Through arts education utilizing healing-informed learning, students process and express emotion in a safe environment responsive to individual and generation-defining challenges.
Geneva Powerhouse youth art programs are taught by Teaching Artists who guide students through art forms such as dance, spoken word, and the practice of ancestral healing knowledge while affirming gender, community, and culture. Students also may join the Geneva Powerhouse Youth Advisory Committee, a paid cohort that works with our artists to design the Geneva Powerhouse space and programming to create a youth-led community hub for LGBTQIA and youth of color.
Recognizing the challenges immigrant youth and families face in navigating new systems of racism that differ from those in other countries, we focus our programming on affirming personal and cultural identity through play-based learning. Our spring residencies culminate in a showcase for the local community at the Geneva Powerhouse, our performance/gallery space in District 11.
Fall Youth Program Offerings
Creative Movement
Thursdays, 4:30-6:30pm
Teaching Artists Emma and Sandy
Join us for another rendition of our creative movement classes! Explore different styles of dance along with themes of youth empowerment, community engagement, and creative expression. For youth ages 10-16.
Youth Advisory Committee
mARTketing
Tuesdays 4:30-6:30pm
Teaching Artist TBD
Students will use art, outreach, and marketing as tools to build community, uplift community voices, strengthen personal and collective identities, and grow youth leadership rooted in joy, shared values, and meaningful connection. For youth ages 13-18.