artWORKS Teen Art Center

artWORKS Teen Art Center offers activities in silk screening, graphic design, print design, photography, studio recording, video editing, graffiti art, spoken word and poetry, visual arts, and performing arts. The space is used by Learning Works students from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to all youth in the San Gabriel Valley starting at 4 p.m. artWORKS is a venue to teach the community about new and emerging art forms, urban art, and youth culture, and it provides space for performances and exhibits.

• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: Space is used by Learning Works students from 12 p.m.–4 p.m., then open to all youth in the San Gabriel Valley at 4 p.m.
• Price: $1 a month lease for LW’s arts facility at 2914 East Walnut Street in Pasadena

artWORKS is a collaboration of Learning Works Charter School and Armory Center for the Arts. Rusnak Auto Group, a Pasadena-based company, leases the space for LW’s arts facility for $1 a month, and artWORKS “started with a yes!” from Victoria Rusnak of Rusnak Auto Group. The program’s mission states that it is designed to facilitate the development of artistic expression for youth in Pasadena and to enable youth to free their existing passions and expand their knowledge of language, technology, art, and culture in order to engage students in academic achievement, postsecondary education, careers, and community service. artWORKS is described as a connection for youth to a multitude of community resources in the arts, and it strives to provide positive alternatives to destructive behavior for the region’s most at-risk teens while engaging any middle or high school student in a passion for the arts.

Last updated March 24, 2026.