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Events

What happens when teens throw an event in a contemporary art museum? Or organize an exhibition? Come find out! Teens take over the museum to host a variety of events all year long. Join us on the dance floor at a teen night, discuss art in our gallery, create with artists, and more!
A young person with a red wig and clothing performs alone to a theater full of dots of light.

Photo by Lauren Miller.

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Past Events

Thu, Oct 26, 2023, 9 PM – Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 12 AM

ICA Teens Spring Showcase

Join us for performances, film screenings, and exhibitions of works by ICA Teens.

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Mon, Oct 9, 2023, 10 PM – Tue, Oct 10, 2023, 1 AM

Summer Teen Night

ICA Teen Arts Council presents Teen Night. Enjoy a night where teens take over the museum! Inspired by the exhibition Simone Leigh. More information to come!

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Fri, May 12, 2023, 10 PM – Sat, May 13, 2023, 12 AM

+1 Art Club: Creating Vessels of Empowerment

+1 Teen Members join Boston-based artist Taína Vargas for an evening of art making and exploration. Create your own vessel of empowerment, inspired by feature exhibition Simone Leigh, out of air-dry clay. Tickets will be available for +1… more

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Sat, Apr 29, 2023, 10 PM – Sun, Apr 30, 2023, 1 AM

Teen Night: Groovement: Bringin’ Us Together

Join Teen Arts Council for Teen Night! Come out for this free teen celebration inspired by the exhibitions New on View and Taylor Davis Selects: Invisible Ground of Sympathy, and enjoy happenings that bring people together to connect, have fun, groove… more

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Fri, Mar 3, 2023, 11 PM – Sat, Mar 4, 2023, 1 AM

The Current: Heart to Heart

Teen Arts Council invites folks to come together and create from a place of love. Explore different forms of love through art making and an open mic! This event takes place at Seaport Studio, located at 100… more

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Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 11 PM – Sat, Jan 28, 2023, 1 AM

Teen Gallery Opening

The Stories that Make Us is an exhibition of artwork by high school students that explores personal stories about migration, belonging, and overcoming adversity. This exhibit embodies how different stories intersect and finds the commonalities we all have… more

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Fri, Jan 27, 2023, 10 PM – Sun, Jan 29, 2023, 6:30 PM

Virtual Teen Alumni Convening

The Virtual Teen Alumni Convening will be an opportunity for alumni of teen arts programs across the country—and even the world—to connect and share experiences and ideas. This will be a virtual event that takes place Jan 27-29, 2023… more

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Mon, Jan 9, 2023, 5 AM

Apply to Art (Co)Lab

Saturdays, 10-11:30 AM January 21, 2023 – May 20, 2023  In-person at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston  (No class during weeks of February & April school vacations)  Join Art (Co)Lab, the ICA’s visual arts group for… more

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Fri, Oct 28, 2022, 10 PM – Sat, Oct 29, 2022, 1 AM

Teen Night: After the After

Come and take a walk down memory lane with Teen Arts Council! After The After: To Begin Again is a teen celebration that focuses on embracing our inner child. Our precious memories from childhood are now a past chapter.… more

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