Juxtaposition Arts

Jxta offers year round ongoing programs which are provided at no cost to youth or their families: visual art literacy training (valt) is an out- of-school-time intensive introductory visual art education program. It is 8-12 weeks, 3 days a week, 3 hours a day, and offered year round. It is open to youth 8 to 21 years old. Participants must attend entrance interviews. There is no prerequisite to enroll. Freewall intro to aerosol/stem camp/remix your kicks and other seasonal introductory workshops are 3-4 weeks, 2-3 days a week, and give youth access to visual art mediums we do not offer throughout the entire year. This workshop is open to youth 8-21 years old. Participants must attend entrance interview but no prerequisite to enroll. Jxtalab teen staffed design enterprises train and employ youth screen printers, graphic designers, contemporary artists, and landscape architects. Youth can work year round for 9-16 hours and are paid 12.25-16.00/hr. Professional emerging artists and designers are contracted as the lead and assistant artists in the jxtalab studios. Youth gain skills and experience by making real products and services for clients as well as for jxta. Apprentices must be at least 14 years old and are hired through an interview process. A prerequisite is they must have successfully completed valt. Apprentice and adult artists teams generate revenue through contracts, commissions and other commercial work for clients including murals and public artwork, creative community engagement, graphic design logos, brochures, programs, invitations, flyers, screen- printing t-shirts, totes, and fine paper jobs, contemporary artwork rental and commissioned works. These client based jobs help support the youth wages and training . Community art partnership residencies bring jxta adult teaching artists into schools and other spaces to conduct workshops and programs that meet graduation standards and augment the goals of the partner organization and the participants. Art exhibitions, festivals, guest visiting artists and other public events such as flow the northside Arts crawl engage local residents and other community members and amplify the work of local, national, and international artists.

1108 artists' studios consists of affordable private working space for adult artists through a cooperative membership at 1108 west broadway. There are nine 2nd floor studios between 100 and 465 sq ft each + a shared meeting space. The studios are currently fully occupied.