Artists For Humanity

Artists For Humanity is a Boston nonprofit that employs teens to create art and design, using mentorship and paid professional experience to help them build their futures. It employs more than 375 teens, and the organization offers art and design services such as printing, signage and graphics, photography and videography, and space transformations. Its mission ties creative work to building social equity.

The organization also runs the AFH EpiCenter, a flexible event venue available for meetings, conferences, parties and team-building gatherings, pairing an event space with the organization’s mission. Exhibitions show off the teens’ work throughout the year, including a culminating show at the end of the school-year session and a portrait series marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution that honors people who shaped Boston and Massachusetts communities.

What to Know

• Each summer, from June through August, AFH employs more than 200 teens in its Boston and New York City studios.
• The Big Summer Show is one of its largest sales of teen art and design each year.
• Businesses and organizations can hire AFH teens for custom art and design projects.
• A teen quoted on its website calls AFH a “second home and family.”