Bringing the arts to justice involved youth, and their work to the public.
You can make a difference for justice-involved youth. They are still kids.
Bringing artists & arts workshops to justice-involved youth in Flint & Genesee County.
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Youth Arts: Unlocked introduces artistic concepts and techniques to justice-involved youth by offering a safe space to connect, express, learn, and discover. Our goal is to reduce anxiety, stress, and offer opportunity for positive peer to peer communication and increase self-esteem.
We offer workshops in the visual arts, spoken word poetry, theatre, dance and yoga. A separate gender-based program HERSTORY: UNLOCKED addresses the unmet needs of incarcerated girls.
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Our workshops take place inside the Genesee County Juvenile Justice Center (GCJJC) through two programs: Arts In Detention & Arts On Probation in Flint, Michigan.​
OUR CORE PROGRAMS
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Youth Arts: Unlocked extends thankfulness & gratitude to our generous funders, community partners & donors!
2025/2026 Donors
Carolyn Boegner
Dorothy Boone
Shan Buckley
Meghan Cherry
Helen Davis
Catherine DeClercq
Flint Crepe Company
Marilyn Freeman
Chuck Gurden - YAU Board of Director
Honorable Jessice Hammon -YAU Board of Director
Sharyl & David Hilliard
Honorable Mary Hood - past YAU Board of Director
Mark Jagos - YAU Board of Director
Denise & Dale Keipert
Ann & Brian Kita
Steven & Pearl Kleiner
Jeff & Stephanie Leppien
Carol Masse
LindaLee Massoud
Marcia McGee
Jeff Melhoch
Isabella Mellish
Sandra Murphy
Thomas L. Myers
Peter Nalven
Canisha Norris, YAU Board of Director
Donna Perch
Linda Pylypiw, YAU Board of Director
Ken Randall
James & Mary Jane Richardson
Danita & Tom Riker
Nadine Roberts
Ann & Khalil Saab
Loreli Smith
Jennifer Taylor
Valdemar L. & Ada C. Washington
Serena Wright
This Web site is funded in whole or in part through a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse, this Web site (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided).