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Spring 2022 I had the privilege of being a student intern in the Hirshhorn museum.
Throughout this experience, I was able to generate new ideas for teen audience targeted exhibits and events at the Hirshhorn museum, and present them to the museum board.
ABOUT
TIME SPAN
MY ROLE
3 months
Student Intern​
Exhibit Curator
Event Planner
Graphic Designer
Firstly, we were split into groups and had to choose a topic to center our generative idea on in relation to developing new experiences for teen audiences.
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The images to the right show possible ideas that we thought up before deciding on a final one.
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PROCESSES
our idea of an "ideal museum".
expanding on two ideas we generated.
expanding on three final topics.
During this time we also toured many of the exhibits on display at the Hirshhorn to gather inspiration for our projects.
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My group (1 of 3 in the program) then developed our topic of choice, which was the Teen Instagram page (later would become a Teen Website, but with same premises).
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Two other components of our proposal were also developed, which are explained below.
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PROCESSES
TEEN NIGHT
Social events centered around developing a creative community, targeted towards artists between the ages of 13 and 19.
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​Bi-monthly alternating events.
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2-3 hour events.
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3 Nights at the Hirshhorn per year.
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3 Hirshhorn workshops per year.
Social events for passionate teen artists, offering opportunities to express creativity and interact with like-minded individuals in a carefree environment.​​
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TEEN WORKSHOPS
Small, casual walk-in events focused on learning, connecting with the DC art community, and furthering careers in art. To be announced in the newsletter.​
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​Artist workshops
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Networking opportunities​
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Quarterly competitions will be inspired by the Hirshhorn (ex: The Weather, Laurie Anderson).
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Judging: The current ArtLab Collective will create a rubric for future TAC members.
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Entrees: High schoolers in the DMV (performative, visual, and film-based art) can enter.
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Prize: Displaying the artwork at Teen Night and on the website.
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Opportunity for young artists
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Promote other events
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Completely run by TAC
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TEEN ART COMPETITION
TEEN INSTAGRAM & WEBSITE
Website
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Pictures, bios, etc. of TAC members.
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Relevant information and links regarding TAC and events.
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​an easy source to connect with teens that are very accessible and keeps everyone organized, and all the information properly stored together.
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Weekly posts.
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Hirshhorn happenings, Instagram takeovers.
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Highlight DMV artists (especially teens).​
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TAC members will have specific responsibilities to ensure the proper function of the page, such as a "Public Relations" (answers direct messages).
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Teens primarily use Instagram so it will reach our target audience: artists and/or teens.
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FINAL PROPOSAL
In the end we decided to develop a communications proposal as our final project. We further expanded on the idea of creating outreach for Teen Events, as well as developing teen events and exhibits that would work to bring teen audiences into the museum. They are shown below:
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This project taught me how to generate ideas for events on much larger scale than a college campus or high school environment. As these proposals are implemented by the Hirshhorn and the following years of the Teen ArtLab Collective, I will appreciate seeing the ideas I created to further engage teen audiences come to life.
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CONCLUSIONS
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