Flickr page

here's the link to the AIC teen programs flickr.  I put up to the monthly limit of 100MB up....  and didn't set the url to a name so Hillary can choose it.

Art Institute of Chicago Teen Lab Focus Group

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Approximately 27 teen participants

I. Internet
How often do you use the Internet?
• About 75% report using the Internet every day
• Estimate that they use the Internet 20, 25, or 50 hours a week (most 25 hours a week)

What do you use the Internet for?
• Homework
• Google
• Facebook

II. Cell Phones
Do you and your friends have cell phones?
• All but two own a cell phone
• Majority of their friends have cell phones
• Over 80% have Internet on their cell phones

III. Social Networks
Do you use social networks like MySpace or Facebook?
• 100% use Facebook
• About 30% use MySpace
• Majority prefers Facebook to MySpace
o Facebook is more organized; it’s easier to find people and more conducive to marketing themselves to colleges through their profile, pictures, and the groups with which they’re affiliated
o MySpace is overcrowded and messy, though they like the ability to customize

What about other social networks like Twitter or media-sharing networks like YouTube?
• 1/3 use Twitter
• 100% access YouTube regularly (many have accounts
• Familiar with Ning, which is required by Teen Lab
• Unfamiliar with Flickr

IV. Blogs
Do you blog?
• Only a few (4-6) like to blog
• Most familiar with Blogger
• Do not enjoy blogging about required topics for homework, but like the idea of posting freely about subjects of interest to them
• Expressed interest in posting artworks and videos



V. AIC Teen Programs Facebook Page
If Teen Lab (or AIC Teen Programs) had a Facebook page would you be a fan? Why?
• Over 85% would be a fan
• Would like to find out about events and parties through the page
• Being a fan of the museum is impressive to colleges and employers; being part of the teen page shows active involvement
• Fan pages are cool

Are any of you fans of the museum wide Facebook page?
• 4 are fans of AIC’s museum-wide page
o Would be more comfortable posting to a teen page
o Would like the teen page to link to the museum wide page
•
VI. Misc.
How did you learn about Teen Programs at the Art Institute?
• After School Matters, teachers, friends, TV (local access events listing)

Would you like to receive emails about special events and workshops?
• 50% are interested in an email newsletter

General requests
• Art Parties: slinging clay and paintballs, Now & Later party, fashion shows, masquerade/costume parties, events that feature local bands and artists, fieldtrips, Kaleidoscope
• More free events
• Would like to receive more information about teen programs and events via email

Facebook Page Content

For now, unless we can come up with a better “brand,” let’s call the page AIC Teens or something like that. We should also try to get a Teen Programs mission statement from Hillary for the heading box on the page.

Tabs: Wall, Info, Photos, Boxes, Events

Wall:
Maybe an intro wall post? Something like….

AIC Teens is on Facebook! Use this space to connect, share ideas, and find out about upcoming events at AIC.

Info:
Basic info:
Location:
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60603

Museum Hours:
Monday–Wednesday, 10:30–5:00
Thursday, 10:30–8:00
Friday, 10:30–5:00
Saturday–Sunday, 10:00–5:00

Admission for teens: $12; Free admission Thursdays, 5:00-8:00

Detailed Info:
Website:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/education/teens/index.html
http://www.artic.edu/aic/

Public Transit:

AIC is located one block east of the Loop at the intersections of Adams and Michigan Avenue.

El:
Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, and Purple lines to Adams/Wabash.
Red and Blue lines to Monroe.
A number of bus lines also stop at the museum.

Metra:
Van Buren and Millennium stations stop underground 1–2 blocks away on Michigan Avenue. Visit Metra's Web site for route, schedule, and fare details.

(maybe include the transit map from the website http://www.artic.edu/aic/visitor_info/parking.html)


Photos:
Include images from Hillary with general captions

Boxes:
Boxes for Flickr page and YouTube page (is there another I’m forgetting?); include a box for Teen Lab

Events:
Saturday, December 5
Teen Workshop: Photo Stories

Host: AIC Teens
Start time: 10:30 a.m.
End time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Street: 111 South Michigan Avenue
City: Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 857-7142
Email: teens@artic.edu

Description:
Use digital photography, collage, and Photoshop to create your own digital art after viewing the Photography exhibitions On the Scene: Jason Lazarus, Wolfgang Plöger, Zoe Strauss and Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage.
Registration required. Fee: $10 for members; $10 plus the cost of museum admission for non-members. Please call (312) 857-7142 or e-mail teens@artic.edu for more information and to register.



