Composed of young arts enthusiasts, Teen Council serves at the Museum’s vehicle for attracting the city’s teen population to CAMH and exposing them to the vibrant field of contemporary art. For council members, the group serves as a highly collaborative creative incubator that opens up opportunities for leadership, visual literacy, and life skill development. During weekly meetings, the council is introduced to the inner workings of museums and to the dynamic Houston arts community. Activities are decided upon by its members and can change from year to year, but past programs developed by the group include art markets, exhibitions, fashion shows, film screenings, listening parties, music festivals, and poetry slams.

Purpose

As a teen collaborative of peers, united in our diversity of experience and identity, we aim to:

• advance formative arts programming that connects young, local artists with young, local communities

• engage in collective meaning-making which transcends individual identity, and

• demystify the arts for young people regardless of their prior arts backgrounds

2023–24 Teen Council Members

Christina Aramburu, Mylinh Bui, Sean Edwards, Tobi Falade, Kira Gougeon, Lucy Katz, Mirabela Kumar, Anjali Martinez, Reggie Medina-Lopez, Peace Okoh, Kaviya Ravikumar, Sara Shen, Camille Siptak, and Katelyn Ta

Support

Teen Council is made possible by generous support from H-E-B, and additional support from Mark and Mary Ann Miller, Louisa Stude Sarofim, and Dillon Kyle and Sam Lasseter.