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Photo by Grant Terzakis.

Photo by Grant Terzakis.

MOCA Teen Program

Photo by Sean MacGillivray, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Photo by Sean MacGillivray, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The MOCA Teen Program brings high school juniors and seniors behind the scenes to learn about the museum, contemporary art, artists, and other creative careers. The program is an academic-year-long, paid position teaching teens about the work of the museum by directly involving them in it. This diverse group meets at MOCA on Thursday nights and some weekends to work with museum professionals, investigate current exhibitions, make art, plan Teen Night and support each other on a journey of self-discovery.

Applications for the 2023-24 program are now closed.

MORE INFO:
213-633-5378 or jespinosa@moca.org

Teen Night

Photo by Sean MacGillivray, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Photo by Sean MacGillivray, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Thanks for coming to MOCA Teen Night 2023: Anthem! a free event created by teens for teens. A special thank you to our guest performers: Lena Joy, Isabella Witt, Sleeve of Steeve, and Malarchy, and to all the participating visual artists: Maximus Silva, Aria Dreis, Lucy Liu, Ever Carlin, Idalia Orozco-Carey, Abigail Sanchez, Calvin Buddemeyer, Carolyn Wu, Ella Esther, Morgan Washington, Juan Almader, Leila Solis, Karo Boyajyan, Ava Cybulski, Luna Dyer, Chloe Gillen, Kasey Agosto, Sundiata Enuke, Axel Paulk, Talin Tamrazians, Joanne Xu, Zoe Kalaitzidis, Lane Bynum, Britany Andres.

Learn more about the MOCA Teens and explore Virtual Teen Night on our website especially created by teens for teens: mocateens.org. See you all next year!

Photo by Sean MacGillivray, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Photo by Sean MacGillivray, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The Long-Term Impact of Teen Programs

Photo by Raymundo Barrera, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Photo by Raymundo Barrera, courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

MOCA teamed up with The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Walker Art Center, and the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston to investigate the long-term impacts of their intensive teen programs. What happens after teens leave the program?

How many pursue jobs in the arts? How did their participation affect their lives and their relationship to contemporary art? The findings are powerful. 95% of study respondents reported that their time in the teen program was either one of the most or the most significant experiences of their lives to date.

Read the full report here.