2026 CCFY - Remix & Rewear: Youth Fashion & Printmaking Lab

2026 CCFY - Remix & Rewear: Youth Fashion & Printmaking Lab

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2026 Creative Careers for Youth Arts Intensive Series at ArtsXchange | $125 | Ages 11 - 18 | 6 Classes Remix & Rewear: Youth Fashion & Printmaking Lab is a five-day immersive workshop that introduces young participants to fashion design through printmaking, surface design, and creative upcycling. The program is designed to build confidence, encourage self-expression, and introduce sustainable approaches to clothing through hands-on experimentation with textiles. Throughout the week, participants will explore how garments can be transformed using accessible techniques such as fabric printing, painting, hand sewing, embellishment, and basic reconstruction. The class emphasizes creativity over perfection, allowing students of all experience levels to participate successfully. By working with reclaimed clothing and donated materials, students will also gain awareness of sustainability and resourcefulness in design. The workshop culminates in a youth-led fashion presentation where participants showcase their finished pieces for family and community members in a supportive and celebratory environment. PROGRAM FOR AGES 11-18 DATES/ TIMES: TEACHING ARTIST Agapé (Jasimine Pennywell) WHAT TO EXPECT WHAT TO BRING Students will need to bring a packed lunch each day to the program (Required). One or two garments from home to remix or redesign Students are also invited (but not required), to bring the following items to the program: PROGRAM OUTCOMES Students will produce- SKILL DEVELOPMENT Students will - ABOUT THE TEACHING ARTIST Agapé (Jasimine Pennywell) Agapé (Jasimine Pennywell) is an interdisciplinary textile artist and teaching artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design and Marketing, with focused study in textiles, material construction, and garment systems. Her practice explores what she calls the “language of fabric”—the idea that cloth carries memory, identity, and emotional narrative through touch, wear, and repair. Working primarily with reclaimed garments and donated materials, Agapé creates story quilts, textile assemblages, and expressive fabric forms that draw from African American quilting traditions, improvisational design, and communal making practices. Her work centers transformation: worn clothing becomes visual storytelling, and discarded materials become sites of meaning, preservation, and care. As a teaching artist, Agapé facilitates intuitive art classes that prioritize access, personal voice, and process over technical perfection. Participants are guided to respond to color, texture, and memory, using sewing, layering, and arrangement as tools for reflection and self-expression rather than strict craft training. Her workshops are designed to be welcoming to beginners while still engaging experienced makers. Her Remix & Rewear classes invite participants to reimagine existing garments through repair, reconstruction, and embellishment, encouraging sustainable practices while strengthening creative confidence. By combining design knowledge with intuitive making, Agapé helps individuals develop both practical skills and personal narrative through textile art. Through her work as both artist and educator, she creates spaces where making becomes a form of storytelling, empowerment, and connection. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION This program is eligable for Scholarship. The Southeast Community Cultural Center d/b/a ArtsXchange is pleased to offer partial and full scholarships for our youth programs and summer camps. One application for one student. If you are applying for multiple youth please submit separate forms for each youth. Additionally, scholarships are ineligible for classes/camps/workshops that have already been paid for. Apply today by completing the application form. **After Registering Parents/Guardians will be contacted via email in order to complete required paperwork and receive important updates. REGISTRATION Guardians please note you can only sign up 1 student at a time. For those signing up for multiple students you will need to complete a separate registration/payment for each student. [Eventbrite tags: Fine Art, Performing & Visual Arts, Class, Training, or Workshop, Atlanta, Kids, Printmaking, Designworkshop, Creativeworkshop, Artsxchange, kids_camp, kids_activities, creative_media, fashiondesignworkshop]