Yes Arts Youth (YAY)
Yes Arts Youth (YAY) is a universal substance use prevention program for young people (toddler - high school). We partner with local teaching artists to coordinate high-quality arts classes, camps, and workshops to meet the needs of families in our community and ensuring accessibility of programs for all through scholarships.
Yes Arts Youth exists to support the healthy development of our youth and provide fun, creative and nourishing alternatives to substance use and abuse. View our roster of teaching artists here.
About our approach
Yes Arts provides a robust youth prevention program known as YAY (Yes Arts Youth). YAY Program Leaders and Youth Mentors are trained on trauma-informed care, implicit bias, neurodiversity, mental health first aid, child abuse, and ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) risk and protective factors. YAY exists to create a safe, inclusive space for children of all ages and abilities to find strong mentors, lasting friendships and quality arts instruction to reduce the risk of falling into the cycle of addiction and to mitigate harm due to generational trauma.
Enroll for YAY programs here!
THE ARTS SUPPORT HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT IN YOUTH
The arts themselves have also been shown in numerous studies (see research summary from Americans for the Arts or explore their Arts and Social Impact tool) to provide a wide variety of benefits to students in school, and eventually in work and life.
JOIN OUR TEACHING ARTIST ROSTER
Frankfort is a city that is rich in artistic and cultural assets. Yes Arts harnesses these assets in service of our young people, helping to promote their healthy development as well as the health and vibrancy of our community’s future. We are currently accepting applications from artists interested in being on our artist roster. If you are interested in leading a class or workshop in partnership with Yes Arts Youth programs, contact us at 502.219.2770 or info@yesarts.org. Before teaching within our programs, a background check is required and free professional development training and orientation is requested.
Yes Arts is a proud partner of Just Say Yes, a comprehensive prevention program based at the Franklin County Health Department. Learn more about Just Say Yes at www.fchd.org/jsy