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 for the 2018–19 Teen Arts Council are due June 1, 2018.
Please email Harriet Hoover, coordinator of teen and college programs, with questions.
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ArtScene, the annual spring teen event
Join the NCMA’s Teen Arts Council for our annual teen takeover! Drop in for live music, art making, performances, free food, and entry into You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences.
Student Exhibition: Teens, Inspired
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.
The Museum will accept new submissions in fall 2018
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Exhibitions
Transience Emerging Artists Exhibition
February 10, 2018 – December 2, 2018
Painting, photography, and sculpture created by emerging artists responding to cultural fluidity and the dynamics of cultural change. Artists included in this exhibition...
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Weeklong Teen Studio Intensive
Monday, June 25 | 1 pm
Connecting You Are Here’s themes of immersive experiences and new media with experimental approaches to drawing and collage, teaching artist Jolie Day incorporates...
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NCMA Camps
Middle School Workshop: #selfie, Ages 11-13
Monday, July 30 | 9 am
Registration begins January 30 for Dual/Family-level members and above and February 27 for nonmembers.
Explore self-portraiture in many forms with projects that highlight...
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