At Grand Street Community Arts we offer a variety of creative and innovative programs that offer youth of all ages the opportunity to build character by growing and expanding their knowledge in the arts. Our four main programs are: YO! Youth Organics, YouthFX: Youth Film eXperience, YouthARTS, and the Vacant Lot Project. In our Youth Organics program, teens are taught everything they need to know about how to grow food in their yards, community gardens or in buckets on their stoops. Program Directors lead workshop on nutrition, cooking, food justice, healthy eating and lifestyles, and more. In YouthFX, teens learn how to write, produce, and edit their own films. In YouthARTS, children work with Program Directors, visiting artists, and community volunteers who teach them various mediums of art, such as painting, drawing, music, and poetry. In the Vacant Lot Project, teens work with Program Directors to help rehabilitate abandoned urban properties in the South End of Albany.

All of our programs are designed to engage youth’s creativity and imagination in areas that they otherwise might not be traditionally exposed to in schools or at home. To learn more about each program, please visit each program page and be sure to check in on the website frequently to get the latest news on what is happening in each program.