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

The Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club
4520 Martin Luther King Jr. Way South, Seattle, WA 98108
Site-Coordinator: Victoria Tangata 
rainiervista "at" naturec.org 206-234-1009
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The Yesler Community Center
917 East Yesler Way, Seattle, WA 98122
Site-Coordinator: Elizabeth Dahl  

yesler "at" naturec.org
  206-852-6397

Outreach Specialist and Program Assistant: Monica Thomas
monica "at" naturec.org    206.923.0853

 
Check This Out!

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 Nature Consortium's Youth Art Program to positively impact young lives by encouraging them to explore their environment
and voice their thoughts.


POWERFUL LEARNING through the arts 2007 Video Clip

Arts Education Consortium:  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 at naturec.org" | 206.923.0853
Located in the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center