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ArtWorks For Milwaukee, Inc.
Milwaukee’s underserved teens are not being adequately prepared to successfully transition out of high school and into the workforce, at a time when Milwaukee businesses face tightening labor markets, and Milwaukee communities are affected more than ever by the implications of unemployment.
The Mission of ArtWorks for Milwaukee, Inc. is to provide meaningful employment and training through an apprenticeship program in the arts for Milwaukee-area youth with and without disabilities.
Description:
Since our inception in 2001, ArtWorks for Milwaukee, Inc. has been a 501(c)3 nonprofit that creates paid apprenticeships in arts-based programs for Milwaukee high school students, with and without disabilities, who face significant barriers to employability. These apprenticeships are designed to teach youth apprentices critical 21st Century soft employability skills they will need in order to find future employment success in any industry, as well as expose them to realistic workplace expectations, processes and procedures.
We serve high school students who face the following significant barriers to employability:
• Underperformance– These students have low GPAs and/or may drop out, despite having the capacity to graduate. At ArtWorks, we teach them that earning a high school diploma is key to finding employment success.
• Disabilities– At ArtWorks, we teach our apprentices to overcome employment barriers inherent to misperceptions about their abilities.
• Lack of resources and mentors– At ArtWorks, we provide our apprentices with resources and mentoring opportunities with ArtWorks’ staff and Lead Artists that can increase their chances of employment success.
We use the arts to engage youth that might otherwise be difficult to reach, in a creative, non-traditional way. Our apprentices earn wages for performing meaningful work under the guidance of a Lead Artist. The Lead Artist is hired on a contractual basis to guide them in the creation of visual, literary or multimedia artwork. Our apprentices do not need prior artistic ability to participate in our programs.
We offer eight-week programs three times per year: Spring (March-April), Summer (July-August) and Fall (October-November). Each program hires a total of 8 apprentices, and they work 10 hours per week in the Spring and Fall programs, and 20 hours per week in the Summer, thus allowing them enough time to complete school work. The foundation of each program is designed to expose our apprentices to real-world employment experiences and build the 21st-Century soft skills needed to succeed in life and in today’s work environments.
Contact people:
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Meghan Koven, Executive Director, (414) 708-9996, (email)
Karin Gratz, Board President, (414) 277-8506, (email) |
Main office number: (414) 708-9996Office fax number: (414) 277-8547
Address:
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1421 N. Water StreetMilwaukee, WI 53202(See a map) |
Web Site: http://www.artworksformilwaukee.org
Directions:
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We are located inside the "Water Street Garage" building on Water Street, one building South of Laacke & Joys.
Nearest Bus Stop: 15, 1 minute walk |
| Last updated on October 13, 2009 |
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