WINTER 2016 Looking to write and be published? Now? During the summer? YCteen publishes true stories by teens, giving readers insight into the issues that matter most in young people's lives.

http://www.ycteenmag.org/write/ycteen.html

 YCteen publishes true stories by teens, giving readers insight into the issues that matter most in young people's lives.

How to Write for YCteen

If you're a New York City teen and you like the idea of writing stories that will help your peers, YCteen may be the place for you.

YCteen writers get published online and in a print magazine that's distributed to hundreds of high schools, libraries, and community-based organizations in New York City. Most teens on the staff write personal stories about their own lives, and reported stories about issues that affect young people.
SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAM
We are now taking applications for the spring 2016 semester. Educators: Print out our internship flier and share it with your students!
During the school year, we welcome teen writers to work with us either as volunteers or for high school credit as interns.

Benefits:

• Be a voice for teens
• Improve your writing
• Learn interviewing, research, and writing skills
• Work with professional adult editors
• Learn to work in an office environment with supervisors and colleagues
• Get published!
• Get skills and clips that will help you get into college and get jobs.

Requirements:

• You must be between the ages of 15 and 20.
• We're open to writers of all skill levels, but you must have a strong interest writing, and a willingness to learn the skills you need to produce stories that will help your peers.
• You must live in or near New York City and commit to working a minimum of two days a week, two hours a day for three months at our midtown Manhattan office. (Our office is open to writers from 1- 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday.)

WINTER 2016 Looking for summer 2016 options? Girls Rock! Camp. FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE

http://williemaerockcamp.org/program/rock-camp-for-girls/

Girls Rock! Camp

Girls Rock! Camp is a week-long summer day camp program for girls aged 8 to 18. The program offers instrument instruction, workshops, songwriting/band practice, live performances by visiting artists, and culminates in a showcase concert. Two summer camp session are held each summer.
Campers receive two hours of instruction each day on selected instruments (drums, bass, guitar, keyboards, vocals, DJ/turntables), in semi-private groups organized by skill level and age. All classes are taught by volunteer women musicians.
On the first day, campers form bands, and during daily band practice, campers write music and lyrics collectively, assisted by band coaches. Campers also attend workshops on topics ranging from songwriting to sound engineering to self-defense.
Campers gain first-hand exposure to professional women musicians through performances and workshops. Past visiting artists include Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Kathleen Hanna, Me’shell Ndegeocello, Kimya Dawson, and Martha Wainwright.
At the end of the camp week, camper bands perform their original songs at a showcase concert cheered on by an audience of 500+ people.
Campers do not need prior musical experience and tuition is sliding scale. Prospective campers submit applications and a review committee forms a camper group that is diverse in age, income, race/ethnicity, and instrument. To ensure that girls from a range of economic backgrounds are served, Rock Camp offers reduced tuition to at least half of participants, using a sliding scale based on household income. The camp conducts outreach to underserved communities across NYC, and more than half of campers identify as young women of color.
The summer camp is almost entirely volunteer-powered, with approximately 120 volunteers – including professional women musicians, classroom teachers, lawyers, designers, visual artists, social workers, marketing and public relations professionals — participating in each summer camp session. Volunteers serve as informal mentors, provide instrument instruction, lead camp workshops, and work with camper bands as coaches.

Winter 2016 Looking for summer 2016 options? NYC Parks & Rec Computer Resource Centers Programs FREE

NYC Parks & Rec

http://www.nycgovparks.org/crc/programs

Computer Resource Centers Programs

Seasonal Schedules

Computer Resource Center classes run seasonally and can be registered to in person at the recreation center of your choice. Go to the Locations page, select your borough and locate your center’s current computer room schedule. Classes run during the fall, winter and spring as follows and are generally open for registration within 2 weeks of the start of class.

• Winter Session 1: January through February
• Winter Session 2: March through early April
• Spring Session: April through June
• Summer Session: July through August
• Fall Session 1: September through October
• Fall Session 2: November through December

Program Categories

Youths: Work with kids around the world or learn how to be safe on the internet. Youth programming is available for children aged 6 to 13 with a free recreation center membership.
Teens: Join RECYouth, learn graphic design and video production, become a Green Teen, study for the SATs, and get your homework done! Programs are available for teens aged 14 to 17 with a free youth recreation center membership.

