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The Metropolitan Museum of Art invites teens ages 11-18 to FREE programs to explore the Museum's collections through discussion and art activities.
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Visit our website to download a Museum Pass for High School Students for FREE admission! Check out our new Teen blog on the teen section of the Met's website.

03/03/2023

🚨ATTENTION 🚨 🔊

This Friday is TEEN FRIDAY‼️ Join us this Friday, March 3rd from 4:30 to 6:30 inside the Carson Family Hall East in the Uris Center for Education (81st St entrance) for art making, films, snacks, music, games, and chilling with your fellow teens😎

This week’s is a special event. We’re excited to invite you to join us for the Night of Ideas 2023. Taking place in more than 20 cities across the Us.

Activities will be happening at Vila Albertine, The institute of Fine Arts– NYU and The Ukrainian Institute of America with Columbia and Princeton Universities. Hit the link in our bio to learn more.

Fridays program at The Met features Modern and Contemporary curator Ian Alteveer and Senior Research Associate of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Ana Matisse Donefer-Hickie.

Join us for an evening tour through the Afrofuturist Period Room with Ian & Ana Matisse. Then meet artist Fabiola Jean-Louise, whose work is currently on view in the exhibition. She’ll join us virtually for a Q&A.

Join us, and teens from the Afrofuturist Teen Council afterwards for a drop-in Mini-Zine making activity.

This program is free for teens and includes museum admission (tickets are handed out at the entrance of the teen lounge), snacks, supplies, and socializing 🥳😜🥰

Teen Fridays throughout March are presented in celebration of Woman’s History Month.

The Night of Ideas is presented by Vila Albertine.

02/21/2023

Interested in exploring careers in museums? Join current interns to learn more about The Met's Summer High School Internship program.

This program will be taking place over Zoom, please visit the linkinbio now to register.

02/16/2023

🚨FREE TEEN PROGRAM🚨 Looking for some fun during Midwinter Recess? Join us next week Tuesday, February 21–Friday, 24 for Art Explore! During this free workshop teens ages 12–14 will get to meet other teens, travel through the galleries and talk about art, and create their own artworks.

Participants can attend any or all sessions. No experience necessary! Register through the link in our bio.

02/15/2023

🚨ATTENTION 🚨 🔊
Calling all photographers and image makers! 📸

This Friday is TEEN FRIDAY‼️ Join us this Friday, February 17th from 4:30 to 6:30 inside the Sacerdote Room located in the Uris Center for Education (81st St entrance) for art making, films, snacks, music, games, and chilling with your fellow teens😎

This week’s will be featuring our super special guest: Mark Clennon! .c is is a photographer and director based in Los Angeles. His work spans across numerous publications and clients, including Apple, Nike, Time, Esquire, Target, Adidas and more. Mark, a Florida native, moved to New York after graduating from the University Of South Florida and spent the first 5 years of his professional career in tech, eventually deciding to pursue his passion for photography!
With a particular focus on editorial, commercial and documentary projects, he adeptly jumps between these forms of photography. His goal is to capture the Black experience in its totality. His images are therefore nuanced and multifaceted, capturing joy, pain, triumph and everything in between.

Join us, and Mark for a drop-in photo studio and portrait activity. Mark will be sharing some of his best tips and tricks for photo taking— so bring your camera or phone!

This program is free for teens and includes museum admission (tickets are handed out at the entrance of the teen lounge), snacks, supplies, and socializing 🥳😜🥰

Teen Fridays throughout February are presented in celebration of Black History Month.

02/06/2023

Attention ‼️🚨

Applications for the Summer 2023 High School Internship Program are now live!
🖼️🏖️🗽🎨🍕☀️🥳

Visit the link in our bio for more information and to apply⭐️

02/01/2023

🚨ATTENTION 🔈

This Friday is TEEN FRIDAY‼️ Join us this Friday, February 3rd from 4:30 to 6:30 inside the Uris Center for Education (81st St entrance) for art making, films, snacks, music, games, and chilling with your fellow teens😎

This week’s will be featuring our super special guest: Bryan Collier! is a NYTimes Bestselling Author and illustrator and will be joining us for our drop-in illustration activity.

