YOUTH ARTISTS SOCIETY (YAS)

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Grades 6-12 | FALL 2026 & WINTER 2027

Centrum's Youth Artists Society  (YAS) was created with the goal of pairing Jefferson County teens with working adult mentors in creative fields. Early in 2026, 15 students met weekly at Fort Worden after school to receive guidance in areas of marketing and development, print design, sound & lights, and stage performance. The program culminated in a showcase in The Wheeler Theater produced and performed completely by Jefferson County Youth.
 
We are happy to be offering both fall 2026 and spring 2027 sessions of YAS! Students will have opportunities to mentor with professional artists and behind-the-scenes arts professionals to create and produce events to be hosted at Fort Worden. Look for signups in Fall of 2026 or email adeleon@centrum.org. Transportation and financial assistance are available to all youth!

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The next workshop will start in October 2026 - more detail will be posted soon.

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Kristen Barron Kinney

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Kirsten Barron Kinney graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine in where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Choreography and in Dance Performance. While attending UCI, she was a member of Donald McKayle’s modern company Etude Ensemble, Fresno Ballet under the direction of Donald Bradburn, and has returned to UCI as a guest choreographer for Bare Bones Dance Theatre in 2007, and as a guest performer for the Donald McKayle’s Tribute in 2009.…

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Ollie Brickman

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Taylor Dow

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Maude Eisele

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Maude is a founding ensemble member of Saltfire Theatre in Port Townsend. Her passion for collaborative theatre has brought her into many theatre ensembles over the years: from Poor Players, a bold and wacky Shakespeare ensemble rehearsing in the shadows of Balboa Park in San Diego…to world and regional premiers with the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company…to the Colorado Shakespeare Company’s touring troupe’s explorations of bullying behavior and its remedies through Shakespeare’s words.…

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Rachel Kessler

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Rachel Kessleris a writer, artist, and educator in dᶻidᶻəlalič. She co-founded interactive poetry collaborations Typing Explosion and Vis-à-Vis Society, and collective Wa Na Wari, a residential reclamation project centering Black art and media in Seattle’s Central District. 

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Margie McDonald

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Margie McDonald is the artistic director for the Port Townsend Wearable Art Show now heading into its sixth year.
Margie’s work in Wearable art and sculpture has been exhibited in the New Zealand World of Wearable Art Exhibition, Bainbridge Island Art Museum, Museum of Northwest Art, Northwind Arts Center and Simon Mace Gallery.

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Joe Seamons

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Angie Tabor

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Angie Tabor (they/them) is a performing musician, music educator and composer based in Port Townsend, WA. They are known for being highly versatile, performing with jazz ensembles, symphony orchestras, music theater productions, and Top 40 & tribute acts. They can also be heard performing on steelpans with their Caribbean-infused trio, Caribe. As a music educator, they have taught grades K-12 and college.…

  • Centrum launched the Youth Artists Society (YAS) in January 2026
  • Students learn real world creative job skills in this program
  • Each student receives a letter from Centrum stating the number of hours they were in the program

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