Our 6-week Summer Design Studios engage 54 Providence youth in grades 9-12 (2024-25) in intensive design learning as they build new skills, explore careers, and create service projects for community groups.

There are two program strands for Summer 2024: Design/Build Studio and Creative Change Studio. In both programs, participants work with real-world clients, such as non-profit organizations or municipal agencies, who present our young designers with authentic challenges that can be addressed through design. Participants work collaboratively to investigate and better understand their client’s challenge, propose and test potential solutions to share with the client for feedback, and finally fabricate new structures for public spaces and new processes, graphics or experiences. 

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Nuestros estudios de diseño de verano de 6 semanas involucran a 56 jóvenes de RI en los grados 9-12 (2024-25) en un aprendizaje intensivo de diseño a medida que desarrollan nuevas destrezas, exploran carreras y crean proyectos de servicio para grupos comunitarios.

Hay dos líneas de programa para el verano de 2023: Design/Build Studio y Creative Change Studio. En ambos programas, los participantes trabajan con clientes del mundo real, como organizaciones sin fines de lucro o agencias municipales, quienes presentan a nuestros jóvenes diseñadores desafíos auténticos que pueden abordarse a través del diseño. Los participantes trabajan en colaboración para investigar y comprender mejor el desafío de su cliente, proponer y probar posibles soluciones para compartir con el cliente para recibir comentarios y, finalmente, fabricar nuevas estructuras para espacios públicos y nuevos procesos, gráficos o experiencias.

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DATES: July 8 - August 16, 2024

TIMES: Monday - Friday | 9:00am - 3:00pm (students can arrive as early as 8:30am for breakfast)

LOCATION: Providence Career and Technical Academy (41 Fricker Street, Providence, RI)

STUDENTS ELIGIBLE: Providence County High School Students currently in 8th-11th grade (2024-2025)

**Eligible students will receive a stipend for completion of this program**

Contact the DownCity Design team with any questions at summerdesignstudios@downcitydesign.org or at (401) 272-8070