Celebrate an amazing summer of sharing, honoring, and amplifying meaningful stories through digital illustration with Teen Digital Cooperative (TDC). See what they’ve been working on, eat delicious snacks, and get creative with art-making activities designed by TDC.

At Seaport Studio

Join Teen Exhibitions Program to celebrate the opening of Crossroads, an exhibition featuring work by the young artists in Chapters of Choice, a ten-week-long comic-making program led by Urbano Artist-in-Residence Maria Fong in the spring of 2025.

Urbano is a nonprofit organization that brings together visual artists, local youth, and community members to learn and experiment through opportunities, workshops, projects and more! Chapters of Choice used storytelling, performance, and peer-led learning to support youth in untangling the question“Do you feel like you have a choice?” The artists explored autobiographical comic-making to not only reflect upon how they have made decisions for their lives in the past, but also to think about how they can render self-led choices in the future.

This exhibition was organized by the ICA Teen Exhibitions Program (TEP), a group of teens who work together to plan, organize, and install exhibitions in the ICA Teen Galleries. It will be on view in the Teen Galleries at the ICA Seaport Studio through May 26, 2026.

The opening is free and open to all ages.

Event Schedule

6:00 PM 

  • Art Making
  • Snacks + Drinks 
  • Photo Booth 
  • Activities

6:45 PM 

  • Welcome by Teen Exhibitions Program and Artists 

7:45 PM

  • Closing Remarks

Questions or requests for accessibility assistance? Email teens@icaboston.org or text or call (339) 236-3039

Tickets will be available September 10 for ICA Members and September 17 for the general public.

Artists Caroline Monnet and Sky Hopinka defy boundaries and blur genres by adopting film, fashion, poetry, sculpture, and more in their cross-disciplinary artistic practices. These prolific, visionary creators will be joined by An Indigenous Present exhibition co-curator Jennelle Porter, for an engaging conversation exploring land, language, and the advantages of using abstraction as a tool within their work. This program accompanies the ICA exhibition An Indigenous Present, co-organized by Porter and artist Jeffrey Gibson.

Make the most of your ICA visit! Explore the galleries and visit the ICA’s featured exhibition: An Indigenous Present. Enjoy a drink and light bite in the waterfront Wine + Coffee Bar. Shop the ICA store for your new art-related swag.

About the artists

Accessibility


An Indigenous Present is organized by Jeffrey Gibson and Jenelle Porter, guest curators, with Erika Umali, Curator of Collections, and Max Gruber, Curatorial Assistant.

With warmest thanks, we gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the ICA’s Avant Guardian Society in making this exhibition possible.  

This exhibition is supported in part by Peggy J. Koenig, Barbara H. Lloyd, and Kim Sinatra.

Teen Arts Council presents Teen Night. Enjoy a night where teens take over the museum inspired by the exhibitions Stanley Whitney: How High the Moon, Christian Marclay: Doors, and Portraits from the ICA Collection.

Dress in your favorite hues.* First 50 people to arrive get a surprise.

HAPPENINGS

*Avoid bringing props, weapons, and costume masks.

Questions or requests for accessibility assistance? Email teens@icaboston.org or text or call (339) 236-3039.

Join us in the Mayor’s Neighborhood Gallery in Boston City Hall to celebrate Special Focus: Self Portraits. Self Portraits is an exhibition of photography by teens in the ICA’s Special Focus program, a four-day intensive in February 2025. With support from teaching artist Feda Eid, members of Special Focus worked together to create these unique and conceptual self-portraits. Whether these photographers chose intense set creation, intricate post­production work, or other processes, these portraits allowed them to push boundaries on how they are seen.

The reception is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

Directions: Please use the entrance located on Congress St, across from Faneuil Hall. Pass security and take the elevators to the 2nd floor. The Mayor’s Neighborhood Gallery will be to your left.

This exhibition will be on view through July 18th, 2025. Learn more

Get creative on select Free Thursday nights with art-making activities designed by local artists. Plus, visit the galleries, grab a drink from the ICA Wine + Coffee Bar,* and connect over creativity. No experience necessary. 

Art-making is free and meets in the State Street Corporation Lobby. While all experience levels are welcome, this workshop is designed for adult audiences. Participation is drop-in on a first-come, first-serve basis as space allows. *Refreshments available for purchase. 

Art-Making After Dark: Like a Local | September 25

About Laurel Greenfield

Calling all teens! Teen Exhibition Program presents Open Notes, an event that will activate all of your senses. See exhibitions of art by teens, hear the Open Mic, smell fragrances as you mix your own custom scent, and taste delicious food and mocktails.

Want to perform in the Open Mic? Sign up now.

In partnership with the Boston Ujima Project, enjoy a day packed with excitement, including a zine fair, food vendors, short films, DJ sets by DJ Rayvino and Mez.Wav, and special musical performances by Kei and Miranda Rae. Plus enjoy free admission all day!

The ICA is offering free museum admission all day on June 19, in honor of Juneteenth. Free advanced tickets are required and will be available to reserve beginning on Wed, June 18 at 10 AM.

Admission to Chiharu Shiota: Home Less Home at the Watershed in East Boston is always FREE—tickets are not required for entrance. Water Shuttle tickets have sold out for Juneteenth.

Schedule

Films | 12–4 PM

Healing | 1–5 PM

Workshops | 1–5 PM

Market | 1–8 PM

Zine Fair | 1–8 PM

Music | 5–9 PM

About the Ujima Project

Join us for a night of amplifying teen voices and celebrating this creative community. Experience new and exciting work by young people through a photography exhibition, film screenings, a music production showcase, and more! Immerse yourself in art making and other creative experiences. Connect with other people. Enjoy light food and drinks.

This event will celebrate and showcase the work of members of the Photography Collective, Fast Forward, AMP: Music Production Intensive, Special Focus: Photography Intensive, Teen Arts Council, and Teen Exhibitions Program.

Calling all teens! Join us for a showcase by teens in AMP, our music production program. Dance, listen, and mingle. Connect with other creative teens interested in music, explore the ICA’s Seaport Studio, and enjoy beverages & snacks!