The Revolving Museum offers art classes for both adults and young people. Adult art classes are held in the evenings and range from learning to use your digitial camera to beginners stone carving. See what might interest you in our current course brochure. Educational youth programs are at the heart of The Revolving Museum’s mission. The Museum’s talented artists and educators work primarily with young people (ages 12-22) to expose them to the creative process and introduce them to new ideas, skills and life opportunities. TRM’s art projects help youth safely and creatively tackle age- and community-specific issues that affect them, such as personal identity, drugs, violence, homelessness, divorce, cultural differences race and family. But these challenging topics, combined with the Museum’s playfulness, result in transformational experiences that provide a platform for insight, learning, maturity and healing. The Museum’s educational youth programs includes: Teen Arts Group (TAG), an after-school youth leadership program; and its newest program The Visionary School, a public art/civic engagement curriculum program; and the Wonders of the World (WOW) program, a summer-time festival and community carnival. These programs encourage both individual and collaborative art practices where youth develop artistic, social and vocational skills. Young people work hand-in-hand with local artists, educators, civic leaders, family members and each other on projects of all shapes and sizes. They come away with a sense of pride as their artwork is showcased in the community, and they get the satisfaction of having contributed to something larger than themselves. The Revolving Museum began working with Boston's youth in 1988 in Off SeasonArt Project, where dozens of youth helped develop, install and coordinate a baseball-themed public art project and community events. In a transformed abandoned ball field, the public “came to bat” against issues such as racism, violence, sexism, homelessness, drugs and pollution. More than 10,000 community members and visitors participated, inspiring the Museum to continue developing youth-related projects. In 1992, the Museum embarked on a series of public art festivals called the Wonders of the World (WOW). The overarching theme was community collaboration to create youth-focused carnivals, festivals and large-scale public artworks. Highlights included:
The Revolving Museum’s groundbreaking youth programs now reach thousands of young people annually. The finished projects are innovative and thought provoking. The community response is tremendous, and the Museum has gained national attention for its efforts. But most gratifying of all is the long-term effect these programs have on young people, as they discover how art can inspire personal and community pride, influence their academic achievement, and develop skills for leading productive, healthy and creative lives. While virtually all of the Museum’s exhibits, programs and events are designed to provide opportunities for youth involvement, three programs in particular help foster this collaboration of youth and the arts, The Visionary School, Teen Arts Group, and the Wonders of the World public art series.
Please call us at 978-YES-ARTS or e-mail gallery@revolvingmuseum.org to reserve space for your students. |
