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In Teens Building the Future Together (TBFT), a FREE two-part program beginning in the fall of 2024, teens will develop technical skills while building a Tiny House, broaden their knowledge of potential career pathways connected to engineering and sustainability, and help to teach other kids how to build through free teen-led Tiny House building workshops in their own neighborhoods.

This program will also prepare participants to be a part of the paid Counselor-in-Training (CIT) opportunity in our Summer 2025 workshops for kids at The Lot.

Through TBFT, teens will build their skills, learn about a variety of career paths, and gain the opportunity for paid employment in the future through a two-part program:

In the fall of 2024, teens will learn technical building skills as they build a Tiny House.
In spring 2025, participants will learn about different careers and build skills by participating in 4 weekend workshops with industry experts. They will also lead 4 weekend workshops with the Tiny House in their community.
Teens will receive a stipend for their participation in the fall ($200) and spring ($150) seasons. The following summer, all teens who successfully completed the TBFT program will be eligible to participate in KoKo’s existing CIT program at the KoKo Lot.

Teens are REQUIRED to participate in all sessions during both seasons! (Minimum 80% attendance expected.)

Registration priority will be offered to participants from:

Park Slope Collegiate (Middle or High School)
John Jay School for Law
MS 88
City-As-School
Sunset Park High School
other teens with demonstrated economic need

This program is funded by The Pinkerton Foundation.

Fall 2024 Program dates:

Program days: Wednesdays and Thursdays
Program dates: 9/25, 9/26, 10/2, 10/9, 10/10, 10/16, 10/17, 10/23, 10/24, 10/30, 11/6, 11/7, 11/13, 11/14, 11/20, 11/21
NO program sessions will be held on: 10/3, 10/31
16 sessions total

Fall 2024 Program Timing:

For the Fall, we will have staggered dismissal times as sunset gets earlier. Program session times will be:

September, 3:30PM - 5:30PM
October, 3:30PM - 5:15PM
November, 3:30PM - 5PM

Other details:

This program takes place at the KoKo NYC Lot located at 440 19th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215, between 8th Ave and Prospect Park West
The program will take place fully outdoors
There is a port-a-potty onsite for bathroom use
Teens will use handsaws, battery-operated drills, and other tools in this program

Program Info:

Teens will work under the supervision of Teaching Artists to design and build the Tiny House. Our Teaching Artists represent a variety of arts experiences and backgrounds. Teens will lead the construction of the Tiny House while getting a front row seat to learning how our Teaching Artists guide, support, and work with kids.

The fall season will focus on designing and building the Tiny House. Each week we will tackle a new element. Throughout, teens will be asked to consider architectural design and engineering questions about doors and windows, adjusting with each building challenge encountered. After the Tiny House is built, we will move on to painting and adding fun features like shelves and cabinets.

In the spring season, we will bring in special guests to discuss careers that benefit from the skills being taught by KoKo NYC, which may include: architecture, engineering, sanitation and recycling, or renewable energy. From construction workers to architects, the participants will learn how all professions can benefit from a skill set that prioritizes critical thinking, perseverance, collaboration, and confidence.

On Saturdays in the spring season, we will bring the completed Tiny House to the communities that teens live in to provide free workshops for families led by the teens themselves, with support from KoKo teaching artists.

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Teens must wear closed-toed, durable shoes (No Crocs, Natives, Tevas, or Keens, please!)
Teens must wear clothing that can get dirty while at the program.
Teens must dress appropriately for the weather because this program is FULLY OUTDOORS and happens rain or shine.
Teens in KoKo programs must be able to self-administer any medication (including EpiPens).
KoKo programs are nut-free.

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KoKo NYC is the arts education program of Open Source Gallery, a non-profit arts organization based in Brooklyn. KoKo NYC serves over 1,000 children annually through programs in local schools, the Brooklyn Public Library and the CAMBA Flagstone Family Center (a family homeless shelter in Brownsville, Brooklyn). KoKo NYC provides art-based science and engineering classes in school and after-school programs throughout New York City. We also offer annual Soap Box Summer Workshops and after-school programs such as Boat Building and Inventor’s Lab at our site in Brooklyn.The use of repurposed materials as the foundation of KoKo’s building supplies engenders environmental awareness as well as a spirit of innovation. Students learn to make art from their environment, to see “trash” as an opportunity to create something new. Many classes also utilize open source technology and/or simple components such as littleBits to teach kids about circuitry, programming and other scientific concepts through the process of creation.KoKo NYC class options are ever expanding, but the core of every class and workshop remains the same: to empower kids to see potential all around them, to see their own ideas to fruition, to feel a sense of ownership in their work and to make connections between art and science. Since 2007, KoKo NYC’s education programs have been hosted by esteemed organizations such as the MoMa, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, Brooklyn Museum, TedYouth and Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. We have been featured in numerous publications and media including The New York Times, New York Daily News and Brooklyn Independent Television.

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