Thursday, December 10
Teen Night (?—whatever they were talking about before the focus group; also, how can we elegantly say this is FREE)

Host: AIC Teens
Start time:
End time:
Location: Art Institute of Chicago
Street: 111 South Michigan Avenue
City: Chicago, IL
Phone: (312) 857-7142
Email: teens@artic.edu

RH Focus Group Results

Focus Group Questions Answered - RH

How often do you use the Internet? Hours per week?

Every day (80%)

Hours per week: 50, 20, 12

What do you use the Internet for?

homework

google

facebook

Do you have a cell phone?

All but 2 students have cell phones.

What percentage of your friends do you think have Internet access at home, at school, or on a phone? 

All, majority have

Do you use social networks like My Space or Facebook? 

Facebook 100% (facebook is more organized, easy to find people, for marketing yourself, for marketing yourself to colleges, profile, groups, pictures)

Some Myspace (It’s cool, some people over do it)

Also use Twitter and Blogger

If Teen Lab (or AIC Teen Programs) had a Facebook page would you be a fan? Why be a fan?

About 85% would be a fan

For events, parties

Museum-wide facebook page has more stuff, don’t like the idea of people thinking they know what I like or what I’m interested in.

Would you participate in an Art Institute Teen Programs blog? 

Are doing this in Teen Lab.

Would you like to get emails about special events and workshops? 

50% yes

What other organizations/institutions do you follow online? Are you part of their social networks?

Some organizations, don’t know.

How did you learn about Teen Programs at the Art Institute?

After School Matters, teachers, friends, TV (local access events listing)

Would like:

Parties

Like Kaliedoscope

Now & Later parties

Field trips to see different kids of work

Fashion shows and after parties

Anything to lighten the atmosphere of intimidation (security officers)

Costume party

More free events (would go to the MCA for $7 instead of AIC for $18)

Some notes from Teen Lab

Here are highlights from last Wednesday's focus group with Teen Lab. I counted about 27-28 students See my document (check your email) for more details:

• About 50% of the students use the internet. Students suggest they spend about 15-20 hrs a week on the computer.
• 80% of the students have cell phones. Over 80% of the kids have internet on their cell phones to access emails and music.
• They believe Facebook is a lot better than MySpace since it’s clean, organized, and easy to find things and people. A student talked about the marketing aspect of it, regarding the use of individual’s profile, pictures, and groups.
• About 30% use MySpace.  It was generally summarized as “overcrowded” and “messy” interface and layout.
• Only about a third of the students use Twitter.
• They prefer to use Photobucket more than Flickr

Benchmark Highlights

Contemporary Jewish Museum
http://www.thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&view=article&id=17

Social Networking
• Teen Art Connections Blog
• Facebook group: Teens at the Contemporary Jewish Museum


Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
http://www.icateens.org/

Teen Website
• Students’ recent artwork on the homepage
• Each page on the site features a video that starts playing when the page is opened
• Includes profiles for Teen Council participants
• Professional development resources available for download
• “Student Work” gallery page allows user to search by class, medium, etc.


Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org/learn/programs/teens
http://redstudio.moma.org/

Teen Websites
• Red Studio website developed in collaboration with high school
• Launching a new teen site developed by teen council

Social Networking
• Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Blogs
• At one point used every social network; trying to streamline
• Encourage interaction with prompts: “What creative thing will you do this weekend?”
• Update frequently; noticed increase in interaction upon updating daily
• Blogs for each teen class

MoMA Teen Audio
• Annual podcasts developed and narrated by teens available online


Walker Art Center
http://teens.walkerart.org/

WACTAC website
• Impressive archive of past programs including a 24-hr art-making marathon
• Profiles of WACTAC alumni
• Teen Program How-To Kit (how to start a Teen Arts Council)

Social Networking
• Facebook (500+fans), YouTube, Twitter, Vimeo, teen blogs with excellent interaction


Whitney Museum of American Art
http://whitney.org/thewhit/
http://whitney.org/learning/?url=%2Flearning%2Fteens.php

The Whit Website
• Features “The Whit Talk and Text Tour” (audio tour by/for teens who share personal stories conjured by various objects)
• behind the scenes films, interviews, etc.
• “Learning at the Whitney,” a learning resource web page for teens

Social Networking
• The Whit Blog: http://whitney.org/thewhit/blog/


Other Notable Teen Programs Websites
• Andy Warhol Museum: http://www.warhol.org/education/index.html
• Brooklyn Museum: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/education/teens.php
• Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami: http://www.mocanomi.org/teen-programs/
• Young Tate: http://www.tate.org.uk/youngtate/


