ARAS Art Education for Teens
Applications for the 2026 ARAS Summer Art Program for Teens are now open!
This program is free and open to students ranging from ages 14 to 17. The program will run from Monday, July 13th to Friday July 24th in NYC.
ARAS is proud to offer an intensive, summer program for New York City teenagers. The goal of this educational outreach program has been to provide an immersive experience for young people centered around the often unnoticed and unexplored, important role that symbolic imagery plays in our daily and imaginal lives. If you are unfamiliar with our program (formerly called Pioneer Teens), here is a video that explains how it works.
We also have an Instagram account that contains posts about the program and descriptions written by our teens.
--The 2025 ARAS Teen Summer Program was generously sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts and The Robert Lehman Foundation.--
As we have worked with this program we have nurtured the vision that we might make the fruits of its development accessible to teachers, students, and individuals who want to learn how to explore symbols and run similar programs. Our idea for a guide book eventually took shape in A Journey Through Symbols: Your Guide to Exploring the Imagination. This online book, both in a version for groups and a version for individuals, is now available to view and download for free below. (Of course you can also make a voluntary donation to ARAS in exchange for the book if you would like).
Curricula
We are excited to be offering “A Journey Through Symbols: Your Guide to Exploring the Imagination” curriculum guides on ARAS online. The guides are free for everyone. (Of course you can also make a voluntary donation to ARAS in exchange for the book if you would like.) You can either view them online or download and print them.
For Individuals
- Click on the cover to access the guide -
For Groups
- Click on the cover to access the guide -
A curriculum for Jungian candidates is currently being developed.