AS220 YOUTH: EXAMPLES OF

ARTWORK

Maya Finoh

AMST0150K

Culture, Communities, and Change

115 empire street

providence, ri 02912

“moon cycles”

– ysanel torres

[painting]

“AS220 Youth is a great place for people

to be themselves and do anything they

want to do in life. It is limitless.”

– Jamale Jay

“skateboarding is the fountain

of youth” –

kyle collins

[print]

“batman” –

henry guerrero

[painting]

[AS220] is like one of them places where it’s like if you’re not

sure you can ask; and if they not sure, they’ll find out the

answer.” – John Bhogal

“patterns” –

julia goncalves

[painting]

“collage” –

mikaela gonzaga

“AS220 is a second home. Everybody here cares about what you

think. No ideas are crazy to the staff here. You can come up with the

craziest idea ever, and they will support you as long as you are sure

that it is what you want to do.”

– Indira Miller

“snake (#1)” –

boantheng tanakhone

[print]

street signs (current as220 youth project)

[project] this street sign

project for the city of

Providence was birthed

from the creation of

various “collage masks”

for youth in the Rhode

Island Training School

to wear and be

photographed. it has

grown into this full-

fledged art project that

will be displayed at

street signs throughout

the city.

“are we here yet?” – a project by the Square Mile Multiple Pathway Program

“are we here yet?” [#1]

[photo] some photos of

a Central Falls student

in the Square Mile

program.

“are we here yet?” [#2]

[photos] some photos of

a Central Falls students

in the Square Mile

program.

masks for youth at the

Rhode Island Training School

[project] masks used by

youth in the Rhode

Island Training School

to be photographed with

privacy.

portraits from the

Rhode Island Training

School [#1]

[photo] to protect the

privacy of those in the

Rhode Island Training

School , the AS220

Youth photography class

within the correctional

facility took photos of

the youth in positions

and stances that

protected their identities.

portraits from the

Rhode Island Training

School [#2]

[photo] to protect the

privacy of those in the

Rhode Island Training

School , the AS220

Youth photography class

within the correctional

facility took photos of

the youth in positions

and stances that

protected their identities.

“gone but never

forgotten” –

tribute

[one part of the mural

covering the walls of one

room in the as220 youth

studio] a large mural in

the as200 youth studio

includes tributes to

as220 youth students

who’ve passed – because

art endures.

credit

◦ all photos of artwork taken either at the as220 youth studio or from the as220

youth website (student art portfolios).

http://youth.as220.org/portfolios/

◦ quotes taken from the as220 youth program “about” booklet

http://issuu.com/as220youth/docs/as220-youth-

program/13?e=7532735/1846463

& an interview of as220 youth member John Bhogal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am_bgffj_KU