Young Aspirations-Young Artists Inc

Community and family arts: serves youth ages 5-12, and their families with free afterschool visual arts programs, with an emphasis on social and emotional learning and building positive communication skills. This program operates two days per week plus monthly family days and a four week summer camp and served 187 youth and their caregivers in 2024.

Urban heroes: places ya ya guild alumni as teachers and mentors in schools, for school programs hosted at the yaya arts center, and at community events and festivals, significantly expanding the reach of yaya's visual arts program and providing employment opportunities for our alumni artists. Urban heroes programs reached 287 individuals in 2024.

Creative glass: ya ya creative glass educates the public about glass arts through ya ya's public access glass studio. This program offers fee-based classes, hands on field trips and demonstrations for school groups, and a free monthly glassblowing demonstration and open house, reaching 325 people in 2024.