Our News
Gene Furchgott’s Retirement Party
October was a busy month for Yo Art and we especially enjoyed showing our appreciation to our Founder, Gene Furchgott. After 11 years of shepherding and building the organization into what it is today, Gene stepped aside as Executive Director, and Mayor John...
Please join us for our founder’s retirement party!
This Thursday evening, October 18, 2018, Yo Art, along with Mayor Tecklenburg, our board, grantors, supporters, past and present instructors, teachers, and administrators, will come together at Redux Contemporary Art Studios to honor Gene Furchgott’s decade of service...
Yo Art works with the Freedom School and Kids on Point at C of C!
For five weeks, during the summer of 2018, Yo Art has worked with elementary and high school aged students attending the Freedom School, in conjunction with Kids on Point at the College of Charleston. Our 40 students have learned all about photography! We started with...
Yo Art Partners with the Charleston Battery Soccer Club
Save the date! On Saturday, August 25th, Charleston Battery will welcome Yo Art, its guests and its supporters, into their stadium for their regular season game. Please join us! All proceeds from the Papa Johns sponsored frisbee toss will benefit Yo Art!
Benefitfocus Donates 20 Laptops to Yo Art Programs
Yo Art was the happy recipient of a very generous gift from Benefitfocus last week! Executive Director Elizabeth Bowers accepted 20 laptops Monday, June 4th at the Customer Success Center of Benefitfocus from Michael Kelly and Ed Turner. This gift is overwhelmingly...
Mayor Tecklenburg Praises Yo Art
At the kick off of the 42nd annual Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C., our city's mayor, John J. Tecklenburg praised Yo Art's work in the community by saying, ". . . outreach and community engagement lies at the heart of our local cultural institutions’ missions and...
Yo Art Announces New Executive Director!
On May 1st, 2018, Yo Art welcomed its new Executive Director, Elizabeth Bowers! As an organization, we'd like to take a moment to wholeheartedly thank our founder and former Executive Director, Gene Furchgott. Gene has worked tirelessly for over a decade to bring...
Yo Art speaks Spanish!
Our valued Landscape Design and Coding instructor Phillip D'Elia recently took time during class to translate our normal coding curriculum into Spanish for a student at Mt. Zion Elementary. Watch the heartwarming video below! [video width="1280" height="720"...
Yo Art and Blackbaud Team up for the Citadel vs. Charleston Southern Baseball Game!
A fine evening was enjoyed by Yo Art staff members, instructors, board members, and friends of the organization for the Citadel vs. Charleston Southern baseball game. Thanks to a kind donation by local software company and sponsor Blackbaud, Yo Art...
A letter from the Directors
Dear Friends of Yo Art, In 2017, we celebrated Yo Art’s 10th anniversary. It was a very special year for our organization, and to this day we are still feeling the glow! But even more than a cause for celebration, 2017 was a moment of reflection, a moment when we...