I♡Youth2, or ILYouth2 (pronounced “I Love Youth Too”), is a play on the name of our parent gallery, ILY2 (an acronym for “I Love You Too”)!

We love the mall!

It is the home to both I♡Youth2 and ILY2's artist residency space ILY2 Too; as well as some really cool independent stores and spaces, like Floating World Comics, Brickdiculous, Virtua Gallery, Electronic Music Club, and Star Tropics Pinball Museum (plus classics like Hot Topic and Auntie Anne's Pretzels)!

While there may currently be some vacant storefronts, we find the mall to be very safe, with beautiful light, and a vibrant community.

I♡Youth2 is on the lower level of the west end of the Lloyd Center Mall; near the ice rink, between Hot Topic and Secondhand Pet Supply.

We typically put out calls for instructor proposals for our camps 3-6 months in advance. Proposals for other programming (weekend and after school workshops, events, etc) are open on a rolling basis. You can find forms for any open proposals on the Work With Us page.

We do not currently accept volunteers!

If you’re an adult who would like to lead programming, please check out the Work With Us page. If you’re an adult who’d like to partner with us in some other way, please email our director at daelyn@ily2online.com

If you have a teen/youth who’d like to get involved at I♡Youth2 in a leadership capacity, stay tuned to learn more about our membership program, later coming in 2025!

Awesome! Email daelyn@ily2online.com to set something up!

For partnerships & collaboration:

We're excited to work together with art classes, school leadership programs, Scout Troops, youth orgs, etc to build cool arts opportunities for youth in Portland! Let's chat!

For visits:

Whether you're hoping to set up a tour or a custom group activity, we love having classes, clubs, and other groups of young folks come visit our studio in the Lloyd Center Mall!

While we do not currently have the capacity to lead programming outside of our space, we will absolutely come visit classrooms and talk about our space and programming if you can't come to us!

While every individual youth is different, with their own individual needs—the general answer to this is yes!

At I♡Youth2 we recognize that too often, intentional space is not made for youth with varying access and sensory needs, and/or anxieties about being in a new place, with new people, trying new things. Our staff has over a decade of experience working with neurodivergent youth, and a commitment to making arts programming accessible and joyful!

When you register a youth for programming at I♡Youth2, there is a space on the form for you to let us know anything you'd like to about your kid (what freaks them out, what comforts them, things we can expect, whatever!).

You can find information about accessibility in our space here, and you are always welcome to touch base with our director at daelyn@ily2online.com (we'll let you in on a secret—they're neurodivergent too).

I♡Youth2 typically has 2-3 price options for our programming (camps, workshops, events, etc). We trust families to make the choice that is comfortable for them.

The higher end of the sliding scale not only enables us to pay our staff and instructors a living wage, but is a form of mutual aid, which helps balance out the lower end of the scale, and increase accessibility for all youth! The center of the sliding scale covers our costs to run programming. The lower end of the sliding scale increases accessibility for families who would not be able to afford the base programming cost.

We appreciate you ♡

No problem! Email our director at daelyn@ily2online.com and they'll get back to you asap!

You can also find lots of information on our accessibility page (everything from where to park to what our lighting is like).