"It’s
Carnival Time” in October.
This
year for the Art for Art’s Sake event, YA/YA is exhibiting “It’s
Carnival Time”, a collection of Mardi Gras themed chairs created by our
new young artists. This is YA/YA’s first chair exhibit since hurricane
Katrina. This will also be the first chance for our new young artists to meet
the local art community. Featured in the exhibit along with the chairs are Mardi
Gras masks, painted canvases, and signature YA/YA wooden blocks. The exhibit
will open at the Contemporary
Art Center on Saturday October 6, 2007 from 6-9PM
and will continue through December.
Fall 2007 Programs
YA/YA
launches its fall school and studio programs.
- A Touch of New Orleans – Mural
painting
Science and Math High School
- Storybook Mural – Mural painting
Wright and Green Charter Middle Schools
- What Time Is It? - Clock-painting
YA/YA Studio
- YA/YA Ornaments – Holiday Gifts
YA/YA
Studio
Our Creative Youth Programs –
YA/YA's programs fall under one of three
broad categories: Artpentry, Inner-City
Threads (ICT), and Print
YA/YA. From these unique project experiences,
our artists acquire a wide range of technical skills from woodworking, sewing
and painting to screen-printing. The ultimate goal of all programs is to prepare
artists for the entrepreneurship component of YA/YA, which helps artists secure
and complete commissioned projects.
Participating
in real-life commercial experience gives our artists the opportunity to utilize
their skills while training. This often involves interacting with clients, creating
artwork based on their input, invoicing, budgeting, and maintaining presentation
and quality control. YA/YA is rooted in the belief that the arts, combined with
entrepreneurship, are powerful vehicles for teaching young people and preparing
them with essential life skills. It is the entrepreneurial component that distinguishes
YA/YA from many other youth organizations. As a member of YA/YA, an artist has
the opportunity not only to develop as an artist and a person, but also to earn
money.
Want an original YA/YA artwork? Comission us!
For more information about our comission
programs, please contact our Program Manager Timeka
Junius
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Artist
Spotlight |
A
New Horizon – Brooklynn Johnson is one of
our new young leaders at YA/YA. She started her work with
YA/YA making hats in
2006 at the Science
and Math Charter Urban Heroes program.
She demonstrated a
strong sense of leadership with her peers and was later hired
the following summer as an artist intern with YA/YA. She
officially joined the organization last September and has
continued to work as a youth artist intern while working
on her own YA/YA projects. YA/YA is excited to have Brooklynn
as a part of the new
youth group as we recruit to rebuild the YA/YA guild.
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Alumni Circle
On Saturday October 6, 2007,
YA/YA alum Gerard
Caliste will exhibit his
paintings at Le Mieux gallery, at 332 Julia
Street. Gerard will have six of his paintings
on display at the gallery for Art for Art's
Sake. Also on this day, YA/YA
alum Lionel
Milton’s
will be featured at the new Elleone Gallery,
located at 2001 Magazine.
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