Youth-Led Programming | Teen Creative Agency

April 18, 20261:00 pm - 3:00 pm

The Commons

Free for those 18 and under

21Minus | Love and Liberation, June 15, 2024. Photo: Sarah Kam. 2025/03/58-DSC_0075.jpg

21Minus | Love and Liberation, June 15, 2024. Photo: Sarah Kam. 2025/03/84-DSC_0101.jpg

Six people pose outdoors in fashion attire.

A group of people pose in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

About the Event

At the MCA, the Teen Creative Agency not only views but also engages with contemporary art and artists. This program highlights how the MCA makes museum resources accessible to youth so that they may dream, plan, and create responses to the issues that are important to them.

Funding

Generous support for the Teen Creative Agency is provided by the Dr. Scholl Foundation and Peoples Gas Community Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.

Major support for Learning programs at the MCA is provided by Crown Family Philanthropies and Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund.

Additional generous support is provided by the Friends of Edwin A. Bergman Fund, the Hulda B. & Maurice L. Rothschild Foundation, Diane Kahan, The Marshall Frankel Foundation, and The William Randolph Hearst Foundations.