Spring 2025 afterschool classes
Ages 7 + | Spring Semester: Mar 25 - May 30 | Spring Expo June 1
Sign up for Spring 205 afterschool programs, including classes and clubs for youth (ages 7-14) and teenagers (ages 13+). Spring dates by program are outlined below.
Spring 2025 Semester Dates | 10 weeks | Mar 25 - May 30. Our FREE community event Spring Expo will be held on June 1st.
Our Youth Afterschool Program (ages 7-14) includes our Tuesday Roots & Rebels Garden Club, and Wednesday Arts Under the Sun workshop. We’ll also be offering an SJLA Arts Lab each semester for teenagers 13+.
Roots & Rebels Garden Club, Tuesdays, 3-6pm, Ages 7-13 | Cooking, games, field trips, and lots of garden time at our weekly garden club!
Arts Under the Sun, Wednesdays, 3-6pm, Ages 9-14 | Experimenting with all kinds of art mediums together!
SJLA, Wednesdays & Fridays, 3:30-7PM, Ages 13+ | A teen space for exploring arts, healing, and political organizing
Enrollment and cost: These programs are FREE. Donations are always welcome and can be made here. Given the limited size of our current program offerings, priority for these after-school programs will be given to students currently enrolled in the Hudson City School District, and residents of Bliss Towers, Schuyler Court, Hudson Terraces, and Providence Hall.
Spring programs are currently full and closed for enrollment.
ROOTS & REBELS GARDEN CLUB
Tuesdays | 3 - 6pm | Ages 7-13
Fall 2025 semester | 10 weeks | Mar 25-May 27
With Myrto Daskaloudi & Raei Bridges
Get your hands dirty at the River City Garden! Care for seedlings, make art and try yummy recipes!
Join us every Tuesday afternoon for the Roots + Rebels Garden club! We’ll meet each week at our River City Garden to plant seeds, grow plants, prepare delicious meals together and create art inspired by nature while discovering the magic and medicine of plants! This season we’ll build our own garden apothecary and stock it with a mix of practical and sweet potions.
This program is FREE. If you would like to make a donation to support the program, we suggest $150-$400 per semester.
arts under the sun
Wednesdays | 3 - 6pm | Ages 9-14
Spring 2025 semester | 10 weeks | Mar 26 - May 28
With Myrto Daskaloudi & Immanuel Williams
Explore all the arts under the sun through different hands-on art projects and field trips to local galleries and artists’ studios!
Join us every Wednesday for all the art projects you can dream of under the sun! Each week we will be using different materials to express ourselves. We will write and record music, practice making oral history podcasts, design self portraits and make puppets. We will also go out into the world to gather inspiration from other artists and makers! We may visit a theater and see a show, tour local art studios and explore amazing galleries in our backyard!
This program is FREE. If you would like to make a donation to support the program, we suggest $150-$400 per semester.
sOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
Wednesdays & Fridays | 3:30 - 7PM | Ages 12+
Spring 2025 semester | Mar 26 - May 30
With Anna Parisi & Enrique Rivera
An open studio for youth to express stories of freedom and practice building community!
Social Justice Leadership Academy (SJLA), is a leadership program for teens (ages 12-19) based on the principles of social justice and youth-led change. SJLA brings together local youth from different backgrounds, primarily youth of color growing up in Hudson. The SJLA Spring semester will explore themes related to identity, leadership, power, education justice, gender justice and more. We will explore and imagine what makes us feel empowered to fight for our freedom and liberation. The program will take place two days a week, with a specific focus for each day: On Wednesdays youth will collaborate with educators and partner organizations, leading interviews with local community members and elders culminating in the creation of a movie campaign focused on Housing Justice Advocacy in Hudson, NY at the end of the semester. On Fridays youth will use art-making skills to create visual assets reflecting our visions for activism and housing justice.
This program is free. Teens ages 12+ are welcome to apply. If you would like to make a donation to support the program, click here. Enrollment is prioritized for BIPOC teens and HSCD students.
If you’re 16+ and have your working papers, you’re invited to apply for a paid position helping to lead this program. Apply here.
Our arts-based afterschool and out-of-school-time programs are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.