Teens
Ever need a little motivation to be creative? Find your inspiration to think, aspire, and create through the North Carolina Museum of Art’s teen programs.
Online Art Courses
The Museum offers five online high school art courses through a grant-funded collaboration with the North Carolina Virtual Public School. Students can register now for summer and fall semesters.
Summer Workshops
Register now for teen art workshops this summer, morning and afternoon sessions available.
Teen Arts Council
High school students from around the region meet monthly to build leadership skills, go behind the scenes of the Museum, connect with other teens, and help plan Art Scene, the annual spring teen event. Apply for the 2013-2014 Teen Arts Council by June 30!
Stay up to date with our teen programs by following us on Twitter at @NCMATeens or on the blog Teens, Inspired.
Teen Art Exhibitions
Teens, Inspired
Exhibition: July 26–October 20, 2013
East Building, North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Gallery
Students across the state created original art and video inspired by works in the Museum.
Focal Point
Through April 14
East Building, North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Gallery
Students in the Museum’s online Art of Photography course explored how texture can create a visually engaging image.
The Power of the Image
March 26–May 7, 2013
Swain County Center for the Arts, Bryson City, NC
High school students from across the state participated in a juried photography exhibition following a symposium exploring how images influence and persuade.
Saturday, May 18 | 10 am
Art Museum Day
Celebrate Art Museum Day at the NCMA with free admission to our ticketed exhibitions, 0 to 60:... Read more >
Tuesday, June 18 | 9 am
Workshop: Game Design Teen Residency
Who can apply: Any rising 9th–12th grader interested in the intersection of art and games.... Read more >
Friday, June 21 | 9 pm
Perks of Being a Wallflower
The white-hot hell of high school smolders in director Stephen Chbosky’s adaptation of his own... Read more >
Friday, June 28 | 9 pm
Madagascar 3
Homesick lion Alex, hippo Gloria, zebra Marty, and giraffe Melman are still trying to make it... Read more >
Saturday, June 29 | 8 pm
Indigo Girls
Revered musicians and activists Amy Ray and Emily Saliers met in elementary school outside... Read more >
Friday, July 26 | 9 pm
Cars
Pixar’s blockbuster animation visits Radiator Springs, a tiny town full of people-less cars that... Read more >
Saturday, August 3 | 8 pm
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers
Bruce Hornsby is a musical wunderkind. The ever-restless and adventurous singer-pianist-composer... Read more >
Friday, August 9 | 9 pm
Glory
Union officer Robert Gould Shaw commands the first company of black soldiers in the Civil War... Read more >
Saturday, August 10 | 9 pm
Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis deservedly won an Oscar for his portrayal of a president so determined to do... Read more >
Friday, August 16 | 8:30 pm
Moonrise Kingdom
In 1965 a pair of tween romantics reorient themselves along the New England coast, far from... Read more >