RECYouth: REEL Education for Youth

Have a story to tell? How about expressing your thoughts through a movie, song or animation of your own creation? RECYouth is a multimedia extracurricular program where you’ll learn video and audio production, photography, and graphic design while encouraging your creative expression. Learn to use digital tools and professional software to create and edit footage,

Tech Kids Unlimited

At Tech Kids Unlimited, we expose special needs students to technology learning that they have not had in the classroom – including software like Photoshop, Illustrator, IMovie, GarageBand, gamesalad, Podcasting, computer programming languages, and physical computing through a series of technology workshops. In all of our hands-on technology classes, students work in a small and

NYC Salt Photography

SALT is a non-profit photography program serving inner-city teenagers in NYC. Through professionally-led instructions, we seek to engage, inspire and empower kids to have a voice in the world and be all that they are created to be. Learn more.

Maysles Documentary Center

The Maysles Documentary Center offers diverse, year-round documentary educational programming for people of all ages throughout the Harlem, Northern Manhattan and South Bronx communities. This includes on-site filmmaking programs for adults and young people, as well as school-based partnerships where our experienced teaching artists work with students to develop storytelling, film production, and community engagement

NYC Summer Arts Institute

The Summer Arts Institute is a tuition-free, intensive, arts program for New York City public school students entering grades 8-12, held at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts High School in Astoria, Queens. Students can major in dance, theater, instrumental music (band), vocal music, film, string orchestra or visual arts. The program is designed for

Urban Arts Academy

Programs in Film, Dance, Music Production, Poetry and Video Game Design. Visit program’s website

The Studio Museum in Harlem

The Studio Museum in Harlem offers paid internships during both the summer and academic year. The Museum’s Internship Program provides high school, college, and graduate students, as well as recent graduates, with a wide range of experiences designed to provide insight into the daily workings of a professional museum environment. Additionally, interns engage in a

Ghetto Film School

A free, 15-month immersion in cinematic storytelling, 20 young people aged 14-19 advance annually through its three rigorous courses of instruction. The Program delivers an education integrating film technology, writing and critical thinking skills into each session, and concludes with an internship with one of 30 industry leaders.  Visit program’s website

Global Action Project Youth Breaking Borders

Global Action Project’s Youth Breaking Borders program is designed to engage diverse immigrant and refugee youth from Arab, South Asian, South American, African, Nepalese, Chinese, and Haitian communities, among others, to explore globalization, the role of the U.S. internationally, movements towards immigrant justice, and the root causes of migration. Youth meet once a week. They

Global Action Project Supafriends

Global Action Project’s SupaFriends is a LGBTQQ youth video crew in New York City. We explore queer history, take pride in our identities, discuss issues in the community and build power by educating ourselves and others through media. – See more at program’s website.