Recommendations for AIC Teen Programs
• Develop a Teen Programs Facebook page
-Update regularly with the goal of teens ultimately maintaining it themselves (perhaps responsibility of Teen Lab or Teen Council)
-Post engaging discussion questions and prompts
-Use for announcements and the promotion of blog, YouTube, and Flickr pages
-“Friend” everyone
- YouTube and Flickr pages should also be developed for online gallery space
- YouTube can contain all available time-based work by students
- Flickr page can have images posted on a quarterly/semester basis
• MySpace, Twitter, etc. do not seem necessary at this point
• Develop a Teen Blog akin to The Whit or the WACTAC blogs
-Authored by Teen Programs instructors, interns, and students
- Integrate blog into program curricula as an extended learning tool

Focus Group Questions ---> ver. 3

Focus Group: AIC Teen Programs Web Presence

DRAFT Questions (ver 3)

10.28.09

[Let’s collect age and gender info from Hillary]


How often do you use the Internet? Hours per week?

What do you use the internet for for?

What percentage of your friends do you think have Internet access at home, at school, or on a phone? (may want to describe "percentage" if their unclear)

Do you use social networks like My Space or Facebook? Why? And how often? Which do you prefer most?


If Teen Lab had a Facebook page would you be a fan? Why be a fan?

I’ll read a list of sites let me know if you use these sites and why:
YouTube, Blogger, Xanga, Open Diary, Live Journal, Blogster, Twitter, Ning, OkCupid, Flickr, Flixster, DevianART

Would you participate in a Teen Programs blog? And/or would you like to get emails about special events and workshops?

How did you learn about Teen Programs at the Art Institute?

Let’s say you’d never been to the Art Institute before--what stuff would you want to see about Teen Programs to show you what they’re really like? <--Perhaps reword such as:


Let's say you are new to the Art Institute of Chicago–What type of awesome event, activity, exhibit, or workshop would get your attention and make you feel like coming to the museum? For example, a ride simulator? Or an interactive computer game exhibit? Or perhaps a workshop to learn anime?

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I slightly change the order of the last few questions but overall looks good. Best to not make it too long.

Focus Group Questions edit 2

Focus Group: AIC Teen Programs Web Presence    DRAFT Questions

10/27/09

[Let’s collect age and gender info from Hillary]

 

How often do you use the Internet?

 

What do you use it for?

 

What percentage of your friends do you think have Internet access at home, at school, or on a phone?

 

Do you use social networks like Myspace or Facebook? Why? How often?

 

Which is better: Myspace or Facebook?  Why? 

 

I’ll read a list of sites and let’s talk about ones you’ve used:

YouTube, Blogger, Xanga, Open Diary, Live Journal, Blogster, Twitter, Ning, OkCupid, Flickr, Flixster, DevianART

Why?

 

If Teen Lab had a Facebook page would you be friends with it?  Why?

 

Would you participate in a Teen Programs blog?

 

How did you learn about Teen Programs at the Art Institute?

 

Let’s say you’d never been to the Art Institute before--what stuff would you want to see about Teen Programs to show you what they’re really like? (not sure I understand this question. Can we clarify?)

Focus Group Questions REV1

Focus Group: AIC Teen Programs Web Presence

DRAFT Questions

10/26/09

[Let’s collect age and gender info from Hillary]

How often do you use the internet?

What do you use it for?

If you had to guess what percentage of your friends have internet access at home or on a phone what would you guess?

Do you use social networks like Myspace or Facebook? Why? How often?

Which is better: Myspace or Facebook?  Why?  

I’ll read a list of sites and let’s talk about ones you’ve used:

YouTube, Blogger, Xanga, Open Diary, Live Journal, Blogster, Twitter, Ning, OkCupid, Flickr, Flixster, DevianART

Why?

If Teen Lab had a Facebook page would you be friends with it?  Why?

Let’s say you’d never been to the Art Institute before-- what stuff would you want to see about Teen Programs to show you what they’re really like?

