Youth Arts Council urges teens to express creativity (New York, USA)

Below are some examples (taken from a recent news article) of how youth are getting involved in the arts and learning communication skills thanks to a new Youth Arts Council in Staten Island.

"...Joseph Amis, 15, a sophomore at Curtis High School, who enjoys both sketching and dance, realized by meeting other creative teens that "kids like art and I like helping other people." Putting the two together, he developed skills not always associated with the art world, facilitating events through press releases, photos, invites, setting up the room...

...Erin Dennis, who likes to draw, began to pursue fashion designing when she discovered it was something she liked doing with her drawing. The 16-year-old College of Staten Island High School for International Studies student helped develop the mission of the council by getting teens out in the field to visit museums and attend performances...

...Among the resources the Youth Arts Council discovered was the Young Artists Group, composed mainly of intermediate and high school painters learning the healing capacity and human connections to be made with art."

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Youth Arts Council members