FELT Youth Studio · Richmond, VA

Get paidto makethings.

Richmond teens working side by side with professional artists, making screen prints, embroidery, websites and design for real businesses. Real clients. Real paychecks.

Work order#001
ClientYour business
StudioScreen print
Made byRichmond teens
Guided byWorking artists
Made atFELT Warehouse
Teens paid ✓
Screen printing★Embroidery★Web design★Brand kits★Posters & signage★Merch & swag★Screen printing★Embroidery★Web design★Brand kits★Posters & signage★Merch & swag★
How a teen levels up

From first day
to mentor.

Businesses already tour the FELT Warehouse and leave hiring the artists who work here. Now teens get those jobs, and ACE pays every teen for their time.

01

Learn

Rotate through the studios and learn the basics.

02

Join

Join a studio as a paid team member, led by a working artist.

03

Work

Take real jobs for real businesses, from first meeting to finished piece.

04

Lead

Mentor the next group of teens coming in.

The studios

Pick your craft.

Every studio is led by a professional who does this work for clients every day.

Screen printing

Shirts, posters and merch for brands, teams and events.

Forming now

Embroidery

Hats, patches and custom pieces. Learn to run the machines.

Forming now

Web & design

Websites, logos and brand kits for Richmond businesses.

Forming now

Next up

A new studio opens each time an artist with that skill joins FELT.

Coming soon
For businesses

Your budget
becomes a paycheck.

You hire us

Merch, a website, signage, a brand kit.

→

Teens make it

With a working artist guiding every step.

→

Teens get paid

Real income, real portfolio, real experience.

Apparel & merchEvent swagEmbroidered hatsPatchesWebsitesLogos & brand kitsPosters & signage

We’re booking our first client projects now. Founding clients help shape the studio and get featured when we launch.

For teens & families

No experience?
No problem.

FELT Youth Studio is for Richmond teens ages [14–18] who want to make things for real. Just bring curiosity and commitment.

  • A paid spot on a real team
  • Mentors who work in the field
  • Pro equipment, hands on
  • A portfolio you can show
  • Real client experience
For partners & funders

Put a teen
on the payroll.

Companies and funders can back the studio in three ways.

Studio season

Underwrite a full season of one studio.

Admit one

Teen wages

Cover paychecks for a group of teens.

Admit one

Equipment

Sponsor the presses, machines and tools teens learn on.

Admit one
Launching [season 2027] · 1505 Cummings Drive
Hire the studio→ Join the studio→ Partner with us→