Teen Programs

Special Program

Teen Art Workshop with Chitra Ganesh * March 25, 2010, 4-6 p.m.

Join contemporary artist Chitra Ganesh for a discussion of her digital collages that are inspired by images from Indian comic books that present religious and cultural narratives based in Hindu mythology and South Asian history to a popular audience. Afterwards, make your own mini comic in this hands-on workshop.

Registration required. Please call Pauline Noyes, Teen and College Program Coordinator, at (212) 620-5000 x337 or email pnoyes@rmanyc.org.

Chitra Ganesh is a 2009 Artists' Fellowship recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). This presentation is co-sponsored by Artists & Audiences Exchange, a public program of NYFA.

Teen Programs

RMA has a variety of innovative year round and seasonal programs for teens. As they comprise the next generation of museum goers, artists, and leaders, teens are a vital part of the Rubin Museum of Art's present and future.

Through the guide training programs RMA Teens and Teen Guides high-school-age youths can become paid tour guides at the museum, get a behind the scenes look at how a museum operates and explore different career paths in the arts, gain valuable public speaking and leadership skills, receive help preparing visual art portfolios for college, as well as gain access to one of the best collections of Himalayan art in the world.

Art Studio for Teens is an intensive art workshop in which students create masterpieces inspired by the Rubin Museum of Art’s collection.

Please call 212.620.5000 x337 for more information on how to apply to these programs.