BAX Youth Education Programs
Old Stone House, 421 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
About
BAX Youth Education Programs include activities such as dance, drama, tumbling, drag, creative movement, performing arts, visual arts, mixed media arts, character work, lip syncing, and costume design. The program also includes rehearsals, performances, classes, informal showings, auditions, events, parties, and youth birthday parties.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Youth studio classes run February 2–June 20, with additional Midwinter Break, Spring Break, Summer Arts, and Drag Summer Arts Intensive program dates in 2026.
• Price: Discount Code: EARLY-26 for $50 off through April 1.
BAX Youth Education Programs are part of BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange, a multigenerational arts organization founded in 1991. BAX focuses on embodied practices such as dance, movement, theater, and multidisciplinary performance, and supports artists of all ages and stages of development through education, residencies, performance, artist residencies, affordable rehearsal studios, a practice lab, and youth education programs. BAX annually invites over 10,000 students, parents, families, artists, and audiences to engage in shared creative journeys, and offers school pick up from select local schools for youth studio classes, as well as free trials, tiered tuition, and scholarships for all classes.
According to its mission statement, BAX nurtures creative expression and artistic process through education, residencies, and performance at the intersection of arts and social justice. BAX commits to forging brave spaces by centering artists from historically underrepresented backgrounds and building equity and access across all programs, with stated values that include accessibility, choice-making, collaboration, community, creativity, equity, exchange, experimentation, performance, radical hospitality, and skill-building. BAX describes its goal as building collective power, advancing cultural and racial justice, and encouraging vibrant, interconnected networks to thrive, and it states that it aims to create a brave space where everyone feels welcome to be themselves, take risks, and grow.
Last updated February 6, 2026.
• Ages: 3–18 years old
• Schedule: Youth studio classes run February 2–June 20, with additional Midwinter Break, Spring Break, Summer Arts, and Drag Summer Arts Intensive program dates in 2026.
• Price: Discount Code: EARLY-26 for $50 off through April 1.
BAX Youth Education Programs are part of BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange, a multigenerational arts organization founded in 1991. BAX focuses on embodied practices such as dance, movement, theater, and multidisciplinary performance, and supports artists of all ages and stages of development through education, residencies, performance, artist residencies, affordable rehearsal studios, a practice lab, and youth education programs. BAX annually invites over 10,000 students, parents, families, artists, and audiences to engage in shared creative journeys, and offers school pick up from select local schools for youth studio classes, as well as free trials, tiered tuition, and scholarships for all classes.
According to its mission statement, BAX nurtures creative expression and artistic process through education, residencies, and performance at the intersection of arts and social justice. BAX commits to forging brave spaces by centering artists from historically underrepresented backgrounds and building equity and access across all programs, with stated values that include accessibility, choice-making, collaboration, community, creativity, equity, exchange, experimentation, performance, radical hospitality, and skill-building. BAX describes its goal as building collective power, advancing cultural and racial justice, and encouraging vibrant, interconnected networks to thrive, and it states that it aims to create a brave space where everyone feels welcome to be themselves, take risks, and grow.
Last updated February 6, 2026.
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