This program is free for teens and comes with museum admission, snacks, supplies, and socializing🥳😜🥰

12/01/2022

is BYKE! Just us again tomorrow Friday, December 2 from 4:30pm - 6:30pm. 🎉 😜

Come by the Sacerdote & Carroll classrooms located inside the Uris Center for Education (81st St entrance) for artmaking, films, music, games, SNACKS, Keith Haring freestyle mark-making and chilling with your fellow teens 😎.

This weeks drop-in activity is: SHRINKY D***S!

This program is free for teens and comes with museum admission and a goody bag of fun 👀 🤑🕺🫶🪩🖼️🎨🍪🍿

11/17/2022

From our last Teen Friday earlier this month! 🤩🥳

If you’re getting FOMO😭 scrolling through this post, join us again this Friday from 4:30 to 6:30pm for another Teen Friday! 🎉 😜

Come by Carson Family Hall East inside the Uris Center for Education (81st St entrance) for artmaking, films, music, games, SNACKS, ancestral beadmaking, Keith Haring freestyle mark-making and chilling with your fellow teens 😎.

This program is free for teens and comes with museum admission and a goody bag of fun 👀 🤑🕺🫶🪩🖼️🎨🍪🍿

10/31/2022

kick off this week! Stop by the on Friday, November 4 from 4:30-6:30 pm to get creative, haves snacks and meet other teens.

Drop in to:

🎯 Try out creative activities

🎯 Hang out and listen to music in a stress free space

🎯 Meet and collaborate with teens and creative professionals

🎯 Hone your skills and experiment with fashion, design, writing, performance, music, art and more in an open studio environment

This Friday’s kick off will feature who will be leading a beat making activity for teens!

Teens can drop into one of our studios for a hands-on art making activity.

We’ll also be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb! With guided tours through the Egyptian Art galleries led by museum curators!

Can’t make it on the 4th? No worries! The next Teen Friday is November 18th.

10/11/2022

Interested in applying to the Met’s High School internship?

The application for the Spring 2022-23 program is now open though October 28th! Apply now.

Want to hear what current interns have to say? Join us in-person for a internship info session.

When: Friday, October 14 @ 4:30—5:30pm
Where: The Met. Enter through the 81st street Uris Center for Education entrance. Ask to be directed towards the Sacerdote room.

Programs

09/26/2022

Upcoming Fall Teen Programs alert! 🎯

Saturday Sketching:

Sketch from works of art in The Met Fifth Avenue and the Cloisters galleries and experiment with different drawing approaches. Build your skills with a teaching artist and share your works of art with other teens. Thinking of applying to an art high school or college? These classes are a great way to build a portfolio.

The Met Fifth Avenue (Ages 12-18)
Saturday, October 15 1:00PM
Saturday. November 12 1:00PM

The Met Cloisters (Ages 12-18)
Saturday, October 29 1:00PM

Remember, Saturday Sketching occurs every third and fifth Saturday throughout the month!

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Teen Studio:

What’s real, what’s the truth, and what’s false? Unleash your creativity during a painting and collage workshop and explore Cubism and the trompe l’oeil technique of deceiving the eye.

Teen Studio —Trick the Eye (Ages 12–14)
Teen Studio —Trick the Eye (Ages 15–18)

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Interested in applying to the Met’s High School internship?

The application for the Spring 2022-23 program is now open though October 28th! Apply now.

Want to hear what current interns have to say? Join us in-person for two internship info sessions.

Saturday, October 8 1:30— 3:00pm
Friday, October 14 4:30—5:30pm

Hit the to learn more!

08/20/2022

With the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, explore Paula Rego, who is known as "The artist who helped change the world." Through her series on abortion we see how art can be impactful and influential as a medium for social change and awareness. Rego’s work is a great example of art as activism.

Visit the links at the end to learn more about her work and this series. Also, while not currently on view you can see one Paula Rego’s pieces that’s in The Met’s collection by visiting our site.

Address

1000 Fifth Avenue, Uris Center For Education At 81st St Entrance
New York, NY
10028

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 5:30pm
Thursday	10am - 5:30pm
Friday	10am - 9pm
Saturday	10am - 9pm
Sunday	10am - 5:30pm

Website

http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/teen-programs

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