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