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 Council, 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.
Summer Youth Program Offerings
Hip Hop and
Creative Writing
Registration Deadline: June 23, 2025
Tuesday-Friday, 11:00-3:00pm
Teaching Artists Dionte and Sandy
This Summer, we are pleased to offer our Hip Hop and Creative Writing intensive program starting on July 8th for youth youth ages 10-18 years. Students who attend at least 14 out of 16 classes will be eligible to receive stipend at the completion of the course.
Through a series of in-person lessons, and individually designed community building curricula, students will have the opportunity to engage in learning, contextualizing, and practicing creative movement and literary arts in collaboration with two teaching artists and peers.
Youth Advisory Committee
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Youth Advisory Committee
Thursdays 4:30-6:30pm
Teaching Artists Ebti and Sagaree
Youth Advisory Committee highlights and presents projects that center local BIPOC and LGBTQIA young artists hosted with and for the D11 community. This group plays an integral part in our commitment to foster community and increase access for these D11 communities. Youth do not need to be enrolled in current Powerhouse classes, but must register and submit a Caregiver/Supervisor Liability Form (available at the Powerhouse) to attend. We ask for regular attendance.