Empowering youth, fostering creative development, impacting art futures.

Empowering youth, fostering creative development, impacting art futures.

APAC YOUTH ARTS

Youth-curated; Broken Gallery art show

APAC’s Media Arts Design (M.A.D.) creative arts education initiative is the latest of our program launches that targets youths aged 16-24. We’ve expanded this program to serve older community members as well as they develop entrepreneurial skills and so forth. Currently we are running program in NYC through the NYS Department of Labor. In April 2024, we will pilot the program in Georgia with the help of the Georgia Council on the Arts. COmplete interest form below if interested in either program.

Media Arts design M.A.D. Creative Bridges Accelerator Initiative

Complete Interest Form here
People attending a presentation in a decorated industrial-style room with string lights, artwork on the walls, a projection screen displaying a comic book-style graphic with the words 'The End', and a mix of chairs and tables.
A group of people in a room with string lights and artwork on the walls, engaging in a presentation or workshop. A man in a red hoodie is standing near a table with a laptop, and a large projection screen displays a building with an ornate clock tower.
People attending a presentation in an industrial-style room with string lights, neon signs, and artwork on the walls. A large screen displays a colorful digital design.
People gathered in a room with string lights hanging from the ceiling, watching a presentation projected onto a screen. Some are seated at tables, while others stand around, including a person with glasses and a patterned blazer.
A poster advertising a media arts design certification program presented by APAC and NYSDOL. It features three certification courses: Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop, with details about duration and stipends. There is a QR code at the bottom for application, and logos of New York State Department of Labor, PAC, and New York State Council on the Arts.
A colorful promotional poster for a media arts education pilot program titled 'MAD Creative Arts Ed Program,' running from April 6 to 27, 2021, with a central illustration of a person on a skateboard holding a camera, surrounded by various youth and media-related images.

APAC x NeON M.A.D. creative-

program slide deck

APAC x DOL 2023-2024

Reimagine Workforce Preparation; Education Stabilization Fund

Media Arts Design_Portfolio Projects reel 3

APAC x SYEP 23’

2nd NYC SYEP summer cohort

Media Arts Design_Portfolio Projects reel 1

Media Arts Design_Portfolio Projects reel 2

Media Arts Design_Portfolio Projects reel 4

Group of smiling young adults standing together indoors, some wearing glasses and casual clothing, with various bags and headphones. Behind them, signs indicate the location as Queens Blvd 8 Avenue, New York City Subway, with MTA logo visible.
A group of diverse young people standing outside near a brick wall and greenery, wearing casual clothing, with street signs on the wall.
Group of three people taking a selfie in front of a colorful graffiti mural depicting a cartoon eye, dollar bills, and the phrase '4 so many reasons' in a speech bubble. The individuals are wearing casual clothes and one is wearing a face mask.

APAC x NeON Arts

Spring 2023’ Brownsville cohort

APAC x SYEP, 2022 inaugural media arts cohort

We are APAC pt. 1

We are APAC pt. 2

APAC x NYC SYEP Cohort #1, summer, 2022

Poster for a media arts education program called NeON Arts, showing a group of young people engaged in a discussion or presentation, with text describing the program's focus on content production, media composition, and post-production, with a QR code and contact information.
Four young men gathered around a camera in an art gallery, looking at the camera's viewfinder. There are colorful portraits on the white gallery wall behind them, and a small informational plaque is visible to the right.
Three young men observing a camera setup at an art gallery with colorful paintings of women on the wall behind them.
A group of young men standing in an art gallery, observing artwork on the walls, with one person operating a camera on a tripod.
Three women standing in an art gallery, appearing to listen to or watch something off-camera. Two women are wearing black T-shirts with colorful writing related to a cultural carnival. Background features artwork of a woman with dreadlocks on the wal
A man with a black cap and black T-shirt is holding a camera on a tripod, explaining something to five young people in a room decorated with string lights. Behind them, there is a large colorful painting of a woman with long blond hair.
Five people standing in front of a colorful, artistic map of the Middle East and North Africa at an art gallery.
Group of young people gathered around a table with drinks, one person operating a camera on a tripod, inside a room with white brick walls and large windows.
Two women standing in an art gallery, one speaking and holding a microphone, with paintings and a large map on the wall behind them.
Two people, a woman and a man, standing in front of a wall with artwork, engaging in a conversation, with the man gesturing toward the artwork.
A man with dreadlocks smiling and holding a microphone and a saxophone in a room with bookshelves and artwork in the background.
A young man with dreadlocks playing a saxophone and holding a microphone at an art exhibition or gallery with colorful textile artworks on the wall behind him.
A man playing a gold-colored saxophone with his eyes closed, standing in front of a wall decorated with black, red, yellow, and white hanging textiles.

APAC Collaborations

APAC is open to partnerships with other collectives and organizations that serve the same mission and demographic as we do. APAC facilitated a culture, field trip to the Museum of Moving Image NYC in Queens for the Table of Kingz collective cohort for you boys aged 9-16 years old based in Harlem. We here at APAC know no bounds for service and outreach.

A young boy playing an arcade game called Donkey Kong at an arcade. He is wearing a gray T-shirt and a face mask, with another person visible in the background also playing.
People playing the arcade game Zaxxon in a game room with a blue wall and other arcade machines.
A group of children and adults gathered around computer monitors in a classroom or educational setting, engaging in an interactive activity with pictures.
Three children gathered around a computer monitor at a white table, looking at the screen with focused expressions. One child is wearing a mask and a blue shirt that says 'TABLE OF KINGZ.' The table has various items including a white Adidas bag, a w
Two boys sitting at a computer station in a museum or educational center with an adult standing nearby. The boys are wearing masks, and the adult is wearing a face mask pulled down and a baseball cap. The scene appears to be indoors with several othe
A young man playing Donkey Kong arcade game at an arcade with another person nearby.
Multiple people, including children, are playing arcade video games in an arcade or game center. They are standing in front of arcade machines, which have colorful screens and controls.
Group of boys sitting on tiered steps at an indoor location, some wearing masks, with large windows in the background.
A group of children sitting on a bench in a museum or gallery, wearing masks, and looking attentively at something off-camera.
A group of children sitting in a row wearing masks, inside a museum or gallery with black and white photographs on the wall behind them.
Group of diverse children and teenagers sitting and standing, wearing masks, indoors.
Group of people watching a colorful animated video on a flat-screen TV in a room with beige walls. The video features a character in a desert landscape with sand dunes and a glowing rectangular frame. The screen has a pink Apple TV+ hashtag in the bo
Three people, two of them wearing masks, watching a television with a colorful image of a woman in a red jacket.
People watching a digital art exhibit, with artwork on the screen showing a person in vibrant clothing in a colorful landscape.
Inside a museum or exhibit, people looking at a large digital screen displaying a colorful landscape with red mountains and two children standing on a green platform.