Beam Center

10/14/2026

APPLY TODAY! Beam Center is looking for Youth Group Leaders to facilitate MS 136’s Afterschool Program. Guide and support middle schoolers in learning new skills and exploring their creativity.

Applications are open until further notice, share and repost!

10/14/2026

APPLY TODAY! Beam Center is looking for Youth Group Leaders to facilitate MS 136’s Afterschool .U.I.L.D. Program. Guide and support middle schoolers in learning new skills and exploring their creativity.

Applications are open until further notice, share and repost!

10/12/2026

🟠BEAM STAFF SPOTLIGHT🟠:

We’re excited to welcome Celine Kang as our FULL-TIME Assistant Finance Coordiantor!

Celine will help ensure young people in our programs get paid in a timely manner and help with daily admin finance responsibilities

Check out Celine’s bio on our website.

10/07/2026

APPLY TODAY! If you are interested in youth PAID leadership training during the school year, swipe for more!

Spend this /Winter getting paid to learn the skills you need to be a leader across all Beam Center programming starting Winter 2027.

Submit your applications by SUNDAY OCTOBER 11

09/28/2026

Two of our in-school summer programs brought , , and to the classroom this summer. Youth took inspiration from their real lives, and creative minds to create machines and fabricated “Dream Homes”.

Scroll through to see what youth were up to from both programs!

Inspired by the work of Rube Goldberg, youth worked together on problem-solving, engineering, design and fabrication to create functioning Rube Goldberg machines using conventional crafting materials and techniques

Inspired by the work of Rube Goldberg, youth worked together on problem-solving, engineering, design and fabrication to create functioning Rube Goldberg machines using conventional crafting materials and techniques

Inspired by the work of Rube Goldberg, youth worked together on problem-solving, engineering, design and fabrication to create functioning Rube Goldberg machines using conventional crafting materials and techniques

Inspired by the work of Rube Goldberg, youth worked together on problem-solving, engineering, design and fabrication to create functioning Rube Goldberg machines using conventional crafting materials and techniques

Youth learned skills in architecture, collaboration and fabrication to bring their box homes to life. Then youth worked in teams to build bigger and more imaginative homes big enough for the whole class!

Youth learned skills in architecture, collaboration and fabrication to bring their box homes to life. Then youth worked in teams to build bigger and more imaginative homes big enough for the whole class!

Youth learned skills in architecture, collaboration and fabrication to bring their box homes to life. Then youth worked in teams to build bigger and more imaginative homes big enough for the whole class!

Youth learned skills in architecture, collaboration and fabrication to bring their box homes to life. Then youth worked in teams to build bigger and more imaginative homes big enough for the whole class!

Youth learned skills in architecture, collaboration and fabrication to bring their box homes to life. Then youth worked in teams to build bigger and more imaginative homes big enough for the whole cl

09/25/2026

Our creative & technical training program, , spent 6 weeks this summer in Red Hook and our newest hub in Bushwick learning skills in , , , metalworking and glassmaking to bring their own inspired projects to life.

Check out the cool pieces these young people presented at their end of summer showcase! Thank you to all the youth staff, youth participants and those that joined for the showcase to support the young people in our community.

09/22/2026

Our NYC Public Schools Summer Rising program gave youth a learning opportunity that stretched from the ocean🌊 all the way to outer-space🪐🔭 this summer!
Youth focused on their English language literacy skills and collaboratively built communities, planets and maps that told their stories while using materials and tools like clay, cardboard, circuity and of course their imagination to do so.

This year for the first time, more than 700 students participated in the Connected Worlds program across 14 schools. Thank you to the 60 youth staff for your work this summer, and to our schools partners in expanding our reach to young people in NYC.

09/21/2026

This summer, Beam Summer Studios on Govneors Island embraced Change & Transformation for this year’s

Youth transformed materials, ideas and stories into exhibitions, showcases, films and performances for NYC youth, families and passerbys to enjoy

Beam Center youth learned new skills, collaborated, and met people from all over the city as they turned their ideas into something otherworldy

A huge THANK YOU to every young person who committed to this summer, and to the artists, educators, and partners, and Beam community who helped make OtherWorlds Fair possible.

Until next summer, keep making other worlds something worth experiencing.


📸: Devon Smith Jr.

09/11/2026