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Resources for Teens

Explore materials and musings from ICA Teens and staff. 
Learn about what we do and exciting opportunities in the future.
A woman with long hair sits on a black couch, smiling and engaging with people around her. Behind her is a colorful wall filled with graffiti and signatures. There are red cups on the table in front.
A black-and-white photograph of a Black woman in a beauty pageant gown, crown, gloves, bouquet, and sash walks down a hallway toward the viewer, smiling widely.
May 13, 2020

Staying Creative: Alter Ego

While the ICA is temporarily closed, stay creative and connected with us. Create an alter ego that highlights an aspect of society you’d like to change. Design a costume for this persona using materials in your space.… more

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An installation of a polka-dotted neon colored tentacle-shaped arms that extend from the ceiling and floor of an enclosed mirrored room.
May 6, 2020

Staying Creative: Infinity

While the ICA is temporarily closed, stay creative and connected with us. Get inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s infinity room LOVE IS CALLING (1st image). Find or create the largest infinity in the smallest space. Snap a photo. … more

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A vintage wall-mounted rotary phone with a beige receiver hangs on a yellow wall. A coiled cord is visible, and a white door is in the background.
Apr 30, 2020

Staying Creative: Communication in Our Time

While the ICA is temporarily closed, stay creative and connected with us. Watch this video by artist Rachel Perry where she lip-syncs to voicemail messages left in error. Create your own video that expresses something about communication in our time.  To… more

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A person with curly hair and glasses sits at a table, focused on their smartphone. They wear a gray NASA hoodie. The room is warmly lit with a lamp and has a red wall in the background.
Apr 14, 2020

Staying Creative: Short Film, Two Characters Challenge

While the ICA is temporarily closed, stay creative and connected with us.  Find a collaborator. Write a short film with two characters. Following social distancing guidelines, shoot your character’s scenes and have your collaborator do the same.… more

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People painting on a wall with various abstract patterns using brushes and paint from several tables filled with art supplies in front of them.
Apr 8, 2020

Staying Creative: We the People Challenge

While the ICA is temporarily closed, stay creative and connected with us. Watch this video of us with artist Nari Ward installing his work We the People (made of hundreds of shoelaces). Find some shoelaces. Make something that expresses how you feel about… more

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A person in a dark jacket and jeans joyfully leaps on a paved path surrounded by trees, with a house visible in the background on a sunny day.
Apr 2, 2020

Staying Creative: As Far As I Could Get Challenge

While the ICA is temporarily closed, stay creative and connected with us. Grab a camera or camera phone. Set the self-timer button for 10 seconds (grab a helper if yours doesn’t have one). Run away from the… more

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A person with short hair wearing a patterned sweater is hanging a framed photograph on a textured wall. The photograph depicts an outdoor scene with a person and trees in the background.
Feb 25, 2020

Harvard Photo Installation

On December 17th, the ICA’s Special Focus digital photography class traveled to Harvard, to prepare their photographs for exhibition in the Monroe C. Gutman Library. Led  by teaching artist Marlon Orozco, these teens have been working hard to… more

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A diverse group of people stands smiling in a hallway. One person points to an ON AIR sign above a door. They are dressed in casual winter clothing, and the atmosphere appears joyful and lively.
Nov 5, 2019

Fast Forward Trip to Zumix

On November 21st, the Fast Forward beginner film-making class traveled to East Boston to present their audio projects, Sounds of Home, to play on Zumix Radio 94.9 FM! To get to Zumix, we left our home in the… more

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A group of students walks through a hallway with vibrant graffiti art on the wall. The artwork features a painted figure wearing a blue hat amidst colorful, abstract designs.
Sep 4, 2018

Harbor Collective: A Collaborative Exploration of Interdisciplinary Art by Zumix and ICA Teens

With work by Arthur Jafa at ICA/Boston and an installation by Diana Thater inaugurating the Watershed in East Boston, a group of ICA Teens decided to link up with their neighbors at Zumix and dive into an exploration of interdisciplinary art. Using… more

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