Teens: Summer Art Experience: Amplifying Waves

Instructor: Seb Choe
Schedule:
• Monday - Friday, July 11 - 15 from 10:00am - 1:00pm (@ KoLAB)

• Monday - Friday, July 18 - 22 from 10:00am - 1:00pm (@ The Mill)


Important Dates:
May 15: Registration Open
July 1: Application deadline and review
July 11-22: Program Period
 
Minimum Enrollment: 6
Maximum Enrollment: 10

Class Description: 

Amplifying Waves is a two-week intensive for teens that offers a safer space for LGBTQ+ identifying youth and allies, to explore their identities through creativity. Participating students will have the opportunity to
 
1. Learn DJ and electronic music skills in a safe-space that encourages open-ended play, experimentation, and collaboration.

2. Make new friends through intentional conversations and activities that ask you to consider the identities that you currently hold, and parts of yourself that you wish to explore deeper.

3. Begin individual and group projects that address local community challenges, using electronic music and audio collage to tell stories and advocate for change.

 
This pilot program has been made possible by Aloha Map, Hawaii Community Foundation - Change Grant, West Hawaii Community Health Center, the Kūki'o Community Fund and our community of individual donors.
 
Instructor Bio: 
Seb Choe (they/them) is a gender-fluid, Korean-American architectural activist, community organizer, educator, and musician based in New York and Hawaii. Seb is Associate Director at MIXdesign, an architecture firm working on inclusive design and accessibility initiatives. Seb is a lead organizer with Friends of Gadsden Creek, a Charleston-based environmental justice campaign. Seb has led popular education programs with marginalized youth including Rave Salon, Carolina Youth Action Project, and Rikers Education Program. Seb produces and performs music as Broken Spear, and holds a B.A in Architecture from Columbia University.
 
Schedule: 
Week 1: Tools and Self-Discovery at KoLAB
Monday July 11 - Friday July 15 from 10am - 1pm 
+ Optional Free-Time from 1-2pm
KoLAB: 74-5615 Luhia St a2, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
www.kolabhawaii.com
 
Week 2: Projects and Community Change at Donkey Mill Art Center
Monday July 18 - Friday July 22 from 10am - 1pm 
+ Optional Free-Time from 1-2pm
Donkey Mill Art Center: 78-6670 Mamalahoa Hwy, Holualoa, HI 96725
www.donkeymillartcenter.org
 
Students Should Bring:
•Laptop (if available) 
•USB Drive (if available)
•Notebook and Pen
•Instruments (if available)