What is the Bronx Museum Teen Council?
Created in 2005, the Bronx Museum Teen Council provides a paid opportunity for teens to develop art and collaboration skills and engage deeply with the Museum and New York’s contemporary art scene. Through the school year, a group of teens work closely with Museum educators to explore art and the museum space through artist interviews, video production, zine publication, and the curation of a teen art exhibit.
To check out what Teen Council has done in the past, please visit here.
What does the Teen Council do?
- create videos that are viewed by teens and adults from around the world on YouTube;
- create zines, small publications containing original artwork from Council Members;
- meet artists, visit other museums and galleries, and spend time learning about New York’s contemporary arts scene;
- learn computer, audio recording, video, and publishing techniques;
- make new friends;
- organize an exhibition of teen art work at the Bronx Museum;
- develop great college resume experience;
- get paid for your work.
Logistics
- Teen Council members meet for two hours a session, twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays from 04:30 – 06:30 p.m.) from October – June.
- The Bronx Museum Teen Council is a paid internship. Participants are paid a stipend for each session.
Eligibility
- you must be between 14-19 years old;
- you must be entering 9th–12th grades in the 2019-2020 school year or enrolled in a New York State High School Equivalency Diploma Program.
Deadline: Friday, September 20, 2019
We will notify applicants if they have been selected for an interview by the end of September.
To apply, please visit here.
Location:
Bronx Museum Of The Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10456
Tel.: 718-681-6000
E–mail: info@bronxmuseum.org
