TeamWorks Art Mentoring Program provides on going arts intervention for high-risk youth aged 11-18 in Juvenile Hall and in Alternative Education high schools in Marin County. TeamWorks Art promotes creative expression, self-discipline, and community engagement for youth who are underserved and economically disadvantaged. Students who enter Marin’s juvenile justice system and lower-prioritized alternative schools receive no art education within the system. With fiscal sponsorship under the William James Association, TeamWorks Art has the ability to positively impact learning and redirect negative behavior through arts intervention.

TeamWorks Art’s 15-year partnership with Marin County Probation Department and Marin County Office of Education (Alternative Education) has built a high level of cooperative trust with our strong committed team of teaching artists. TeamWorks Art offers flexibility in working with the customized nature of alternative education demands. Every student and each semester involve complex circumstances that require adjustments to successfully implement art classes. TeamWorks Art creates an environment where young artists feel supported in creative explorations. We achieve this by bringing professional artists into classrooms, providing high-quality hands-on arts education and mentoring.

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“TeamWorks has fostered a sense of collaboration, creativity, and community among a population of students longing for someone to believe in them.  The TeamWorks’ teaching artists have consistently committed their time and skills to offer invaluable lessons, experiences, and compassion that will have a lasting impact.”
             —Mary Jane Burke, Marin County Superintendent of Schools

Since 1998 TeamWorks has demonstrated success in the three program areas of:
• Arts Education

• Mentoring and Apprenticeship Opportunities

• Community Art Projects and Exhibits

Learn more about these programs here. 

By engaging youth in creating artwork TeamWorks inspires participants to transform negative behavior into constructive action.TeamWorks enables high-risk youth to experience the benefits of an arts-rich school environment.  Keeping students engaged and in school through arts intervention leads to adults who are more creative, innovative and better prepared to deal with the challenges of the world.  
See our Exhibitions, Events and Gallery. 

THANK TO OUR DONORS!

TeamWorks Art Mentoring Program is under fiscal sponsorship of the William James Association, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation.
 Donations are tax deductible. Federal Tax ID # 23-7320163. www.williamjamesassociation.org
Katya McCulloch, Program Director, katya@williamjamesassociation.org, P.O.Box 688 San Anselmo, CA 94979