The Walker/additional MoMA info

Walker Art Center (WACTAC)
Minneapolis, MN
http://teens.walkerart.org/

General Education Programming: families, adults, educators, schools, teens

Teen-Specific Programs: mission to connect teens to contemporary art/artists; first art museum in the country to devote full-time staff to working with and building teen audiences; WACTAC (Walker Art Center Teen Arts Council) includes $60/month stipend; internships; exhibition opportunities for teens (film showcases, poetry slams, hip-hop battles, e.g. Girls in the Director’s Chair, Hot Art Injection, Below the Belt: (series of competitive battles in different performing art disciplines); teen workshops led by reputable artists; website includes incredible archive of past innovative programs including a 24-hr art-making marathon

Technology: fun teen website with colorful layout; features WACTAC alumni, Teen Program How-To Kit for educators (fantastic resource with tools and advice for working with teens, including how to start a Teen Arts Council)

Social Networks: Vimeo; amazing collection of blogs for teens with great interaction; Twitter; RSS feed; Facebook (500+fans), YouTube


Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
http://www.moma.org/learn/programs/teens
http://redstudio.moma.org/

General Education Programming: adults, k-12, teachers, community outreach, families, accessible programs, scholars, teens

Teen-Specific Programs: all free; Teen Voices Project: their teen council; collaborate with artist to create work to be presented at MoMA and throughout NYC, also educate visitors and give voice to teens; Art and Science of Conservation; Museum Studies; High School Summer Internship; In the Making (art-making courses); Free Teen Nights (drop-in; movies, artist talks art-making, tours; pizza)

Technology: Moma Teen Audio (podcasts via acoustaguide developed and narrated by teens about 5-6 specific works; developed annually; teens work in pairs and each pair is responsible for an object; fun music, sound effects, interviews with security guards, curators, etc.); Red Studio (website developed in collaboration with high school to explore issues and questions raised by teens about modern art; phasing out Red Studio incredible forum for teens to debate and discuss; attracts very repuatble artists; site features filmed interviews conducted by teens; within the next year will start new teen website that was developed by the Teens Voices Project from scratch by teens (format will be like Pandora)

Social Networks: at one point had every kind of social network which was hard to maintain; in past months tried to streamline and focus on Facebook (500+ friends), MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter (encourage discussion with prompts such as “what creative thing will you do this weekend?” or "What's your all time favorite work of art???”); coordinator says that social network pages are difficult to maintain but daily maintenance is imperative to keep teens involved; has seen an increase in interaction when updates are made frequently; want the "voice" to be coming from the teens; each In The Making class has its own blog as an extended learning tool available only to those classes (new to the program--momalearning.org/teens)

Demographics: strive for diversity; advertise to all schools (public, charter, private, etc.), all boroughs; choose all highschool grades; even gender split

Comments: Red Studio website is separate from the Teen Programs webpage on the main site--why can't Red Studio be the teen page on the museum site?; spoke with Marit Dewhurst, Associate Educator, Teen Programs

the north(ish)east

1. Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
http://redstudio.moma.org/

General Education Programming: adults, k-12, teachers, community outreach, families, accessible programs, scholars, teens

Teen-Specific Programs: "all free; Teen Voices Project: collaborate with artist to create work to be presented at MoMA and throughout NYC, also educate visitors and give voice to teens; Art and Science of Conservation; Museum Studies; High School Summer Internship; In the Making (art-making courses); Free Teen Nights (drop-in; movies, artist talks art-making, tours; pizza)

Technology: Moma Teen Audio (podcasts developed and narrated by teens about specific works; very well done, with fun music, sound effects, and interviews with security guards, curators, etc.); Red Studio (website developed in collaboration with high school to explore issues and questions raised by teens about modern art; incredible forum for teens to debate and discuss; attracts very repuatble artists; site features filmed interviews conducted by teens

Social Networks: Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter (nicely designed for teens; used for publicity and as a gallery space for work created in the programs; encourage discussion with prompts such as “what creative thing will you do this weekend?” or What's your all time favorite work of art???”; not much interaction; most dialogue seems to occur on Facebook)

Comments: Red Studio website is separate from the Teen Programs webpage on the main site--why can't Red Studio be the teen page on the museum site?


2. Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
http://www.metmuseum.org/events/teens/

General Education Programming: adults, school, teachers, community outreach, families, accessible programs, scholars, teens, college

Teen-Specific Programs: free classes after school, on weekends, and during holidays; divides classes into ages 11-14 (Art Explore) and 15-18 (Find Yourself at the Met); Purposely avoid any reference to anything school-related; paid high school internships; downloadable Teen Pass for free museum admission; offer portfolio and drawing classes and creative classes such as The Art of Perfume (create own scent)

Technology: podcasts: includes teen podcasts created by 2007 highschool interns; teen podcast narrated by Mimiko, a Japanese teen; new TweenCasts (podcasts for visitors ages 10-12; accessible through general podcast webpage with no link from Teen Programs page); developed for tweens but not by tweens

