Your donations allow us to hire young people to the BYA Studio Apprentice Program
BYA has had the privilege to partner with Kenika Walker and Nashai Martin from @bannerneighborhoods Workforce Development to lead life skills and career readiness programming for our spring SAP session!
Kenika has been a longtime partner of BYA and champion of leading the fight to expand opportunities for youth in Baltimore since her time at CUPS Coffeehouse/Project I Can.
We are lucky to join forces with you both these next several weeks!
WE DID A COLLAB with @filausa for Black History Month and Women’s History Month😱😱! We are excited to share some behind the scenes of the photo shoot.
Apprentices and staff had the best time working with the FILA team and council member Jasmine did everyone’s makeup for the shoot❣️
We have more to share but you can check out our posts on @filausa now✨💐
Thanks to everyone at Fila including Kiki & Sydney, and @foamcreativeagency
BYA is excited to share that we are now hiring for a part-time Career Readiness Class Facilitator to join our team!
This position will lead instruction for BYA’s job training program for young adults- CORE.
It is a 10 week hourly contracted position with the chance to be extended.
Click the Linktree in bio to learn more about the opportunity and directions on how to apply!
BYA is excited to open recruitment for the spring session of CORE! Apply today to receive PAID job training, free art classes, and referrals to trade training programs in the city. Visit for more info:
bmoreyoutharts.org/apply-to-bya-core
Apprentices from our spring 2023 cohort get some early team-building in to start the session off right!🎉
BYA believes that a young person's creativity can help them throughout their career journey! In the SAP program this week, BYA apprentices learned that it's important to draw a path to their career dreams. 💯
Last night apprentices made self portrait monoprints! It was so fun to see their personality and creativity expressed in these portraits. SWIPE to see all the portraits🤩🤩
Baltimore Youth Arts helps build youth skills and dreams! Here's a pic of the CORE class, and Israel's dream of home ownership 10 years in the future!
Bree creating a graphic design of her dream job in nursing!
The project theme was "Visualization of a successful life 10 years in the future"