Summer Youth Opportunities - 2024!

With this list of opportunities in various different mediums, at different times, and in different regions, YOU pick how you will spend your Summer from a variety of programs through our many arts partners! Don't see something you like quite yet? Bookmark this page and check back as we update this list as more opportunities become through the Summer!

Music Opportunities:

Summer Music Camps w/ Seattle JazzED - Register here!
July - August @ SeattleJazzED. Grades 4 - 12.
Sliding Scale Tuition Available

Teen Performance Workshop w/ Seattle Opera - Info here!
July 22 - July 26 @ The Opera Center
Sliding Scale Tuition Available

Visual Arts Opportunities:

Various Art Making Classes w/ Coyote Central - Learn more here!
July - August @ SeattleJazzED. For ages 10 - 15.
Pay What Works For You

Teen Art Studio w/Gage Academy of Art - Learn more here!
Fridays in June @ Bellevue Arts Museum. For ages 13 - 18.
Free!

Museum Opportunities:

Teen Week Workshops w/ Gates Discovery Center - Learn more here!
July 22 - July 25 @ Gates Discovery Center. Rising 9th through 12 graders.
Free!

Become a MOHAI Advisor w/ Museum of History and Industry - Learn more here!
Youth advisors make the museum more welcoming by finding fun and creative ways to connect teens with MOHAI, and providing input on the development of museum programming and exhibits. Get paid for your work!
Deadline to Apply: June 30

Writing Opportunities:

Write Here, Write Now w/ The Bureau of Fearless Ideas - Apply here!
Thursdays in July and August @ Greenwood Pencil Box. For students entering grades 6-9
Free!

Submit a Script w/ Penguin Productions - More info here!
Share your script in progress with Penguin! For ages 14 - 21.
Free!

Dance Opportunities:

You Are Now: A Very Mini Kiki Ball w/ Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas - More info here!
June 5, July 5, August 2, and September 4. Watch or join participants as they vogue, walk the runway, serve face, and more to win prizes.
This is a free event, all ages are welcome,

Theater Opportunities:

Amplify! Teen Devising Program w/ Beyond the Stage Youth - Apply here!
June 25th- July 21st @ Bellevue Youth Theatre
FREE!

Internship Opportunities:

Washington Youth Arts Leadership Program - Apply here!
WAYAL leaders work with the Arts in Education team at ArtsWA to explore and amplify the role of arts engagement in their communities. Deadline: July 11, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.
Stipends for participants!

Become a Reading mentor Intern with South End Stories - email francesca@intiman.org to apply
Read, learn, and play alongside Leschi students!
Paid $19.97 / hr.

Web Development Workshop w/ EchoX - Apply here!
"How To Look Cool Online" is a paid opportunity for high school students to use web development as a means of for expression of ethnic cultural identities.
Applications for HTLCO are due June 22, 2024

Sports Opportunities:

Black Girls/Non-Binary Bike Camp w/ Young Women Empowered - Sign Up here!
July 29 - August 2 @ Bikeworks. Open to Black identifying cis and trans girls and nonbinary youth ages 13-18.
No cost to attend.

Black Mermaids Swim Camp w/ Young Women Empowered - Sign Up here!
August 20 - August 24 @ Private Pool TBA. Open to Black identifying cis and trans girls and nonbinary youth ages 13-18.
No cost to attend.

Performance Opportunities:

Summer Camp w/ Rain City Rock Camp - Apply here!
July 15th-20th @ Washington Middle School. For youth of marginalized genders ages 8-17.
Sliding Scale Tuition Available

Join the South End Stories Theatre Summer Intensive - Register here!
August 5 - 23, 2024 @ ReAct Studio. Three weeks of acting and creation training focused around sharing their stories, cultures, and perspectives.
Free to participate

Film Opportunities:

Summer Camp w/ Northwest Film Forum - Apply here!
July 8 - July 12 @ NWFF. For ages 11 - 14.
Sliding Scale Tuition Available

Direct Animation Workshop w/ Northwest Film Forum - Apply here!
July 22 - July 26 @ NWFF. For ages 11 - 14.
Sliding Scale Tuition Available

Reel Queer Youth w/ Northwest Film Forum - Apply here!
August 5 - August 9, August 12 - August 14 @ NWFF. For queer youth ages 13 - 18.
Sliding Scale Tuition Available