City Arts for Youth. Providence, RI

CityArts Providence, Albanese implements a variety of free after school arts programing for students aged 11-14 in Providence Public Schools. An emphasis on youth identity and development through youth centered environments that support social and emotional growth, curiosity and problem solving through sequential processes from Arts Literacy and Design Thinking models, and social justice were explored.  

““The only way to get students to open up to us is to show we authentically care about who they are, what they have to say, and how they feel.””

—Zaretta Hammond