NASHVILLE, TN — POWER Youth is a youth work initiative program of the Metropolitan Action Commission (MAC), a division of the Mayor’s Office. As part of its mission to strengthen the creative workforce and deepen artistic participation in Nashville, Metro Arts partners with MAC to provide project-based work experiences in the arts through the POWER Youth Summer Employment Program (formerly Opportunity Now) for young people ages 14-15 during the summer. For summer 2022, Metro Arts will facilitate experience work projects with with 8 partner organizations:
• Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership, Arts Discovery Program
• From the Heart International Education Foundation, Music in the Making: Code, Create and Perform
• Global Education Center, We Are All Related – A Musical Theater Creation
• King’s Daughters Child Development Center, KDCDC Arts Enrichment Program
• Moves and Grooves, Inc., ARTrepreneuer Project
• Notes for Notes, Inc., Into the Mix: Journey of a Song
• Prado Studio, Creative Placemaking Apprenticeship & Mosaic Mural Creation
• Southern Word, Creating Cultural Centers Through Words and Music
Turnip Green Creative Reuse, TGCR Sustainability & Arts Youth Program
2022 POWER Youth Student Employment Application apply by April 8, 2022
For questions about POWER Youth, please contact Equity and Restorative Practices Manager Natalie Alfaro Frazier.