What is Dia Teens?
Dia Teens offers young people the space, freedom, and support to make their ambitious, experimental ideas real and actionable.
Dia Teens is a year-round program at Dia Beacon and is free for all participants. In-program transportation, lunches, snacks, and materials are provided for all sessions. Financial assistance for public transportation to and from Dia Beacon is available. Youth participants in good standing are eligible to receive stipends at the completion of each semester during the academic school year (fall, spring) and summer.
WHAT HAPPENS?
> COLLABORATE with peers and artists to realize original and self-directed projects
> LEARN, PRACTICE, and DEVELOP skills related to critical thinking, self-expression, and art-making
> BUILD COMMUNITY and ENGAGE with other teens, artists, and organizations in the Hudson Valley and beyond
> IDENTIFY, QUESTION, and CHALLENGE ideas related to contemporary art
WHO PARTICIPATES?
> 15 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT from across the Hudson Valley with diverse interests and perspectives; some make art, some channel their creativity in other ways
> 1 ARTIST COLLABORATOR: every year an artist in residence partners with teens to collaboratively determine original projects over the course of the program
> VISITING ARTISTS facilitate workshops, participate in discussions, host teens in their studio and gallery spaces, lead critiques, and invite teens to participate in their own projects.
Past guest artists include artists American Artist, Ja’Tovia Gary, Koyoltzintli, Mary Mattingly, Be Oakley, Brontez Purnell, Sal Randolph, Elliot Reed, Aya Rodriguez-Izumi, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, as well as teens from Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, New Museum, Park Avenue Armory, Studio Museum in Harlem, and Whitney Museum of American Art.
WHERE DOES IT TAKE PLACE?
> For school year 2022-23, Dia Teens will take place in-person, in the Learning Lab, galleries, and on the grounds of Dia Beacon. There will also be off-site field trips with extended hours.
Past field trips include: Dia sites in New York City, 8-Ball Zine Library, Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore, Brooklyn Museum, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Chinatown Soup, Gagosian Gallery, MoMA PS1, New Museum, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Socrates Sculpture Park, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Studio Museum in Harlem, Swale Floating Food Forest, and Whitney Museum of American Art.
