Tiyonna Baker, a summer apprentice making impacts on her fellow apprentices within the first week, shares her interests and goals with BYA! What are you doing with BYA this summer?  Tiyonna is enrolled in Faith’s photography class, Miss L and Mathilde’s fashion design class, and has been working with Makaila on goal development and career plans. Apart from keeping busy with BYA’s classes, Tiyonna is also a member of the Games committee and Showcase committee where she is helping organize the summer showcase, planning food preparation, and panning out ideas and music.  What is th ..read more

  BYA had the opportunity to work with FILA for their Black History and Women's History Month campaigns! Along with BYA's executive and deputy director, young people participated in a photo shoot and shared about their art practice. The campaign features current apprentices as well as alumni. Check out all the posts and videos here. We are continuing our partnership with FILA: they are supporting youth leaving detention centers and working with us on various parts of our programming. Read below to see more photos and hear what it was like for youth and staff to be in the shoot! La ..read more

Mariah, an apprentice since July 2022, shares her interests, future goals and inspiration! Mariah in Graffiti Alley. The photo was taken by a studio apprentice in the summer 2022 program. What do you love to write? Mariah said she loves to write relatable stories, especially with themes of death and grief, issues that we can all relate to. What do you do for fun? Mariah loves to write and paint for fun, and her favorite medium is writing! What do you dream of in the future? “I want to become a traveling nurse with a great boyfriend.” What inspires you? Mariah said she drives herself to succee ..read more

I had the chance to ask Layla some fun questions about her inspirations, hobbies, and favorite things! What do you do for fun? I like to play videogames and draw! Favorite food? I love noodles and sushi! What black artists inspire you? Bisa Butler, a black artist that specializes in amazing quilts with unique patterns. What is your favorite art medium? Traditional art mediums, like pen and pencils, paint and more! What is your ideal future? Layla wants to be an architect! She wants to own 2 businesses, a design company and an art company. What inspires you? Layla said that constructive feedba ..read more

Apprentices Tyler and Kymora answer some questions about their inspirations and dreams! How do you spend your “me” time? Both shared they love to listen to music and draw in their free time, working on skills like body and hair design. What kind of art do you both like to do? Freehand drawing emotions. What artists do you like? Any art style, go! Lil Durk, Brant Fiez, Jill Scott What’s your favorite art medium? Both Tyler and Kymora prefer pencil and paper, with sketching beforehand! What are your current ambitions and plans! Tyler and Kymora are focused on graduating high school, getting an ..read more

What did you studying in school? I just graduated with a Bachelors of Science in the Communication Studies Major at Towson University. What are your future plans/goals? My dream is to become an author, and share stories professionally. Until then, I want to work in Non profit, and build experience Why did you decide to intern at BYA? I wanted to get active in the Arts while helping others. Baltimore Youth Arts is an amazing program, and I’m so excited to work with artists of every age, and get their stories out there! What are you hoping to gain and learn through this internship? Ideally I wa ..read more

I am Jewel Tiara Branch, a 23 year old collagist from Baltimore, MD. I first volunteered with BYA as a studio apprentice back in 2020 and had the privilege to come back this year as an instructor! What medium/s of art do you practice? I am primarily a collage artist but I also paint, write, draw and make jewelry. What made you interested in art originally? I like to tell people that I came out of the womb with a crayon in my hand. I have been making art my entire life. it came to me instinctually. when words fail to register, my art speaks for me. I think I am especially drawn to it as a mani ..read more

Meet Favour, BYA’s newest intern from Towson University. Favour is supporting database management and analysis alongside BYA’s deputy director. Get to know Favour more below! What are you studying in school? I am currently an Information Technology Major at Towson University. What are your future plans/goals? A couple of goals I have would be to graduate with my Bachelor's degree with my Security+ and CYSA+ certifications under my belt! In the future, I plan on becoming an IT Risk Analyst or a Security Engineer. Why did you decide to intern at BYA? I decided to Intern at BYA because I wanted ..read more

Christian is one of the graphic design apprentices with us this summer What is the most interesting thing you have learned this summer? How to use magazines to create collages. I like how I can put a whole bunch of different things together and make something beautiful. I’ve never done them before this summer and really like them. The ones I made are mostly about basketball and sports. What has been your favorite project so far? My favorite project was making our own Instagram post layout on Canva. We picked a template from Canva that we liked and put our own photos and designs on it. I did ..read more

Can you believe it’s already time for our summer showcase? We are so excited to invite y’all to our Summer 2022 Showcase! Our Studio Apprentices have been hard at work and have learned so much in these past 5 weeks. They have created amazing artwork that will be displayed throughout our studio space here. Come out to celebrate our youth and their accomplishments and hear from them about their inspirations behind their work. Hope to see you there! Showcase Details: August 5, 2022 1:30-3:30pm 3rd floor, 10 E North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202 ..read more