JUST US
helping youth unlock their potential
The JUST US Arts Project combines art with personal development skills to equip youth with tools for success. Youth art activities advance social and emotional learning and guide the process of communicating their voice. Youth work with artists from various disciplines, to create art in a noncompetitive/judgment-free environment. The mission is to empower youth with tools that aid personal growth and constructive civic engagement. Emphasis is placed on awareness (of self and others), self-management, self-expression, self-reflection and interpersonal skills.
Spring 2022: Community Tissue Paper Quilts with awarding winning artist, Maya Freelon!
JUST US: Because It's Time involved 80 youth at 6 sites (four 7th grade middle school classrooms and two afterschool programs).
Click to view ART Gallery/hear ART TALKS!
Click each image below to hear the artist's art talk.
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Partners:
- Art and Special Education teachers at Myrtle Grove Middle School & Emma B. Trask Middle School, Girls Leadership Academy of Wilmington (GLOW), D.C. Virgo Preparatory Academy
- Brigade Boys & Girls Club
- Cameron Art Museum
- Dare Coulter, artist in residency for the UNCW Office of the Arts
- DREAMS Center for Arts Education
- Girls Rocking In The South (G.R.I.T.S.) in collaboration with Working Narratives
- Harrelson Center
- Janet Robertson, Watson College of Education
- New Hanover County Resiliency Task Force
- New Hanover County Schools' Arts Education Program
- Office of the Arts
- Restorative Justice Collaborative
- Turning the Wheel
