ATTENTION: Fall Programs Begin Next Week

Apply to an ASM Fall program today! ⬇️ Below is a list of programs with open spots.


Spaces are limited.

You can be enrolled in only one Fall ASM program, where you will earn a stipend for your participation. 

🚨 Deadline to apply: THIS Friday, September 19 🚨 

Already applied but haven't heard back? Log back into your application via the Fall 2025 Teen Dashboard (on the Apply page) and check on the status of each program.

To apply to programs with open spots, search for the program you want to apply for, add it to your application, and click "Next" all the way through to fully submit the application.


Continue to check your email for enrollment offers. You have 72 hours to accept or decline your offer via the Teen Dashboard.

Programs with Open Spots: Categorized by North and West Side, Downtown, and South Side *BE SURE YOU REVIEW THE LOCATION OF THE PROGRAM AND ONLY APPLY IF YOU CAN TRULY ATTEND.


North and West Side:

  • @Yollocalli Funky Photo
  • @Yollocalli Graffiti Mural Project
  • @Yollocalli Lab
  • AfriCaribbean ArtsConnections
  • Afro-Caribbean Jazz Ensemble
  • American Sign Language @ Lutz Center
  • Art & Social Media @ Amundsen HS
  • BBF x GMA Performing Arts Club
  • Carpentry @ Prosser
  • Convention Connection 101
  • Craft & Culture Lab
  • CTVN @ ACCA
  • Digital Video Production
  • Dungeons and Dragons Design @ Lutz Center
  • Entrepreneurship in the Arts at El Schomburg
  • Fashion Freestyle and Sewing @ Chicago Academy
  • Firework
  • HHW The Triple Threat Edition
  • Hip-Hop 'n' Jazz @ Kelvyn Park
  • Kuumba Lynx Performance Ensemble (KLPE): Movement Technique
  • Latin Music Project @ Broadway Armory
  • Lifeguard Explorers @ Austin Town Hall
  • Lifeguard Explorers @ Homan Square Park
  • Lifeguard Explorers @ Lafollette Park
  • MACC' Hornets Performing Arts @ Major Adams
  • Mexican Folkloric Dance @ True Value
  • Mic Check: Creative and Career Development for Music Artists
  • Peer to Peer Peacemakers
  • Placement HUB: North Branch
  • Points + Pixels: Digital Design @ CHICAT
  • Rhythm & Ra�s: Bomba Performance Arts
  • Rise Up! Girl Power from the Inside and Out
  • Somos Arte Pre-Apprenticeship Program
  • Spanish Dance Experience @ NEIU
  • Sports & Recreation Leadership @ Broadway Armory Park
  • Sports & Recreation Leadership @ Garfield Park
  • Sports and Recreational Leadership @ Commercial Park
  • STEM Immersion and Exploration @ NEIU El Centro
  • Teenagers Exploring and Explaining Nature and Science
  • Territory Urban Design Team
  • Territory Urban Design Team (Austin)
  • The Music Movement @ BBF
  • The Simple Good Photography @ AHC
  • Welding C @ Lutz Center
  • Workbench Project: Woodshop

Downtown:

  • Build Our Own: Clay / Sculptures @ Gallery 37
  • Digital Visionaries: Bootcamp @ Gallery 37
  • Experimental Printing in the Dark Room @ Gallery 37 
  • FMC Dance Collaborative @ Gallery 37
  • HHW Techniques for Young Singers @ Gallery 37
  • Joffrey Dance @ The Joffrey Ballet (Gallery 37)
  • Media Impact: The Power of Digital Voices @ Gallery 37
  • Mixed Martial Arts @ Gallery 37
  • Screenwriting @ Gallery 37
  • TECHSolvers @Gallery 37
  • The Poetry Lab: The Power of the Pen and the Mic @ Gallery 37 


South Side:

  • Advanced Tumbling Into Fitness
  • Audio Electronics for Advanced Teens
  • Band Techniques
  • Basketball @ Fenger
  • Basketball Training at Bogan Beginners
  • Brushes & Beyond
  • Building Leaders Robotics Team
  • Choreographic Arts Program
  • Community Influenced Pop Art 101
  • Cosmetology Program
  • Culinary Fusion @ Dunbar
  • Dance Don't Stop
  • Deaf and Hard of Hearing Teen Leadership Club
  • Debate @ Solorio
  • Design.Build.Grow.Eat - South Side Apprenticeship @ Origin Woods & Garden
  • Drama & Musical Theater @ Kelly HS
  • Embroidery - Another Art Form
  • FEMsports
  • Green Teens @ GCYC-B
  • Grow Your Own: Urban Garden @ Englewood STEM
  • Hawkins House Majorette Dance Team
  • Hip Hop Dance & Drill
  • IDance Chicago Performing Arts Program
  • Increase The Peace 
  • J-Def Peace Project @ APO
  • Kreative Krew Kreating You 
  • Live and Believe Fitness Beverly
  • Mariachi Ensemble Apprenticeship @ Juarez
  • Move Me Soul - Advanced
  • Move Me Soul: Soul 2 Soul
  • New Orleans Style Brass Band/ Jazz Improvisation
  • Next in Fashion
  • Peacemakers with Increase The Peace
  • Podcast Tech: Power Your Story
  • Project Echo-The Future Voices Initiative
  • Pui Tak Center - Youth Program
  • Radio/TV @ Englewood STEM
  • Ray Graham Drumline & Color Guard
  • Solorio Makerspace Maroon
  • South Shore Chefs Advanced Apprenticeship
  • South Side Rowing
  • STEM at Lindblom
  • TASC Basketball at Lindblom
  • Teatro Tariakuri Acting 101
  • The Butterfly Club @ Hyde Park
  • TSG B-Ball Skills & Management @ Richards HS
  • Peacemakers @ Urban Prep Englewood
  • TGMG Sports and Mentoring
  • Washington Park Multimedia Arts
  • Y'Allen Out Entrepreneurship

Check the Status of Your Application via the Teen Dashboard:

  • Application Submitted: You have successfully applied to this program. The instructor is still reviewing all applications and a placement decision has not been made yet.
  • Enrolled: You have accepted an offer to this program. 
  • No Offer: This program is full and you did not receive an offer. If a spot opens (for example, a selected participant can no longer attend), you could still be considered for placement.
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