Get Involved With Youth Insights
Youth Insights currently offers two free, semester-long after-school programs each spring and fall for 10th through 12th grade New York City high school students:
YI ARTISTS
The YI Artists program brings teens together with contemporary artists, providing opportunities to work collaboratively, discuss art critically, think creatively, and make art inspired by this exchange. Youth Insights Artists meet on Wednesday afternoons from 4 to 6:30 pm.
YI WRITERS
In the YI Writers program, teens work closely with contemporary artists to explore art and the connections between art and text through critical and creative writing. Youth Insights Writers meet on Tuesday afternoons from 4 to 6:30 pm.
DATES & DEADLINES
YI Writers meet on Tuesday afternoons from 4–6:30 pm
YI Artists meet on Wednesday afternoons from 4–6:30 pm
February–May 2012
The online application for Spring 2012 YI Artists and YI Writers is available now!
YI Leaders
Graduates of the Youth Insights Artists and Writers programs are eligible to participate in YI Leaders, a yearlong, paid after-school internship. YI Leaders is an opportunity to gain experience working in a museum education department and to serve as an ambassador to your community. Applicants should be prepared to work 3–10 hours per week.
YI Leaders:
- Organize public programs and events for other teens from around the city, from artist’s talks to hands-on workshops;
- Learn to develop and lead interactive tours of the Whitney’s collection and exhibitions;
- Assist educators in the Whitney’s Family and Community education programs;
- Develop online interpretive materials and maintain the Whitney’s teen blog.
dates & deadlines
Monday afternoons, 4–6 pm, with some additional Friday and Saturday sessions required.
September 2011–June 2012
The online application for YI Leaders 2011–2012 is now closed.
Applications for the 2012-2013 session of YI Leaders will be available in August 2012.
STAY INVOLVED!
SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAM
Graduates of Youth Insights Artists and Writers may continue in the Summer Intensive Program.
In the summer program you will:
- Go behind the scenes at the Whitney to learn how an art museum operates;
- Explore arts organizations around the city;
- Meet arts professionals and learn about different careers firsthand;
- Build your resume and practice interview skills.
dates & deadlines
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday afternoons, 2–5 pm
The deadline for the 2011 Summer Intensive with Youth Insights has passed.
June-July, 2012
The online application for the Summer Intensive Program will be available in spring 2012.
YI teens making art during an artist studio visit, March 2011. Photograph by Diane Exavier
Teens respond to visual art through writing, Fall 2011. Photograph by Berry Stein
YI teens on a field trip to PS1, speaking with architect Dan D’oca of Interboro Partners. Summer 2011. Photograph by Carda Burke
YI Leader Shaniece, introduces artist Glenn Ligon to other YI teens, March 2011. Photograph by Tiffany Oelfke
Contemporary Community interns assisting with a workshop at the Regent Family Residence, February 2011. Photograph by Diane Exavier
