Youth Assembly Workshops are hands-on sessions led by teens and BICA School Teaching Artists. Each workshop takes on a new project in a different medium or approach, so participants build skills they can bring back to their own work. No experience needed.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Photo Club Meeting 5: Spring relaunch

REGISTRATION CLOSED

BICA School Photo Club is a free, year-long program for people interested in making, looking at, and thinking through photography. Led by artist and educator Nando Alvarez-Perez through BICA School but open to all, Photo Club will meet regularly from September 2026 through May 2027, with a public presentation of participants’ work in June.

Meetings will move between making photographs, learning and sharing technical skills, reading and discussion, looking closely at photographs, and group critique. Participants will develop their own projects while studying photography’s tools, histories, and ideas—and considering what photographs can tell us about the lives, places, and conditions we inhabit.

Who is it for?

Photo Club is open to any level of photographic experience. You might have been making photographs for years or still be figuring out how your camera works. What matters is curiosity, a willingness to experiment, and an interest in learning alongside other people. Knowledge is useful here; not knowing something yet is useful, too.

Participants should be prepared to attend regularly, make photographs between meetings, bring work and ideas into conversation, and complete occasional readings.

Participants will need:

• access to a digital camera

• access to a computer

• access to photo-editing software (check out Affinity if you’re looking for Adobe alternatives!)

Schedule

Meetings: Saturdays, 12–3pm

Fall 2026

• September 26 — Orientation

• October 10 — Instruction

• November 14 — Critique/check-in

• December 12 — Final fall meeting

Spring 2027

• January 16 — Spring relaunch

• January 30

• February 13

• February 27

• March 13

• March 27

• April 17

• May 1

• May 15

• May 29 — Final working meeting

Public presentation: June 2027 (date TBD)

Youth Assembly Open Studios provide time and space for teens to make work. Bring a project in progress or start something new, with peers around you and BICA School Teaching Artists on hand for feedback and guidance. Use the time to build toward the Youth Assembly exhibition, develop a college portfolio, or work on your own or with others.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Workshops are hands-on sessions led by teens and BICA School Teaching Artists. Each workshop takes on a new project in a different medium or approach, so participants build skills they can bring back to their own work. No experience needed.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Open Studios provide time and space for teens to make work. Bring a project in progress or start something new, with peers around you and BICA School Teaching Artists on hand for feedback and guidance. Use the time to build toward the Youth Assembly exhibition, develop a college portfolio, or work on your own or with others.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Workshops are hands-on sessions led by teens and BICA School Teaching Artists. Each workshop takes on a new project in a different medium or approach, so participants build skills they can bring back to their own work. No experience needed.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Open Studios provide time and space for teens to make work. Bring a project in progress or start something new, with peers around you and BICA School Teaching Artists on hand for feedback and guidance. Use the time to build toward the Youth Assembly exhibition, develop a college portfolio, or work on your own or with others.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Workshops are hands-on sessions led by teens and BICA School Teaching Artists. Each workshop takes on a new project in a different medium or approach, so participants build skills they can bring back to their own work. No experience needed.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Open Studios provide time and space for teens to make work. Bring a project in progress or start something new, with peers around you and BICA School Teaching Artists on hand for feedback and guidance. Use the time to build toward the Youth Assembly exhibition, develop a college portfolio, or work on your own or with others.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Workshops are hands-on sessions led by teens and BICA School Teaching Artists. Each workshop takes on a new project in a different medium or approach, so participants build skills they can bring back to their own work. No experience needed.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Open Studios provide time and space for teens to make work. Bring a project in progress or start something new, with peers around you and BICA School Teaching Artists on hand for feedback and guidance. Use the time to build toward the Youth Assembly exhibition, develop a college portfolio, or work on your own or with others.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Workshops are hands-on sessions led by teens and BICA School Teaching Artists. Each workshop takes on a new project in a different medium or approach, so participants build skills they can bring back to their own work. No experience needed.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.

Youth Assembly Open Studios provide time and space for teens to make work. Bring a project in progress or start something new, with peers around you and BICA School Teaching Artists on hand for feedback and guidance. Use the time to build toward the Youth Assembly exhibition, develop a college portfolio, or work on your own or with others.

About Youth Assembly:

BICA School Youth Assembly is a free program for artists ages 14–18 working across visual art, writing, and civic engagement. Join us for a monthly workshop and open studio hours — bring your own project or start something new. The year builds toward a group exhibition and zine at BICA.

BICA School Youth Assembly is led with support from teaching artist Robin Lee Jordan. The 2026-2027 season is funded by WNY With Youth For Youth (WYFY), a grant designed, reviewed, and selected by youth. WYFY is supported by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and funded by the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation.