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Classes and Workshops

Are you interested in experimenting with new media and art techniques in the museum? Join us!

We offer classes and workshops for teens during Family Festivals, in the summers, and on Saturdays throughout the year. Visit for a drop-in program, register for a Saturday workshop, or apply for a week-long summer program at the museum.

Saturday workshops combine gallery experiences with art-making in the studio. These workshops are offered one Saturday each month, and topics change regularly based on artwork and exhibitions in the museum. Participants explore the galleries and then get the chance to create their own artworks in the studio using a wide variety of media and techniques, from traditional to digital.

Selected Saturdays, 11:00–4:00
Registration required
Open to teens 13-19 years old

$10 members; $12 nonmembers

Experimental Drawing
June 29, 2013
See how artists push the boundaries of drawing by exploring works throughout the museum and then push your own drawing skills in the studio in this one-day workshop.

 Experimental Fashion: Technology, Identity and Environment (2-Day Workshop)
July
19 and 20, 10:00-3:00
2-day cost: $25 members, $30 nonmembers

Explore the exhibition Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity and other fashion from across the collection in this 2-day workshop. Investigate the role of technology in fashion throughout history, and then create your own fashion designs in the studio.

 Sculpt, Cut, Fold, Tear: Paper as Art
August
17, 2013
Explore and push the artistic potentials of paper in this one-day workshop inspired by the exhibition Zarina: Paper Like Skin, and other works using paper throughout the museum. 

 
Check out the Teen Programs Facebook page to see photos from past workshops.

Take a look at our Saturday Studio Workshops to explore the summer 2013 programs offered for teens at the Art Institute of Chicago, and keep an eye out here for announcements throughout the year about new summer opportunities.

Teen Studio is a free drop-in program offered during Family Festivals and is best for teens and their families. 

Bank of American Family Festival
Saturday, June 1, 2013
1:00-3:00
Ryan Education Center
Drop in to make art at the Teen Studio!

Get more information about the Bank of American Family Festival.

To register for a Teen Studio Workshop, contact us at teens@artic.edu or (312) 857-7142. Payment must be made at the time of registration.

Workshops fill quickly, so keep an eye on these pages and let us know if you’d like to register for any upcoming programs.

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