Harborlight Youth ArtsSix programs / all free / ages 11–18
Programs.
No auditions, no portfolio, no fee and no fee waiver to apply for. Bring a young person, or send them on the bus — we run one from the high school on program days.
Enrol a young personMaterials, tools, the kiln, film, the bus and a hot meal are all included. There is no sliding scale because there is nothing to slide.
Harbor Studio
Drop-in after-school studio. Drawing, painting and ceramics, with materials and a hot meal provided every session.
Mon–Thu, 3–6pm
School year
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Open · No cap Enrol →
Second Story Press
A teen printmaking and zine lab upstairs. Students set type, pull prints and publish two issues a year to the town.
Tuesdays, 4–7pm
School year
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14 places · Per term Waitlist →
Tide Marks Apprenticeship
Six students a year are hired to design and paint a public mural alongside a lead artist and the city. This is a job, not a class.
$18 an hour
Summer, 10 weeks
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6 places · Apply by 1 Mar Enrol →
The Clay Room
Hand-building and wheel work, with two kilns in the back yard. Everything a student fires, they keep.
Wed 4–7pm, Sat 10–2
Year round
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12 places · Per session Enrol →
First Frame
Film photography and a working darkroom. Cameras are lent for the term; film and paper are ours.
Thursdays, 4–7pm
School year
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10 places · Per term Enrol →
Summer Studio Intensive
Four weeks in July, every weekday, one medium chosen by the student. Ends in a show at the Liberty Theatre.
Weekdays, 9–3
July, 4 weeks
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40 places · Opens 1 Apr Notify me →
Nothing runs in that combination.
How enrolment works
Tell us who is coming
One short form: name, age, which program, and anything we should know. No income questions, ever.
We reply in two days
Either a start date, or a place on the list with the date it is likely to clear. We do not leave people guessing.
Turn up
Bring nothing. Aprons, materials and a meal are here. A parent signature is needed once, on the first day.
418 Wharf Street, Astoria, OR 97103
501(c)(3) public charity · EIN 00-0000000