Teen Program
Artspace's education program has, since 2001, encompassed:
- An intensive Summer Apprenticeship Program in which a master artist works with 12-15 students from city public high schools to create new work around a particular topic or methodology;
- In-school residencies in which emerging artists collaborate with groups of high school students.
- An after-school photography program, based on the award-winning Literacy Through Photography (LTP) Program. Artspace piloted the program in Fall 2002 with the help of LTP founder Wendy Ewald, in partnership with Leadership, Education, Athletics in Partnership (LEAP)
- An after school Teen Docent program, training students to serve as exhibition guides and young curators. First Teen Docents: Destiny Palmer, Samantha, Corey O'Bryon, Yajaira, Mary, under the creative leadership of Leslie Hewitt, the artist who conceived of the project.
Each initiative culminates in a month-long public exhibition, and is complemented by related gallery talks, poetry readings, and award receptions. In addition, teens receive annotated portfolios of their work to use for school and job applications.
The Summer Apprenticeship Program is the centerpiece of Artspace's work with young people and offers a unique opportunity for a small group of New Haven public high school students to work intensely with a master artist for three weeks each summer. In 2001, the program's founding year, Artspace partnered with famed Connecticut artist Sol LeWitt to create a series of wall drawings. The work, conceived by LeWitt and realized by the teen Summer Apprentices, was displayed at Artspace's gallery that summer.
Past SAP projects:
- 2001: Wall Drawings with Sol LeWitt
- 2002: On the Day I Was Born with David Pease
- 2003: View From Here with Lee Boronson
- 2004: The Ball Project with Danny O
- 2005: Organic Bending with Shih-Chieh Huang
- 2006: Ensemble with Jean Shin
- 2007: Victim with Larissa Hall
- 2008: Hawaii with William Downs
- 2009: Babel Collections with Carolyn Salas
- 2010: Tag and Repeat x 2 with Cat Balco
- 2011: Trellised Bench with Boris Chesakov and Ryan Wolfe
- 2012: "Occupy Main Street" with Felandus Thames
- 2012: "(Art)iculate" alumni show
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