Contemporary Arts Center

In response to increased attendance among the 13 to 21-year-old age range, the Contemporary Arts Center will expand its Teen Council and Young Adult Lab programs. The Teen Council will provide an extensive arts-focused experience to a group of 25 high-school-aged students capped with an event planned by the council members for hundreds of their peers. The program provides soon-to-be college bound teens with opportunities to deepen their knowledge of the arts, learn from working artists/creative professionals, strengthen their portfolios, and serve as arts ambassadors to their peers. The Young Adult Lab will be transformed from a pilot to a permanent program, providing free weekly drop-in programs that permit participants to experiment with mixed-media art making. The museum will hire a teen program gallery educator to facilitate the programming, and will evaluate the offerings through both attendance levels and pre and post participation surveys.