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Youth Art Program
The Youth Art Program provides accessible environmentally influenced art classes for youth
ages 5-19.

We offer a variety of classes designed to increase participants’ artistic skill and environmental knowledge, positive identity, connection to the environment and social competence.
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• 2D: Illustration, T-Shirt Design, Murals, Printmaking, Collage, Painting, and Paper Making
3D: Jewelry, Mosaics, Ceramics, Kites, Origami, Masks, Toys, Art You Can Eat and Illuminated Creations
TECH: Photoshop, Illustrator, Web Design, Kinetics, U-Film, Magnetic Levitation and Photography
WORD: Spokenword, Storytelling, Songwriting, Poetry, Zines and Creative Writing
MUSIC: African Drumming, Keyboard Recording, Guitar. Piano, Percussion, Music Production & Voice
MOVEMENT: Martial Arts, Street Dance, Gardening, Hiphop Dance, Theatre, Lion Dance and Capoeria
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Thank you to: Slinglings Baby Slings for theirdonation of fabic for the Youth Art Program!

FREE Art Classes at Yesler Community Center and Rainier Vista Art Studio!


The Rainier Vista Art Studio
4437 MLK Jr Way South, Seattle, WA 98108
Site-Coordinator: Victoria Tangata 
rainiervista@naturec.org 206-501-0343

The Yesler Community Center
917 East Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98122
Site-Coordinator: Elizabeth Dahl  

yesler@naturec.org
  206-399-2921
Teen Outreach Coordinator: Monica Thomas
teens@naturec.org    206.923.0853

Youth Art Program Arts Education Director: 
Victoria Brown  vic@naturec.org 206-370-2191

 
Check This Out!

75th Anniversary Celebration kite-making @ Seattle Asian Art Museum: 1400 East Prospect Street Volunteer Park Seattle, WA 98112–3303 site:  206.654.3100  http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/visit/visitSAAM.asp
10am-3pm Saturday  July 19th     Sam 75th Anniversary   Teaching Artist:  Greg Kono,   
Come create a simple Japanese koi fish kite designed by master kite maker Nobuhiko Yoshizumi from Kyoto, Japan. You will be able to decorate the precut/printed bond paper, add a wire spar, tissue tails, kite string, decorate as desired and fly!  No Registration Required.  Contact: C. David Ingram, Teen, Family and Community Programs Manager, Seattle Art Museum DavidaI@seattleartmuseum.org 206.654.323

Youth Art Program Photo Explorations Exhibition
@ Harrison Street Gallery, 305 Harrison Street Seattle, WA  98109, (Seattle Center House, second floor.  Free and open to the public).   July 22nd-August 17th.  Photographs taken by youth from Nature Consortium Youth Art Program participants at Yesler Community Center and Rainier Vista Art Studio exhibit their view of Seattle’s urban and natural environments.

Youth Art Program Exhibition
 @ The Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, WA 98106, 206-923-0853, lisa@naturec.org  Opening reception, Thursday, August 14th 5-7pm

YAP Hiphop Recording Class KEXP Documentary "Streetwise Classrooms that Rock"

choose #10 The Nature Consortium Keyboard Recording class at The Rotary Boys & Girls Club taught
by teaching artist Amos Miller, visited the KEXP radio studios for a dynamic live recording session with
DJ Producer Michelle Meyers in contribution to “Classrooms that Rock,” an audio documentary about youth art programs teaching life skills.  This recording highlights the power of The Nature Consortium Youth Art Program to positively impact young lives by encouraging them to explore their environment
and voice their thoughts.


Youth Art Program Winter 2007 Update


POWERFUL LEARNING through the arts 2007 Video Clip

Arts Education Consortium:  The Nature Consortium is one of seven Seattle youth arts education organizations collaborating to improve program quality by sharing practices in arts education, evaluation tools and professional development opportunities for professional teaching artists.  Together we’ve discovered and documented the dynamic capacity of arts education to engage diverse learners in creative habits of mind.  Please take a moment to be inspired by viewing a short sneak peek of The Arts Education Consortium’s “Powerful Learning through the arts 2007” video; a compelling and relevant tool for organizations and individuals advocating for the value of youth arts education.  Complete copies will be made available soon, accompanied by community dialogue and local screenings. The Arts Education Consortium is funded by generous grants from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs.

 

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4408 Delridge Way SW Suite #107 | Seattle, WA 98106 | info@naturec.org | 206.923.0853
Located in the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center