Teen Tech Center at MACLA Youth Programs
500 S. First Street, San José, CA 95113
About
Teen Tech Center at MACLA Youth Programs offers free arts education where teens work on digital art creation, photography, filmmaking, music creation, music production, and podcasting. Participants can explore street photography, create short horror-inspired films, and take part in film production that includes scriptwriting, directing, camera work, editing, and creating original short films. The program also includes stop motion animation, documenting skate sessions through stop motion animation and filmmaking, augmented reality, and movie production, with all materials provided for the ARTS & REC workshop.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: Teen Tech Center hours are Monday–Friday, 3:00–7:00 pm, with specific workshops running from September 2025 through June 2026, including year-long and shorter multi-week sessions.
• Price: Suggested one-time donation of $25.
The Teen Tech Center at MACLA is a free arts education program in San José, CA, dedicated to mentoring Silicon Valley youth in 21st-century skill development through technology and multimedia production. Free year-round classes include augmented reality, stop-motion animation, movie and music production, podcasting, and photography, and summer and after-school workshops range from individual to group-based projects. Summer and after-school workshops are taught by experienced industry professionals.
The program focuses on professional video and sound production, visual and performing arts, and photography, and provides youth with a venue for the exploration of relevant social, personal, and community issues. It encourages youth to engage in community dialogue, develop their artistic voices, become cultural innovators, and discover how art is used for social change. The Pathways program provides youth ages 15½–17 the opportunity to explore STEAM careers and develop tech, trade, and life skills, with paid participation and internships, and in the Pathways and TTC Film Club joint production, Pathways members ages 15–19 take on leadership roles mentoring younger members. ARTS & REC blends skateboarding culture with creative storytelling, and no prior skating experience is required.
MACLA teamed up in 2011 with The Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation and the Adobe Foundation to start the Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy, and in 2020 launched the Teen Tech Center at MACLA in partnership with Best Buy and The Clubhouse Network. In 2022, the Teen Tech Center at MACLA was selected to add to Clubhouse-2-Career Pathways workshops, which focus on bridging the gap of young adults from the BIPOC community who are entering the tech workforce through engaging workshops and hands-on programming ending in workforce readiness skills for teens. One participant shared, “My time at the TTC has helped me think more critically and intentionally about the way I maneuver through the world as a person and as an artist.”
Last updated March 19, 2026.
• Ages: 11–18 years old
• Schedule: Teen Tech Center hours are Monday–Friday, 3:00–7:00 pm, with specific workshops running from September 2025 through June 2026, including year-long and shorter multi-week sessions.
• Price: Suggested one-time donation of $25.
The Teen Tech Center at MACLA is a free arts education program in San José, CA, dedicated to mentoring Silicon Valley youth in 21st-century skill development through technology and multimedia production. Free year-round classes include augmented reality, stop-motion animation, movie and music production, podcasting, and photography, and summer and after-school workshops range from individual to group-based projects. Summer and after-school workshops are taught by experienced industry professionals.
The program focuses on professional video and sound production, visual and performing arts, and photography, and provides youth with a venue for the exploration of relevant social, personal, and community issues. It encourages youth to engage in community dialogue, develop their artistic voices, become cultural innovators, and discover how art is used for social change. The Pathways program provides youth ages 15½–17 the opportunity to explore STEAM careers and develop tech, trade, and life skills, with paid participation and internships, and in the Pathways and TTC Film Club joint production, Pathways members ages 15–19 take on leadership roles mentoring younger members. ARTS & REC blends skateboarding culture with creative storytelling, and no prior skating experience is required.
MACLA teamed up in 2011 with The Black Eyed Peas Peapod Foundation and the Adobe Foundation to start the Peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy, and in 2020 launched the Teen Tech Center at MACLA in partnership with Best Buy and The Clubhouse Network. In 2022, the Teen Tech Center at MACLA was selected to add to Clubhouse-2-Career Pathways workshops, which focus on bridging the gap of young adults from the BIPOC community who are entering the tech workforce through engaging workshops and hands-on programming ending in workforce readiness skills for teens. One participant shared, “My time at the TTC has helped me think more critically and intentionally about the way I maneuver through the world as a person and as an artist.”
Last updated March 19, 2026.
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