We are a place where teens are employed to explore and express their creative abilities.

AFH launched in NYC and open for business!

AFH NYC Program Inaugural Team Summer 2023

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Open Studio

THE FIRST OF 2024! Warm up a cold, winter eve in Boston by experiencing the magic of AFH at our first Open Studio of the year on February 27 from 5-7pm. Look out for more details about our featured artist and come ready to tour our creative studios, mingle with teen artists and designers and hear about our latest projects. We'll see you soon!

On exhibition thru 12/30

AFH teen photographers provide perspectives on Boston in response to Boston Athenaeum's exhibition, Developing Boston: Berenice Abbott and Irene Shwachman Photograph a Changing City. The exhibition brings teens’ visual take on Boston into conversation with the seminal works of Abbott and Shwachman. Hear more about the journey and impact!

Become a 2024 AFH Artists Fellow

The 2024 Fellowship offers five, emerging Boston artists a 9-month mentorship with entrepreneur and changemaker Christopher Hope. It will equip artists with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities needed to thrive in the digital era, at the intersection of the arts and workforce development, and the ever-evolving media arts sector. Learn more and apply today! •Deadline: 12/11/23•

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Our Mission

Artists For Humanity (AFH) harnesses the power of mentorship and paid professional experiences to inspire teens to build their future.

Transcending economic, racial and social divisions, AFH teens transform communities through creative expression by collaborating on innovative art and design projects commissioned by clients and sharing their voice on the public stage.

Creative Jobs for Creative Teens

At Artists For Humanity, teen artists and designers collaborate on innovative projects commissioned by clients. AFH teens sit at the table with industry professionals from Boston’s business community. Their opinions are valued, they are treated as colleagues, and looked to as experts.

Artistic experience not required, but a passion for learning is!

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Creative Services

We work with creative and imaginative young people, in Boston and NYC, to provide art and design services for businesses and the community. With multi-media capacity offered via six creative studios and pioneering social impact driven by our mission, we offer real opportunities for partnership.

As in any creative studio, AFH engages the design process. What’s different? The fresh, boundless thinking and the new vision of young people! We leverage this amazing and renewable asset, the mixed-media skill set of our professional team of mentors, and our pioneering social impact model to offer you a potent blend of creativity, quality, and equity!

If you have an art or design need, make the difference and build equity in the process. Do differently. Hire us!

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The AFH EpiCenter—named Boston magazine’s Best of Boston® 2018, Best Industrial Venue—offers a dynamic and creative space for all types of events.

Our award-winning EpiCenter was the first in Boston to achieve LEED Platinum certification or the highest designation for energy sustainable buildings. We offer an environmentally friendly and uniquely innovative space for special events.

From meetings for 40 to cocktail receptions for 800, the EpiCenter is a blank canvas that can be transformed to realize your vision. Common events become extraordinary events when produced in an uncommon setting. On your event day, the EpiCenter event space becomes “yours for the day.”

Make your next event memorable and impactful by hosting your event at the Artists For Humanity EpiCenter!