WINTER 2016 Looking for summer 2016 options? New York Theatre Workshop provokes, produces and cultivates the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us. FREE

https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/_/js/k=gmail.main.en.8uTzk32xSXg.O/m=m_i,t/am=PiPeQMCdjPuDOMY4gGbpKxT23n9-dpHiIwev6k8YACL7CuD8Zv8P4PcAvWgLDA/rt=h/d=1/t=zcms/rs=AHGWq9BlU791Qb0ekjmk7vqDYYSxVDLo4A

New York Theatre Workshop provokes, produces and cultivates the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us.

Founded in 1979, New York Theatre Workshop is dedicated to ensuring the robust and compelling presence of the artist in our society. This mission is manifested in two distinct but equally important focuses of activity: first through producing an annual season of productions in our 199-seat theatre in Manhattan’s East Village and second, by inviting theatre-makers at all stages of their careers to participate in activities that allow them to gain support for both themselves and their projects. This dual programming, on our stage and in our “Workshop,” allows NYTW to develop and produce theatrical experiences that reflect and respond to the world around us and re-invigorate the artists and audiences we connect with each year.

Mind the Gap

In 2009, NYTW created Mind the Gap: Intergenerational Theatre Workshop as a way to foster meaningful dialogue among artists and audiences of diverse backgrounds and generations. Mind the Gap workshops are held twice per season at NYTW, as well as in residence at multiple community partner locations around New York City.
Mind the Gap is a free workshop in which half of the participants are elders ages 60 and up and half are teenagers ages 14-19. Over the course of 10 sessions, participants work in pairs to interview each other and write plays inspired by their partner’s personal stories. Each workshop culminates with an invited presentation in which participants’ work is read aloud by professional actors. NYTW holds sessions of Mind the Gap in the Summer (July-August) and Fall (October-December).

WINTER 2016 Looking for summer 2016 options? The Wooster Group is a company of artists who make work for theater, dance, and media. FREE

http://thewoostergroup.org/twg/twg.php?summer-institute


The Wooster Group is a company of artists who make work for theater, dance, and media. We are based in New York City at The Performing Garage at 33 Wooster Street, where we develop and perform our work. We also perform our work at larger theaters in New York (Baryshnikov Arts Center, St. Ann's Warehouse, the Public Theater). Our productions tour nationally and internationally.


The Summer Institute is a free, three-week performance workshop for teenagers in the public school system, founded by Wooster Group member Kate Valk and Ariana Smart Truman. The workshop is organized around a selected text and sessions with guest artists in many aspects of performance (ranging from movement to writing to voice training to video techniques). The program culminates in three public performances for supporters, friends, and family.

Schedule 2016

Monday, July 18 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Tuesday, July 19 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Wednesday, July 20 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Thursday, July 21 – 9:30am-2:30pm

Monday, July 25 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Tuesday, July 26 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Wednesday, July 27 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Thursday, July 28 – 9:30am-2:30pm

Monday, August 1 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Tuesday, August 2 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Wednesday, August 3 – 9:30am-2:30pm
Thursday, August 4 – 9:30am-2:30pm, with performance #1 at 3:00pm
Friday, August 5 – 2:00pm-7:00pm, with performance #2 at 7:00pm
Saturday, August 6 – 5:00pm-7:00pm, with performance #3 at 7:00pm

How To Apply

We will post an online application for the 2016 Summer Institute on February 8. Please check back then. Thank you!

For more information, please contact the Summer Institute at:

email: si@thewoostergroup.org
mailing address:

The Wooster Group
Summer Institute
PO Box 654, Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013

phone: 212-966-9796

WINTER 2016 FREE Musuem of Modern Art workshops at MOMA APPLY NOW!

Take a free studio art class at MoMA. Join other teens to make art, work with contemporary artists, and create your own exhibition.

 

http://www.moma.org/learn/teens/free_classes#course101

 

• View and discuss modern and contemporary art in an open and supportive environment
• Learn new art-making techniques in and experiment with a variety of materials
• Meet other creative young artists from throughout NYC

In the Making

Free hands-on art classes for NYC high school students, ages 13–19. No experience necessary! MoMA provides all materials, food, studio space, and more. Each course meets three times a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, and culminates in a teen art show of participants' work. Applications are due January 8, 2016. Please note: these courses are available to New York City residents only. E-mail teenprograms@moma.org for more information.

