Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Art Classes and Workshops in New York City for Tweens and Teens 2014

Summer is almost here and many parents want to find meaningful creative activities and programs for their busy children in New York City. I will not be available for private art lessons and group sessions this summer because I am working on a special creative project; starting my own family! I will be back in action this fall and you can learn more about my offerings later.

Below is a select list of some of the finest art and cultural institutions that offer unique programing for teens and tweens and much of it is FREE. So check out the list and links to see what may be in your child's future.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The MET offers FREE workshops/classes for tweens and teens ages 11-18 this summer. You have to register to be in the class and it is a great way to make connections at one of the finest New York cultural institutions and become familiar with their collections.

Here is another comprehensive list/link of art making and events for all ages and some classes are free whiles others are paid courses.

Museum of Modern Art
MoMA offers FREE hands-on art classes for NYC high school students, ages 13–19. No experience necessary! Applications and letters of recommendation are due Monday, June 2, 2014. MoMA provides all materials, food, studio space, and more. Each course meets three times a week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays for six weeks, and culminates in a Teen Art Show of participants' work.

Whitney Museum of American Art 
Another FREE museum program... This summer, Youth Insights is offering a new free program for New York City high school English Language Learners in grades 10 through 12: Youth Insights Introductions. Applications are due June 2, 2014.  Youth Insights (YI) is a free after-school program for New York City high school students. It brings teens together with contemporary artists, providing opportunities to work collaboratively, discuss art critically, think creatively, and make art inspired by this exchange.
http://whitney.org/Education/Teens/GetInvolved


The Jewish Museum
Experiment with printmaking, painting, and installation art inspired by the current exhibition Mel Bochner: Strong Language. Over the course of one week, explore our relationship to words and how we use them to make meaning in works of art.
Middle School Session
August 11-15
9:30 am-Noon

High School Session
August 11-15
1:30-5 pm

To register or find out more information call 212-423-3254 or email teenprograms@thejm.org

International Center of Photography
A great resource for photography with both adult and youth classes, ICP offers a summer teen academy in traditional darkroom photography (both black and white and color) in one week intensives or two week intensive that focus on digital photography. They have a beautiful darkroom and are centrally located in midtown Manhattan. Check out the link below for cost and schedules.

Museum of the Moving Image
The newly renovated museum in Astoria, Queens offers a Summer Media Camp from
July 28th-August 29th for ages 9-13 in

  • Movie-Making
  • Video Game Design
  • Animation
  • Registration

Each camp runs one week (Monday through Friday, 10am-4pm). You can enroll in one or more sessions. Camps are divided into two age groups: 9-10 and 11-13. Check out the link t read more about the course description for those kids interest in more tech-centric art interaction.

http://www.movingimage.us/education/summermediacamp


Another great online resource with a comprehensive list of FREE programs is http://insideschools.org/middle/free-programs. The Inside Schools website has a great list of ART resources (and other subjects too) that are FREE and taking place throughout the year. Check it out to see what institutions they have sourced in this well organized list.

 


 

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