Virtual Teens Take the Met

Fri Nov 6, 2020
Various times
Age: 13-18
Price: FREE

NYC's Metropolitan Museum partners with culture hubs to host another Virtual Teens Take The Met, packed with art-making activities, performances, music, and more.

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The Basics:

All you need to participate is a device (computer, phone, or tablet) with an internet connection to access Instagram, Zoom, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms. Activities are posted on the @metteens Instagram account starting at 3 pm. To join in, start off on @metteens or follow the links below to go directly to an organization's account.

Suggested materials for activities throughout the day:

  • Paper (white, colored, or notebook paper)
  • Writing and drawing tools (pencils, pens, markers, gel pens)
  • Collage materials (magazines, newspapers, paper with patterns)
  • Recycled cereal box or other cardboard box
  • Paint and brushes
  • Glue and/or tape
  • Scissors

Don't have all these materials? Don't worry! Substitute with whatever you have at home.

The Activities!

3–8pm Eastern | 2-7pm Central | 12-5pm Pacific
Hang out in the Met Teens Zoom VIP Lounge and listen to live music featuring DJ's from Building Beats. Drop in at any time to find out more about all the activities happening throughout the afternoon and make art with other teens. / @buildingbeats and @metteens / Zoom (Note: Advance registration required) Building Beats teen DJ's also livestreaming on Twitch!

3pm Eastern | 2pm Central | 12pm Pacific
Express Yourself: Self Portraits with Bronx Museum / @bronxmuseum
Make Bucket Hats with Lewis Latimer House Museum / @lewislatimerhouse
Teens Meme The Met! with Met Teens / @metteens
Artistic Algorithms! with Queens Library / Posted on @metteens / Zoom (Note: Advance registration required)
Movement within Madness with Teens@Graham / Posted on @metteens
Know Your Rights! Voting Trivia with Museum of Chinese in America / @mocanyc
Level Up Your Zines with New York Public Library / @nyplteens

4pm Eastern | 3pm Central | 1pm Pacific
Personalized Book Lists with Brooklyn Public Library / @bklynfuture
Make a Flower Book with Center for Book Arts / @centerforbookarts / Zoom (Note: Advance registration required)
Activism Poster Making with El Museo del Barrio / @elmuseo
Airheads: The Science of Flight with Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum / @intrepidmuseum
Raffle: Meet The Met's Publications and Editorial Team / @metteens
Found Poems and Collages with Scholastic Art & Writing Awards / YouTube
Teen Art Spotlight with The Studio Museum in Harlem / @studiomuseumteens

5pm Eastern | 4pm Central | 2pm Pacific
Artivism for Social Justice with Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE) / @artejustice
Original Songs from Remember Me: Hamlet Remix with Epic Theatre Ensemble / @epictheatr
Youth Performances with Lincoln Center / YouTube
Still-Life Photography: Create Emotional Lighting with The Met's Imaging Photo Studio / @metteens / Zoom (Note: Advance registration required)
What Am I? Sexual Health Trivia with Planned Parenthood of Greater New York / @nowuknowppgny / Zoom (Note: Advance registration required)
Poetry: What's Your Superpower? with Urban Word / @urbanwordnyc

6pm Eastern | 5pm Central | 3pm Pacific
Painting and Poetry with Casita Maria / @casitamariabx
Let's Talk Healthy Relationships with Center for Anti-Violence Education / @centerforantiviolenceeducation / Zoom (Note: Advance registration required)
Make a Lantern with Met Teens / @metteens
Check out teen artists in the PS Art exhibition / @metteens
Shakespeare Trivia and Performances with Titan Theatre Company / @titantheatreco
Expressive Paper Mosaics with UrbanGlass / @urbanglass

7pm Eastern | 6pm Central | 4pm Pacific
Theater and Improv Games with ArtsConnection / @teens.artsconnection / Zoom (Note: Advance registration required)
Poppin' Paper: Origami Collage with Met Teens / @metteens
Movement within Madness with Teens@Graham / Posted on @metteens / Zoom (Note: Advance registration required)
Self-Care Art with Queens Museum / @thequeensteens

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.