Welcome to Cre8tive YouTH*ink
We are an assets & attachment-based creative arts youth development collective committed to the cre8tive development of an ethical, critical thinking, and socially engaged urban youth constituency.
Founded and managed by Jerry Otero, Cre8tive YouTH*ink is the current manifestation of the youth (r)evolution that started during his time as the supervisor of drug prevention and high school youth development programs in Brooklyn’s High Schools.
Through a variety of Partner Projects we sponsor activities designed to spark urban teenager’s natural curiosities and their motivation to understand, connect with, and master the world around them. The Art School Without Walls, for instance, provides unparalleled access to the world of Contemporary, creating opportunities for urban teens to meet and work with top artists, journalists and technical professionals.
Our projects provide powerful identity experiences that combine aspects of community service, contemporary art, developmental psychology, attachment theory, and social justice youth development to empower urban teens to unravel, understand, and respond to the powerful, seemingly invisible forces that bear upon their daily lives — inspiring them to become more fully participatory in their own lives, positively bonded and prepared with the tools to assume leadership roles in their communities.
