YOUNG PEOPLEMAKECULTURE.

Free studios, fearless mentors and real creative pathways for the next generation of artists, makers and voices.

FIND YOUR SPACE ↓
OUR CITY
IS THEIR
CANVAS
OPEN TO EVERY IDEA ✦ NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED ✦ ALWAYS FREE ✦ OPEN TO EVERY IDEA ✦ NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED ✦ ALWAYS FREE ✦

01 / WHY WE EXIST

Talent is
everywhere.
Opportunity
isn’t.

ROOT/RISE turns empty rooms into live studios—and young curiosity into skills, confidence and paid creative futures.

1,840YOUNG CREATIVES
SINCE 2018
87%FEEL MORE CONFIDENT
USING THEIR VOICE
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02 / FIND YOUR THING

Come curious.
Leave louder.

MAKE01

Open Studio

AGES 13–18
TUESDAYS
PERFORM02

Mic / Move

AGES 15–21
THURSDAYS
BUILD03

Creative Futures

AGES 17–24
SATURDAYS
MAKE04

Street Editions

AGES 12–17
HOLIDAYS
ART IS NOT
AN EXTRA.

It is how young people test ideas, make meaning, build belonging—and imagine what comes next.

JAY / 19
MUSIC PRODUCER

STORY 014

I came for a beat workshop. I stayed because someone finally treated my ideas like they mattered.

Jay joined Mic / Move at 16. Today he mentors the Tuesday studio and is completing his first paid commission.

03 / WHAT’S HAPPENING

Turn up.
Take part.

05 SEP

THE WALLS SPEAK

Youth exhibition · Main studio

12 SEP

OPEN MIC / OPEN FLOOR

Performance night · Yard stage

20 SEP

MAKE IT PAY

Creative careers workshop · Lab 02

04 / BACK THE NEXT IDEA

Your support
makes room
to make.

Every contribution keeps studios free, mentors paid and materials ready for the young person who walks in next.

Got an idea?

There’s room
for it here.