Youth Spirit Artworks (YSA)

Youth Spirit Artworks (YSA) is a non-profit art and jobs trainig program that uses art as a vehicle for personal transformation, leadership development, and job-readiness training. YSA serves transition age youth between the ages of 16-25 who are unemployed, unstably housed, low-income, disabled, in foster care, or involved with the juvenile justice system. Individuals interested in joining can contact lauren [at] youthspiritartworks.org to receive application materials via e-mail during the shelter-in-place order. Visit http://www.youthspiritartworks.org for more info. We are a queer and gender-diverse affirming space! Our studio is located at 1740 Alcatraz Ave in Berkeley, and our normal studio hours when there is not a global pandemic are 12:30pm - 6:30pm Monday through Friday.