Building Blocks Youth Arts Program is a free, fully virtual, 3-month program for young artists ages 12 – 17, who are serious about their craft, designed to teach visual arts fundamentals within a diverse cultural and historical context and develop effective visual language for powerful storytelling through art. It’s an opportunity for youth to share their perspective.

The program includes 12 weeks of live virtual class sessions and self-paced e-course that provide not only skills development focusing on art making and a solid studio arts practice but an opportunity for creative expression within a fun, welcoming group environment that respects different learning styles and encourages experimentation. A virtual group exhibition shares the vital perspectives and observations of young artists participating in the program as a way to respect and share the voices of our youth with their communities and the larger general public.