VIDEO: Heights Teens Land Jobs in Art Apprentice Program
Young Audiences' ArtWorks program teaches students about the variety of creative jobs in the arts world and gives them work experience
Jobs available for teens normally include duties like shuffling fries, blending milkshakes, folding clothes, changing diapers or watching over a pool. But a handful of students from Cleveland Heights High School are spending their after-school hours molding clay and building video games. They've landed jobs at ArtWorks, a Young Audiences' job-training program that provides students from Northeast Ohio with work experience in creative fields like ceramics, digital game design, sound recording and dance. Play the video above to see what they are learning in the program. Teaching artists oversee students and teach them skills in specific arts fields in the various small groups, or co-ops, offered, and students earn about $8 an hour. The 7-…
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