Social networks: nothing specified for teens; Met Share webpage links to all social networks: iTunesU, YouTube, Flickr, Delicious, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace; RSS feeds

Comments: MoMA podcasts for teens much more effective than Met Teen/TweenCasts; the teen podcast about Mimiko (who inexplicably speaks with an American accent, though she's supposed to be a Japanese teen visitor) is uncomfortably "sing-songy" and boring and exhaustively praises the Met; the podcast created by teen is better, but the sound quality is awful; TweenCasts were developed for, not by, tweens and is narrated by an adult with classical music in background; on website, nothing visually distinguishes teen or tween podcasts as for young audience and are not made accessible via teen page or social networks;


3. National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
http://www.nga.gov/programs/teens/

General Education Programming: adults, k-12, teachers, families, teens

Teen-Specific Programs: free; Teen Studio Saturdays; Teen Volunteer Program; High School Summer Institute; Film Program for Children and Teens

Technology: a lot of podcasts, but not for teens; student (not "teen") resources; a lot of fun interactive online resources, but marketed to children

Social networks: no links from site; have to search social networks to find pages; museumwide Facebook page

Comments: unwise to lump children and teens together for the film program; defines teen audience based on grades, ie: assume that the teens are in school (not homeschooled, etc.)


4. Andy Warhol Museum
Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.warhol.org/education/index.html

General Education Programming: outreach, community, youth, teacher; seems like education is primarily geared towards teens

Teen-Specific Programs: called Youth Programs; Youth Invasion (high school students take over the museum for a week; plan opening party for a week long, youth-based art exhibit); Youth Publications (paid internship in podcasts, website management, desktop publishing, etc.; produce issue of Urban Interview magazine, an incredible publication with interviews and compelling articles by and for teens); Queer Youth Programs; F-Word "zine-as-gallery guide" created by teens; fantastic activity resources for all ages, esp. for teens

Technology: Student Podcasts at the Warhol (created in Youth Publications program; reflects Warhol's obsession with audio and video recording; available on web and for free on iTunes; fun and provocative podcast topics including sex, homphobia, fear, religion, fashion, etc.); Online Projects (all ages; explore the creative potential of Internet via web-cams, polls, online forums, etc.)

Social networks: general museum Facebook page with links to MySpace, Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo--though none of the links work

Demographics: Schenley High School (Warhol's alma mater) and Pittsburgh's High School for the Creative and Performing Arts


5. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Boston, MA
http://www.icaboston.org/programs/teens/ http://www.icateens.org/http://www.icateens.org/forum

General Education Programming: specifies families, teens, and educators

Teen-Specific Programs: free; specifies ages 14-19; Teen Arts Council (12 high school students work for a stipend, organize Teen Nights, etc., and offer teen voice in contemporary art world, profiles of each member on web); Fast Forward (film, video, new media classes and digital workshops); Teen Nights (films, discussion, participants in programs screen their films, etc.); Wall Talk (grades 8-12, multi-visit program exploring contemporary art through writing)

Technology: teen website is fantastic and beautifully designed; homepage features new student work; each page on the site features a video that starts playing when the page is opened; program pages include profiles of teen participants; Fast Forward has online film gallery; includes downloadable professional development resources; Student Work page allows user to search by class, medium, etc.; audio guides at the museum are via mp3, cell phone, or ipods available for checkout at museum

Social networks: teen page links to Gen O Forum: A National Convening for Teens and Their Arts Organizations (amazing blog that addresses social networks in art institutions, etc.; good amount of participation); no teen social networks, but museum participates in Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter

Comments: teen website is separate from the teen program page on the general website


6. Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY
http://whitney.org/thewhit/ http://whitney.org/thewhit/blog/
http://whitney.org/learning/teens.php

General Education Programming: adults, k-12, teachers, community outreach, families, seniors, teens

Teen-Specific Programs: Youth Insights (YI) (after-school program for 10th-12th grade students; Summer Intensives for YI alums; Youth Leadership Committee (maintain and curate blog, plan events, lead tours); Contemporary Community Internships; AIR (Artists in Residence who work with YI members)

Technology: teen website called "The Whit"; The Whit Talk and Text Tour (audio tour featuring commentary by YI members; by and for teens; teens share personal stories conjured by various objects); Behind the Scenes films with different teen insights, interviews, etc.; Learning at the Whitney, a learning resource web page for teens

Social networks: fantastic teen blog; not too much interaction but a great resource


7. Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/education/teens.php

General Education Programming: families, adults, educators, schools, teens

Teen-Specific Programs: art classes (drawing, graphic design, cartooning); online Flash activities; high school internship and apprentice program; gallery and work study program (assist in children's art classes); summer camp C.I.T. program; great teen gallery guide by and for teens called "Teen Guide to Art"

Technology: Museum iPhone app

Social networks: Facebook, Myspace, YouTube, Flickr; great blog with podcasts (blog not specifically for teens)

Questions for Focus group So far

Questions for the Teen Focus Group

Age:_________

Gender you identify with: ____________________________

What social networks do you use? (Check all that apply)

Facebook

MySpace

£ YouTube

£ Blogger, Xanga, Open Diary, Live Journal, Blogster,

Twitter

£ Ning

£ OkCupid

£ Flickr

£ Flixster

£ DevianART

£ Other: ___________________________________

What technology do you use on a daily basis? (i.e. cell phone, computer, digital camera….)

What do you do with technology? (i.e. Create art, Talk to friends, do homework, etc.)

Have you been to the Art Institute of Chicago before? Or other museums?

What did you like about the museum, what did you not like?

Have you ever done a teen program at a museum?

If So, what kind of program, did you like it?

Would you go to a program at a museum if there was more technology involved?

What would make you want to go to a museum?

The West So Far

1.San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

http://www.sfmoma.org/pages/teen_programs

San Francisco, CA

Educational program do they have:

Teacher Programs, School Programs, Teen Programs

Describe Teen Programs:

“SFMOMA organizes a range of events and activities especially for teens. Our goal is to foster creativity and self-expression and to expose middle school and high school students to art and professional artists. The SFMOMA Community Gallery (located in the parking garage behind the museum) offers teen artists a venue in which to showcase their work, while innovative programs such as those highlighted below provide opportunities to explore art and ideas.

We also offer a range of tours of our permanent collection or special exhibitions that can be tailored to complement high school curriculum topics in social studies, language arts, foreign languages, and fine arts”

-Mural project

-Youth Speaks teen poetry Slam

-SFMOMA Matches

“This school partnership program brings middle school and high school students together with adult hosts to learn about modern and contemporary art through a series of interactions and activities. By providing structured, hands-on activities inside the museum rather than in the classroom, SFMOMA Matches aims to foster museum visitorship and a lifelong appreciation of the arts Participating youths receive museum memberships at the conclusion of the program, encouraging them to visit SFMOMA with friends and family.”

Technology used:

Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfmomamatches/

Digital Photography

History of Program:

At least since 2005

Demographics of participants:

Partnering Schools have included:

Balboa High School, San Francisco

Cole Middle School, Oakland

Oakland High School, Oakland

Space Exploration Academy, Oakland

Thurgood Marshall Academic High School, San Francisco

2. Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego

http://www.mcasd.org/programs/teens.php

San Diego, CA

Educational program do they have:

Talks, tours, films, schools, teachers, families, and teens

Describe Teen Programs:

Developed and implemented by teens for teens, teen events and programs range from teen nights at the Museum, in-depth workshops with hands-on art-making activities, artist talks, film screenings, new media initiatives, and other special projects.

Teen Art Council

The Teen Art Council is at the core of the MCASD teen program. TAC is composed of 12 diverse teens, representing various area high schools and accepted to the program on an application basis. This group meets with MCASD Education staff on a weekly basis from September to June (outside of school hours) and works together to plan, develop, and market a spectrum of teen programs at the Museum to reach a broadr teen audience.

Technology used:

Video Cameras

Social Networks:

YouTube

3.Seattle Art Museum

http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/Community/Teen/Teen.asp

Seattle, WA

Describe Teen Programs:

Teen Workshops

SAM Teen Workshops are all about local teens making their own visual culture. Participants work one-on-one with local artists on 2-D, 3-D and digital projects

ARTattack: Teen Night Out

This FREE showstopping night comes equipped with DJs, teen art tours and drop-in art activities led by Seattle’s hottest contemporary artists. The galleries are yours too! Teens pay no admission to see works in the SAM's permanent collection and special exhibition galleries. If you want to plan ARTattack, think about joining TAG, the Teen Advisory Group at SAM. ARTattack is for teens and by teens.

TAG (Teen Advisory Group)

TAG is for Seattle's high school students who want to make SAM fun and engaging for teens.

We are Leaders. Highly Opinionated. Creative. Visionary. Loud. Committed. Fun-Loving. Exciting. Thoughtful.

We plan ARTattack: Teen Night Out, from selecting performers and art activities and leading special tours to organizing film screenings and gallery talks.

