YI Writers meet on Tuesday afternoons from 4–6:30 pm
YI Artists meet on Wednesday afternoons from 4–6:30 pm
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:
The Youth Insights 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.
In the Youth Insights Writers program, teens work closely with contemporary artists to explore art and the connections between art and text through critical and creative writing.
YI Writers meet on Tuesday afternoons from 4–6:30 pm
YI Artists meet on Wednesday afternoons from 4–6:30 pm
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:
YI Leaders meet on Monday afternoons, 4–6 pm, with some additional Friday and Saturday sessions required.
YI Leader Mamadou working on an outdoor mural with artist Dan Colen, September 2011. Photograph by Berry Stein
YI teens on a field trip to PS1, speaking with architect Matthias Hollwich of HWKN inside the architectural installation, Wendy. Summer 2012. Photograph by Ramsey, YI Participant
YI Leader Shaniece, introduces artist Glenn Ligon to other YI teens, March 2011. Photograph by Tiffany Oelfke