Organizations
Literary Arts
Literary Arts provides literature, art, history and culture lectures and awards as well as the Writers in the Schools (WITS) program. WITS brings Oregon writers into public schools for a semester residency and writing workshops. They also do many public art programs.
224 NW 13th Ave., Suite 306
Portland, OR 97209
www.literary-arts.org
826 Valencia
826 Valencia offers free tutoring, workshops, and storytelling for 8-18 year olds who want to develop their writing skills. They also help students publish their work in the form of story collections and zines. They hold workshops on creative writing, journalism, film, photography and web publishing.
826 Valencia St.
SF, CA 94110
www.826valencia.org
Snow City Arts Foundation
Snow City Arts provides programming for hospitalized children. They offer writing, visual art, film and music workshops. They hope to better the lives of children suffering from severe illnesses by giving them a creative outlet.
1653 West Congress Parkway
Office 599 Jones
Chicago, IL 60612
www.snowcityarts.com
Zeum
Zeum is a non-profit multimedia arts museum encouraging youth to think creatively With a combination of animation, digital media and traditional and non-traditional visual art classes, they hope youth will generate powerful art.
221 Fourth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.zeum.org
Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center
Little Black Pearl provides an environment where urban youth can escape the challenges they face in daily life and find mentorship. By taking a variety of classes, learn to express their creative ideas and develop self-esteem.
1060 E. 47th St.
Chicago, IL 60653
www.blackpearl.org
Girls Write Now
Girls Write Now is a nonprofit mentorship between "teenage girls from New York City's public high schools with professional women writers in the community". The program includes monthly workshops, field trips and events. Girls Write Now hopes to support girls while they develop "their natural writing talents,...independent creative voices, and...confidence in making healthy choices in school, career, and life." - with help from Maya Nussbaum, Executive Director
5 Union Square West, Ste. 702
New York, NY 10003
www.girlswritenow.org
Oasis for Girls
Oasis for Girls provides art, technology, leadership development, health and life skills programming for girls ages 10 - 20. Oasis strives to create a space that supports all women in their creative endeavors. The program offers one-on-one student mentorship with teaching artists and opportunities for activism.
1129 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.sfoasis.org
Intermedia Arts
Intermedia Arts is a multimedia arts center with visual, literary and dramatic arts as well as music and dance. The group of young artist incorporates activism through their artwork. They currently have an exhibit entitled "B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop" which displays the many different aspects of hip-hop culture where women are underrepresented.
2822 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
www.intermediaarts.org
Zoey's Room
Zoey's Room "encourages creativity through math, science, technology and engineering for girls ages 10-14." Participants write articles about cyber bullying and Internet safety as well as create graphic art. Zoey's room is also an after-school program for girls where they gain important technological, mathematic and scientific skills. - With help from Kaley Noonan, Zoey's Room Program Manager
386 Main Street, 4th floor
Rockland, ME 04841
www.zoeysroom.com
The Awakenings
The Awakenings Project is a grassroots movement, which has "[empowered] persons with mental illness through art since 1996." It is both "a therapeutic outlet for individuals with mental illnesses" and a place to build awareness and support of the accomplishments of those suffer from mental illness. The project offers literary, dramatic and visual arts programming. - With help from Irene O'Neill of the Awakenings Project
5 Forest Hill Drive, Suite 201
Glen Ellyn, IL
www.theawakeningsproject.org
Studio Arts
Studio Arts, formerly Lakewood Arts Academy, offers youth art classes in which they find, according to their mission statement, "a deeper understanding of themselves through the art process." Through workshops, youth "develop creative problem-solving skills and [nature their] imagination"
10051 Shoreview Road
Dallas, Texas 75238
www.studioartsdalls.com
Alternatives
Alternatives is a community based program providing clinical, educational and vocational training as well as a forum for girls ages 8-18 to express themselves.
4730 N. Sheridan
Chicago, IL 60640
773-506-7474
www.alternativesyouth.org
Beyondmedia Education
Beyondmedia believes women and youth should be equipped with tools of media to tell their story. Beyond Media offers two gender specific programs, Girl! Action! Media!, a workshop teaching the skills of media expression, and the Women and Prisons, a program encouraging formerly incarcerated women and their families to share their stories through the arts.
7013 N. Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
773-973-2280
www.beyondmedia.org
Family Matters
Family Matters provides a safe space where families can build skills to enrich their lives. The organization offers Sister in Unity and Sisters of Struggle, programs which advocate the development critical thinking to prepare women for leadership roles.
7731 North Marshfield
Chicago, IL 60626
773-465-6432
www.familymatters.org
Girls in the Game (GIG)
Girls in the Game promotes leadership and health while participating in sports related activity. A Girls Advisory Board, made up of females ages 8-18, plan and co-lead classes.
1501 W. Randolph
Chicago, IL 60601
312-633-4263
www.girlsinthegame.org
Guild Complex
Guild Complex offers an after school program known as the Young Women Writers Program for young women interested in writing arts.
1212 N. Ashland, # 211
Chicago, IL 60622
773-227-6117
www.guildcomplex.org
Literature for All of Us
Literature for All of Us offers book discussion groups for young women and girls combing literature discussion and poetry writing to explore and empower oneself.
2010 Dewey Ave
Evanston, IL 60201
847-869-7323
www.literatureforallofus.org
Redmoon Theater
Drama Girls is a mentorship between artists and middle school girls from the Logan Square neighborhood in which they are taught the art of creating and performing an original theatrical piece.
2936 N. Southport Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
773-388-9031
www.redmoon.org
Street-Level Youth Media
Female Action Voice and Change Program is a media arts program for female high school students wishing to explore gender issues using video production, computer arts, and the Internet.
1856 W. Chicago Ave., 1st Floor
Chicago, IL 60622
773-862-5331
www.streetlevel.iit.edu
Center on Halsted
Horizons Youth Program is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth or youth questioning their sexual orientation ages 13-24 hoping to build their understanding of the LGBT community.
961 W. Montana
Chicago, IL 60614
773-472-6469
www.centeronhalsted.org
Young Chicago Authors
Young Chicago Authors encourages self-expression among teens in the forms of weekly open mikes, poetry slams and a free three-year Saturday writing program offering tons of publishing opportunities.
2049 W. Division
Chicago, IL 60622
773-486-4331
www.youngchicagoauthors.org