We create audio projects, videos, posters, zines, stickers, buttons and teen-only events with artists, filmmakers, designers, sculptors, painters, writers, dancers, poets, musicians, DJs and more.

We receive community-service learning credit and creative life experience.

Technology used:

Computers, internet, zines,

Social Networks:

Twitter

http://twitter.com/iheartSAM

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/seattleartmuseum

MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/sam_artattack

Other:

SAM is part of Teen Tix, a free arts access pass that allows teenagers to purchase $5 rush tickets to theater, dance, music and visual arts events. Teens must present this pass in person to get a $5 ticket at the SAM Ticketing Desk. To get your pass, sign up at www.seattlecenter.com/teentix.

4.Contemporary Jewish Museum

http://www.thecjm.org/index.phpoption=com_content&task=view&view=article&id=17

San Franscisco, CA

Educational program do they have:

Children, Families, Teens, Schools, teachers, Communities, Young Adults, Tours

Describe Teen Programs:

Access 18

Museum Member through Access 18. All youth 18 and under receive free admission every day to the Museum through our Access 18 program. In addition, youth ages 13-18 can sign up to become free Museum Members and receive a membership card, invitations to special youth events and discounts at the Museum Store and the Cafe on the Square.

Monthly Teen Led Architecture Tours

Teen led architecture tours. Tours are free (they are included with the price of admission for adults and free for youth up to age 18, who receive free Museum admission any day of the year).

Youth Workshops and Events

Youth workshops and events, including special teen nights

Teen Art Connect: A Career Exploration and Internship Program

Join teens from diverse backgrounds to gain skills in communication, leadership, and critical thinking as you become an educator at the Museum. This paid, year- round program combines workshops in presentation skills, visual literacy, art, and museum education with job readiness training. The program also exposes participants to a wealth of career opportunities within the museum environment such as curating, exhibition design and installation, art education, and public relations.

Social Networks:

Blog

http://teenartconnections.blogspot.com/

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41761778637&ref=ts

Web Calendar

Check out this article

Dude, Where's My Museum

The "South"

Well, I hope you guys are doing better than I did finding applicable examples.  Thanks so much for The South!  :)  

Actually, I was surprised to find that the following museums either had no teen programs, no meaningful web presence (including no web 2.0 presence), or both, since most of these are pretty major museums.  I guess this is just an FYI.

New Orleans Museum of Art, North Carolina Museum of Art, High Museum of Art Atlanta, Norton Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Kimbell Museum of Art, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Tampa Museum of Art, Levine Museum of the New South, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Columbia Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, South Carolina State Museum, Spartanburg Art Museum, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Phoenix Art Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art

The four examples that follow are the scanty examples I did find, one of which is not even a museum!  

1. Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami

North Miami, FL

Full range of educational programming:  Student Tours; Partnership with public schools: museum studies in schools; Family programs; Summer camp; Preschool parent-child programs; Range of focused outreach with gender-specific teen programs; adult lectures and workshops; Teacher workshops.

Teen Programs:  well organized, seemingly well developed.  Titles: Women on the Rise! (teen women); Art Corps (teen men); Museum Studies magnet program; Portfolio Drawing Class; Intro to Photo; Junior Docent Boot Camp; Summer Journalism Institute.

Tech: Blog with one intro post from July; otherwise not specified

Social Networks:  Facebook (all audiences); Twitter (all audiences); Flickr (huge number of images representing all audiences); youtube (only 2 videos from 1 event)

Strong and focused outreach efforts engaging the local community.  Emailed teen programs to inquire about tech usage 10/20.

2. Orlando Museum of Art

Orlando, FL

Small scale full range: Student Tours, After-school Art classes for children; family programs; teacher programs; teacher resource center; adult lectures and workshops; 1st Thursdays young professionals social events; parent workshops.

Teen Programs: seemingly non-existent except for "teen podcast."  Made by two college students (UCF) intended to appeal to teens.  Awkward, poorly produced, guided looking, students are pretending not to understand the exhibition.  Teens are much more sophisticated than producers are assuming, more appropriate for 9-12 year olds.  I make note of it because excluding teens from the production is misguided, but an audio guide written and produced by teens for teens would have been interesting.

No stated participation in social networks; blog with one intro post.

Speaking with an educator, the Orlando Museum of Art is struggling to see any visitors at the museum and mostly serves school groups.

3. Jacksonville Public Library

Jacksonville, FL

First of all, this is a library, but I include it because the web resources are great.  The library has a wide range of programs for all ages.

