Teens
What Inspires You?
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.
Workshops
Learn new techniques and processes by participating in workshops led by professional writers, artists, and filmmakers.
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Online Art Courses
Students from Asheville to Wilmington can connect with the Museum and teens across the state who share your interests. We offer online courses in Art of Fashion, Art of Game Design, and other topics through the North Carolina Virtual Public School.
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Teen Arts Council
The Teen Arts Council is an active and exciting group of local teen leaders interested in art and museums. Teens have a backstage pass to the inner workings of the Museum and collaboratively plan creative programming for their peers across the state.
Applications are no longer being accepted for 2018–19. Please check back in spring 2019 to apply for next year.
Please email Angela Lombardi Zappala, Coordinator of Teen, College and Studio Programs.
ArtScene Spring Teen Party
Join the NCMA’s Teen Arts Council for our annual teen takeover! Drop in for live music, art making, performances, free food.
Teen Art Exhibition
Teens, Inspired is the North Carolina Museum of Art’s exhibition for high school students that is organized, juried, and curated by teens and for teens.
The NCMA requests submissions of poems, two- and three-dimensional works of art, and video art. Participating artists must use a work of art from the Museum’s collection to inspire their own poem or artwork, and the content of their work must be appropriate for family audiences.
New call for submissions coming soon.
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Exhibitions
Park Pictures
April 15, 2015 – December 31, 2018
College students are invited to submit original works for our Park Pictures billboard competition. The theme of this year’s competition is “interior worlds,” in reference...
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Dance Workshop: Rodin in Movement (Teens)
Saturday, February 16 | 2 pm
Choreographers Murielle Elizéon and Tommy Noonan share the creative process behind "Je suis belle," a dance piece commissioned by the NCMA in 2017. The workshop begins with...
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