WTF Is BHQF University?!?

TUESDAYS, FEB 9–APR 12, 4:00–6:30 PM

An Intro to Art School for People Who Hate School

 

Welcome to Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU), a free art school and learning experiment where artists work together to manifest creative, productive, demanding, and “useless” interactions between art and the world. This season, members of their notoriously secretive and anonymous organization will enlist a diverse group of New York–based artists to collaborate with participants across a variety of mediums—sculpture, performance, drawing, video, and more. Sample numerous approaches while working alongside some of NYC’s most interesting merry art pranksters. Each week’s session will be its own unique hands-on experience led by BHQFU artists and special guests, giving participants an immersive introduction in what it really means be an artist, with or without a formal education. Try art school before you buy art school.

Apply Online

CLICK@MoMA: Make Art Not War

TUESDAYS, FEB 9–APR 12, 4:00–6:30 PM

Transforming Military Materials into Social and Mobile Spaces

POWER Figures

THURSDAYS, FEB 11–APR 14, 4:00–6:30 PM

A Sculptural and Political Exploration of the Human Form

Acting Your Age

THURSDAYS, FEB 11–APR 14, 4:00–6:30 PM

Cross-Generational Performance and Photography

WINTER 2016 Looking for summer 2016 options? The Cinema at the Maysles Documentary Center, the only independent film house north of Lincoln Center in Manhattan, is dedicated to the exhibition of documentary films, and it provides programming and forum discussions at least four nights out of every week. FREE

http://maysles.org/mdc/education/

The Maysles Documentary Center, a not for profit organization, is dedicated to the exhibition and production of documentary films that inspire dialogue and action. Through our cinema and education programs we engage diverse communities in creative self-expression, communicating ideas and advocating needs.
THE CINEMA
The Cinema at the Maysles Documentary Center, the only independent film house north of Lincoln Center in Manhattan, is dedicated to the exhibition of documentary films, and it provides programming and forum discussions at least four nights out of every week. The Cinema is committed to a democratic experience, one where filmmakers are asked to attend the screenings of their work, and audiences have the opportunity to actively engage the films and each other in post-screening forums. Coupled with its scheduled series, we encourage the programming participation of local social and cultural organizations and citizen-activists to deepen community involvement and provide exposure for under-represented social issues and overlooked artists and their work. We have forged partnerships with organizations as diverse as The National Black Programming Consortium, the New Museum, and the Harlem Historic Parks Association, to name a few. Our suggested-donation ticket model allows for everyone to engage in our programming, regardless of his or her ability to pay. As a result of steady growth in attendance we have recently added capacity to accommodate our frequent overflow audiences.
MEDIA IN ACTION: EDUCATION PROGRAMS
We offer diverse, year-round programming for youth and adults in Harlem, Northern Manhattan, and South Bronx communities. Our goal is to enhance community storytelling and civic engagement by providing residents with specialized knowledge in documentary filmmaking and the technical tools they need to succeed.
After-School & Summer Programs
The Institute offers young people, ages 13-18, fun, engaging and holistic opportunities to create documentary films. Throughout the summer young people participate in an intensive six-week program where participants work in small production teams and learn how to shoot and edit short films under the guidance of film professionals. The summer program culminates in a citywide screening for family, friends, and the film community.
Throughout the school year, students who participate in the summer program along with other young people from the wider community are invited to work on individual film projects within the Institute.

The Maysles Documentary Center offers comprehensive, year-round documentary educational programming for filmmakers of all ages. This includes on-site production and media literacy programs for adults and young people, as well as school-based partnerships where our experienced teaching artists work with students to develop storytelling, film production, and community engagement skills. We have partnered with a range of high school schools throughout the city, and currently host six education programs at our documentary center in Harlem including our Filmmakers Collaborative for Adults producing course, our Teen Producers Academy for high school students, our Junior Filmmakers for youth ages 10 to 13, and a film club for ages 7 to 11. All programs are free or low-cost, with scholarships available for those with a fee.

For direct inquiries please contact us at: education@maysles.org