
Questions? Email education@craftcontemporary.org
SEMESTER 1 (2024)
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
November 6, 13, 20
December 4, 11
SEMESTER 2 (2025)
January 8, 15, 22, 29
February 5, 12, 19, 26
March 5, 12, 19, 26