Seattle Hip-Hop Summit Youth Council, 1107 24th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122, US

HistoryCoyote Central (originally Coyote Junior High) was founded in 1986 by Marybeth Satterlee and Greg Ewert, two middle school teachers seeking to challenge young adolescents with creative problem solving in out-of-school time. Coyote has gradually grown from serving 45 participants in its first year to over 1,000 kids per year. Its original program, now called Studio Coyote, offers workshops in creative fields from robotics to fashion design. CityWorks was launched in 1989 with a commission from a supper club wanting young Coyote artists to design and embellish a frame for a movie screen. In 1992 Hit the Streets was created as a program for low-income youth to create public art in their urban neighborhoods. Through all of its steady growth, the model of instruction has remained true to the founders' original mission.SpecialtiesCoyote Central recruits professionals from creative fields to share their talents and workplaces with adolescents. In wood and welding shops, darkrooms, kitchens, animation labs and creative studios across town, Coyote workshops open up a world of talent and possibility to young minds.