Teen Programs:  Writers groups; Anime Club; Poetry Club; Teen Advisory Board, Groups, Committees; Social programs: games, pizza parties, etc.; Poetry Jams; "Visual Poetry" art contests; web-based programming (see below)

Tech and Social Networking: Myspace-based quarterly drawing contest; "director's chair" youtube video contest;  digital art contest; web-based live homework help and "Ask a Librarian"; education and career resources.

Strong and focused outreach efforts engaging the local community.  Emailed to inquire about community response to resources offered 10/20.

4. Nevada Museum of Art 

Reno, NV

Narrow programming range: tours, some lectures and few other programs.  Outreach programs not listed on website.

Teen programs:  Surprising numbers: first (and only) Teen Art night attended by over 300.  A facebook page with 983 friends.

Tech and social networking otherwise unspecified. Wrote to Claire Munoz 10/20 to ask to what she attributes the high turnout in both cases.

Compiling benchmarks, deadlines, and other exciting things

I'm happy to compile the benchmarks into a clean, pretty word doc. Is that cool with everyone? If so, send them my way when your research is complete and I'll get started. Let's choose firm deadlines for when the benchmarks should be sent to me and for when they should be fully compiled. Suggestions on deadlines?

Also, I'm also very in favor of penciling in meetings! I like deadlines and schedules :)

Setting Meetings, other stuff...

Looking at our timeline, maybe it's a good idea to pencil in our meeting dates so we can have that squared away.  I'll start working on that.  Also, I'm happy to write up the teen invitation to focus groups and send it out and get them scheduled.  I'll start moving that forward with Hillary and copy you all.

I'm going to throw these items out for someone to grab:
- putting together a first draft of questions for teens, maybe based on the doc Hillary sent from the last focus group, that the rest of us can revise.
- who wants to be the benchmarks compiler-- so we have something clean to give Student Programs?  Someone with skills in making a document look fine?  We can email you our text to compile-- what would be our deadline on this?

Meeting Notes October 16th, 2009

Meeting at Cosi at 5:15 on 10/16/09

What we need to do:

Research on teen programs that are benchmark

Regions

International

Have a focus group

museum drop ins

Highschools?

Compile information in some manner

Goal is to create Social Networks

Blog

Facebook

Myspace

Youtube

itunes U

Other resources for teens

Pisca

Flicker

Advertising

Campaign

Stickers

Word of mouth

Ways of presenting

Creating mock websites

Dreamweaver

What we will be doing now:

Researching teen programs following the questions below:

Name of Institution:

Location:

Educational program do they have:

Describe Teen Programs:

Technology used:

Social Networks:

History of Program:

Demographics of participants:

Other:

Goal, finish this research by Monday-Tuesday

Google Calnders

We have created google calendars to see when we are all available: which is never here is a screen shot of a week.

Our next meeting is at 5:15 at Cosi on Friday October 16th!

First meeting

Rachel and Liz met with Hillary Cook at Cosi on Michigan at 10:00 am October 9th.

They came up with a time line:

The dates are Mondays and refer to weeks.

Oct 12
Oct 19
Oct 26 - Meet with Hillary/Robin, submit focus group questions
Nov 2 - Week of Nov 2 or Nov 9: FOCUS GROUP, submit benchmarks report
Nov 9
Nov 16 - Nov 13- 30 Hillary out; Nov 13-30 create/develop teen
programs web 2.0 pages
Nov 23
Nov 30
Dec 3 - Present to Hillary/Robin
Dec 10

What we need to do:

- appointing a scheduler of meetings
- divvying up regions for benchmarks report
- appointing a co-wrangler (with Hillary) of teens for focus group
- the creation of a survey
- the creation of questions/framework/visual references for our focus group

Summary:

A good way to start would be researching other museums’ cyber-based initiatives for teen audiences to use as benchmarks. Perhaps each of us can choose ten institutions to research and comment on as models for our project. During this process, it would also be beneficial to look other Chicago institutions and organizations in an effort to build relationships with other teen programs in the area.

We will also conduct a focus group with teens involved in the museum to learn about how they use technology and what they would like to see us provide for their audience. To expand our sample group and incorporate teens that are not already involved in existing programs at the museum, we would also like to develop a survey or questionnaire to distribute at drop-in teen events.

Finally, we will use the above research to develop a blog and webpages on Facebook, MySpace, Flickr/Picasa, YouTube, and perhaps iTunes U that will be integrated into Teen Programs. These sites will provide publicity for programs, encourage discussion and social networking, and will provide online galleries for teens to exhibit their work created at the museum.