Asian American Resource Center Youth and Teen Programs

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Through fun and interactive activities using Asian American literature, visual and performance arts, and multimedia, kids and teens have the unique opportunity to participate in an array of cultural workshops, gain leadership skills, and connect with others in the community. 

Art in Cahoots | Friday, October 23

The Asian American Resource Center is partnering with Dougherty Arts Center to host an Art in Cahoots pop up on Friday, October 23 from 10 to 11am! Art in Cahoots activities are free, led by Austin Artists, and designed specifically for children ages 2.5 to 5 years old working cooperatively with an accompanying adult caregiver. This is a great way to collaborate creatively with your child and connect with your community through the arts!

Registration opens on Friday, October 2 at 10am. Spots are limited, so register in advance to save your spot. Learn more and RSVP for Art in Cahoots.

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Teen Mentorship Program

As part of this cohort, mentors and mentees have the opportunity to engage with like-minded peers, meet local Asian American professionals in our community, and learn about Asian Pacific American history and culture. To close out the program, the cohort implements their skills and connections to plan and execute a capstone project to present at the family showcase. 

Past Teen Mentorship Program Cohorts

Spring 2026: The Spring 2026 cohort was the third year of our Teen Mentorship Program at the AARC! With the guidance of their mentors, this year's cohort created personalized capstone projects that touched on topics of self-Identity, family history, and Asian American diaspora or culture and presented the final results to their family, friends, and mentors at a Family Showcase.

Spring 2025: The Spring 2025 semester was the second year of our Teen Mentorship Program at the AARC! The semester ended with the cohort showcasing their capstone project, an intergenerational fashion magazine and intergenerational quilt that represented the community’s journey of mental health and wellbeing, at our annual CelebrASIA Austin festival.

Youth Voices Rising

Youth Voices Rising is an 8-week leadership academy for youth to explore the history and culture of Asian Pacific American in the United States through Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) education. Students learn to use mathematics, data, and statistics to analyze historical events while connecting with their backgrounds.

Other Resources

Austin's Co-Creators focused on Asian American Austinite Isamu Taniguchi’s life and the garden he built at the City of Austin’s Zilker Botanical Gardens. They co-created a one page informational poster with an interactive zine project on the other side to help guide students on how they can connect their stories of home and family to local and national Asian American History. Educators and students can use the resource either as a historical informational poster highlighting one of the lesser known community leaders in Austin history or use the other side of the poster’s interactive zine project to help guide students in reflective, critical thinking prompts that help form these connections.

Learn more about the project at the Co-Create Initiative. 

Download the in-color version [PDF]
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Page last updated: September 25, 2026