Youth Entrepreneurial Spirit (YES) is a unique art and entrepreneurship program designed exclusively for high school students. Artmaking – glassblowing, fusing and flamework – is the catalyst to teach students the fundamentals of business development and management. Once a week, students from schools throughout the region gather to hone their creative thinking and problem-solving skills in our studios. This program is open to all area high school students.
This a semester long program that meets once a week.
For more than 15 years, YES has provided in-depth, practical, hands-on lessons in entrepreneurship, including the skills necessary to maintain a creative business. In the 2022-23 years, we are excited to partner with professional artists, designers, and fabricators from New Jersey and New York. Our faculty is new, but our goals remain the same, to inspire youth to dream big, learn new creative skills, envision a craft business from modeling to marketing, and work collaboratively with new friends and fellow young artist-entrepreneurs.
YES students will:
- Learn basic business concepts and structures.
- Receive hands-on training in glassblowing and other glass-making skills.
- Discover opportunities for creative entrepreneurial skills and career avenues.
- Become familiar with budgeting, including business licensing costs, start-up expenses, and fabrication expenses.
- Learn marketing strategies and related expenses.
- Students may have opportunities to sell their products in GlassRoots’ online store!
