Armory Center for the Arts

The Armory Center for the Arts will strategically expand its Art High initiative for at-risk, in-crisis, and incarcerated teens in Los Angeles County. Art High provides free, year-round, sequential standards-based instruction in visual and media arts for teens. All courses are designed and delivered by professionally trained Armory teaching artists, each of whom maintains an active arts practice that informs their teaching. The museum will deepen the reach of Art High programming by expanding its network of partner sites in low-income neighborhoods, and at Los Angeles County juvenile camps, halls, and day reporting centers. Art High programming will provide crucial teen engagement opportunities, driven by participant feedback, including mentorship by the teaching artists, portfolio development, career guidance, opportunities to participate in the museum's paid Teen Apprentice program, and numerous opportunities for teens to exhibit their work in public exhibitions.