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AJAH Teen Project

Registration begins May 31st

Classes start June 24th

If you are between the ages of 10 - 17 and have a love for learning and Art, let us know! 

Partnerships

 The AJAH Foundation is partnering with like-minded individual and corporations that recognize the importance for youth to express themselves artistically through a variety of mediums. If you are interested in being a part of this program, please register now online or contact us for more information.

We are proud to report 100% Positive Feedback for AJAH's Online Learning Program!

Here is some of what our students had to say:

"This program is great and fun. I got better at portrait paintings and my instructor is amazing." ~ Student Feedback, AJAH 2020 Teen Program, Art

"Thank you for providing new outlets and exposures to the many different aspects of art. The voice lessons and discussions with AJ inspire me to continue with my singing" ~ Student Feedback, AJAH 2020 Teen Program, Voice

"I had fun drawing with other people and I thank you for letting this program be free as it opened something new for me to paint more and that I can do better then what I thought I can do." ~ Student Feedback, AJAH Summer 2020 Teen Program, Fine Art

And positive parent-feedback too:

"Yes! K*** has been truly looking forward to her weekly Class!" 



Interested in Teen Program?

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Lessons Learned

With growth and experience, we recognize the importance of art in school. 

Resulting from our recent sponsorship of Shadowlawn Elementary School at our 2019 Ajala Charitable Art Show, we uncovered a significant absence of meaningful instruction in the Arts within our local schools. For example, at Shadowlawn Art Instructors are shared. This relegates Art classes to only two each week. While we understand that traditional academics must be prioritized in the school’s finances, we also know that it is important to nurture and inspire talent and individual gifts in all forms. 

We were moved to fill in the gap by providing music and art instruction for students between the ages of 12 to 18-year-old who attend schools within our shared community. As such, we are partnering with Artists that work in a variety of art media who have the skills and certification to teach. Our initial focus will be introductory music instruction, specifically guitar, piano, drums and voice lessons that ensure diverse cultural expressions. 

With your help, we will provide up to twelve teens with 12 one-hour sessions of tutoring in music or art. We believe that this project will create opportunities, inspire creativity, and improve academic abilities. Once this pilot program is complete, we intend to increase the number of students that we serve. We will target at-risk youth who share a desire to take advantage of all the program’s offerings. This project will be administered through local Schools, City Recreation Centers, and Community Libraries. 

We offer a range of programs to young artists within our shared community.

New for 2023!

Life Coaching for Children!

Art Journaling:  Art Journaling explores the different reflective and artistic forms of journaling using a combination of collage-making, mixed media techniques (i.e., painting, drawing, magazine images, etc.), digital work, and written prompts. The series will explore a form of creative self-care practices.

AJAH Teen Art Program 2021 - "COVID Art Expressions"

This summer, we challenged the AJAH Teens to:

CREATE A PIECE OF ART THAT DEPICTS YOUR FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS TOWARDS THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. GIVE YOUR WORK A TITLE. SEND YOUR ARTWORK WITH A STATEMENT.


The submission on the right is entitled, "COVID Cat." This was submitted by Kofi Olatunji, age 12 who participated in Ms. Beth's Mixed Media class this summer!


Watch this space! We will share more expressions as they come in...

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