Youth Workshops

The Asian Arts Initiative hosts a series of ongoing yearly youth workshops. By providing art-making opportunities and a safe space for Asian American teens, we hope that teens will have a chance to explore and express their experiences and connect with others in their community. Projects over the years have included theater, spoken word, poetry, writing, documentary video, narrative film, short video, drawing/painting, mural making, hip-hop dance, DJ techniques, and many more. Most of the youth workshops run after school or on weekends during the academic year from September through June, generally with three ongoing weekly workshops and occasional one-day workshops. Through these workshops, we hope that teens will:
  • Develop greater understanding of their own and each others experience
  • Be able to express their personal stories and how they relate to a larger social context
  • Develop critical thinking skills through dialogue
  • Find ways to incorporate their experience and understanding into their art
  • Demonstrate improvement in specific artistic skills
  • Pursue further opportunities for community-based arts in the future

Current Programs

VIDEO-EDITING APPRENTICESHIP
Application deadline: August 10
Get the application here.
 
The Asian Arts Initiative is seeking 4 youth apprentices to edit and finish a video project in summer 2009.
 
Under the supervision of a professional filmmaker, the apprentices will engage in an intensive weeklong video-editing workshop from August 17 to August 21.  Projects will include PSA videos, short videos, and possibly a short documentary.  In return, the apprentices each will be provided with a $100 stipend.  Video-editing experience and storytelling skills are strongly preferred.
 
Applicants must submit a short statement explaining their interest. For more information, please contact Toni (toni@asianartsinitiative.org or 215.557.0455).

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The Asian Arts Initiative hosts
in collaboration with the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program:
Big Picture:
a year-long mural-making workshop for youth

July 6 to August 14, 2009
Monday to Friday: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107

This workshop is free and open to all interested youth ages 10-18.

Register Now! Contact Toni at
215.557.0455
toni@asianartsinitiative.org



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Youth Lounge
July 7 to August 13, 2009
Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 2 - 5 p.m.
Located at the Asian Arts Iniative
1219 Vine St., Philadelphia PA


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For more information, contact Toni at
215.557.0455
toni@asianartsinitiative.org

Past Programs

Chinatown Youth Radio Philadelphia

July 28th - August 15th, 2008

Join Chinatown Youth Radio Philadelphia as they embark on their second session of ChYRP programming! Engaging young people with radio production, ChYRP seeks to inspire a new generation of student journalists to think more critically about their community and the world around them and to become more effective and informed leaders of tomorrow, while filling in the longstanding gap of mainstream media’s coverage of the Asian American community.

http://chyrp.wordpress.com/

Youth-Produced Videos

View clippings of the videos produced by the teens involved in the Youth Arts Workshop. Most of these videos were produced as part of workshops which taught teens how to use video cameras and editing software, providing them access to another media to document their stories and the Philadelphia communities.

Please download Quicktime Movie Player to view these video clips.
Name
Ba Bay Three
Chinatown Life Stories (w/ Termite TV)
Family (Phally Chroy)
InvAsian (w/ DUTV)
Listen Up! PSAs
Life Stories from Washington Avenue (w/ Termite TV)		 Size
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4.9mb
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4.2mb
7.0mb
4.8mb