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Because of ArtWorks I have made friendships I never expected to have made. Not only did I learn valuable skills, but I learned about life and the workplace in general. This was the most unique and interesting experience of my life. – Gabrielle, 10th grade
Cleveland School of the Arts

Because of ArtWorks I feel like I am a better person. I learned some business professional skills, and I know what I need to do to get a scholarship. – Shanice, 12th grade
Garfield Heights High School

I lay in bed the night before work and can't fall asleep because I'm too excited to leave for work the next morning. I've gotten amazing opportunities. – Eliza, 11th grade
Akron Early College High School

ArtWorks 2010's greatest success would have to be the development of apprentices' personal and artistic skills. The final performance was a wonderful showcase and the students were very proud of the final product. – ArtWorks Master Teaching Artist
What We Do - Special Projects - ArtWorks

ArtWorks - Hired to Create, Inspired to Succeed

Young Audiences' ArtWorks program is an arts-based job training program for high school students designed to develop 21st Century skills for the workplace through apprenticeships in the arts. Students are hired to work in small groups called co-ops, under the guidance of a professional master teaching artist.

Young Audiences is proud to offer two different ArtWorks experiences to provide more opportunities for students to earn a wage, gain valuable workforce skills, prepare for higher education, and have fun working in an art form of their choice!

To learn more about each of these opportunities or to apply for either one, choose a program below:

ArtWorks Summer

ArtWorks Afterschool

Young Audiences' ArtWorks is an award-winning program. Founding patron Deborah Ratner and Executive Director Marsha Dobrzynski were the recipient's of University Circle Inc.'s 2008 Joseph D. Pigott Leadership Award for bringing ArtWorks to University Circle, involving several other cultural organizations, and making "an especially noteworthy contribution" to the area. The 2008 program also received a best practice honor from national Young Audiences at an all-chapter conference and Ms. Ratner was honored for her vision and annual commitment to realize the program.

In November 2010, the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals honored Ms. Ratner with the Philanthropist Leadership award.

In spring 2011, Marsha Dobrzynski was bestowed the Cleveland Arts Prize's Martha Joseph Prize for her commitment to arts education in Northeast Ohio, and Young Audiences received the Ohio Association of NonProfit Organizations' Excellence Award for ArtWorks programming. In early December, the organization received the Ohio Department of Youth Services' Director's Community Recognition Award in partnership with the Governor's Council on Juvenile Justice and the Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges and Ms. Ratner was honored with MyCom's 2011 Youth Voice Award for Civic Leadership from The Cleveland Foundation and Cuyahoga County's Family and Children's First Council.

In January 2012, ArtWorks was named a finalist for "the coolest internship" award from the Northeast Ohio Council of Higher Education.

 

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