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Join us for a night of amplifying teen voices and celebrating this creative community. Experience new and exciting work by young people through a photography exhibition, film screenings, a music production showcase, and more! Immerse yourself in art making and other creative experiences. Connect with other people. Enjoy light food and drinks.

This event will celebrate and showcase the work of members of the Photography Collective, Fast Forward, AMP: Music Production Intensive, Special Focus: Photography Intensive, Teen Arts Council, and Teen Exhibitions Program.

Calling all teens! Join us for a showcase by teens in AMP, our music production program. Dance, listen, and mingle. Connect with other creative teens interested in music, explore the ICA’s Seaport Studio, and enjoy beverages & snacks!

Calling all teens! Join us, Fast Forward teens, for a free night of food, film, and family stories. We will screen The Seltzer Factory by local director and filmmaker, Paloma Valenzuela, and host a Q&A with her right after. We invite you to bring stories from your own families or communities to share through an interactive activity we will lead. Free food and beverages too!

More about The Seltzer Factory in Paloma’s words:

The film is a short documentary (hybrid in a way with narrative parts as well) that traces back a family story from my mother’s side: a story that set off a series of events that led my great grandmother to Cleveland ultimately saving her life, as just years later the rest of her family were sent off and killed in concentration camps in the Holocaust. I want to tell this story because I think this is a powerful story that many families can relate with — in terms of looking back, tracing back and finding those moments that led us to even still being here today. There is no doubt in my mind that if my Great Grandmother, Jewish-Hungarian woman from the town of Marghita wasn’t thrust into a move to the United States before the war took millions of lives – we would not be here today.

As a Jewish woman of color, and one of only 2 in my family on my mother’s side, I
also want to tell the story from my perspective- giving myself permission to
tell this story, even if I can feel sometimes “othered” as a Jewish
woman, I am a proud Jewish-American who is also part
Afro-Caribbean/Dominican/Latina and this is my story too.

Teen Arts Council presents Teen Night. Enjoy a night where teens take over the museum inspired by the exhibitions Portraits from the ICA Collection and Sara Cwynar: Alphabet. Don your most vibrant, colorful attire and get ready to shine.* 

*Please leave costume props, weapons, and masks at home.   

Happenings

  • Performances  
  • Face Painting  
  • Mirror Decorating  
  • Tote Bag Decorating 
  • Game Lounge with artist ponnapa pakkamakul 
  • Mocktails  
  • Snacks  
  • Giveaways  
  • Dance Party  
  • + more!

Questions or requests for accessibility assistance? Email teens@icaboston.org or text or call 339-236-3039 

Calling all teens! Join us at the Bank of America Art Lab for an exclusive after-hours look into Boston-artist ponnapa prakkamakul’s new mural and interactive art making experience, Playing Together. Explore play through creating your own art and engage with other visitors through playing with the new interactive mural! 

This is a free event for teens. RSVP is required to participate.

But wait… there’s more!!! Do you hope to stay connected to the art industry? You will have the amazing and limited chance to be interviewed and featured in a documentary on themes of joy and play! Volunteers are being taken now!

Calling all high school students! Join teen photographers from Special Focus: Photography February Break Intensive for ICA Teens Picture Day. Work with a Special Focus photographer to make a creative portrait of yourself!

Each session will last 20 minutes. Signing up ahead of time is required. We will reach out to you to confirm your timeslot.

Questions? Email teens@icaboston.org or text or call 339-236-3039

Join Teen Exhibitions Program to celebrate the opening of Lost and Found, an exhibition featuring the work of teens across ICA teen programs.

Lost and Found explores the theme of nostalgia and reliving childhood through the memories and experiences we all cherish. The artists used diverse mediums like photography, sculpture, oil pastel, charcoal drawing, and digital drawing to collectively tell stories of family, playing games, staying up late, and the essence of being young. Each piece not only tells a unique story but also invites the viewer to reflect on their own journey, inspiring a deeper connection with sentimentality about the past.

This exhibition was organized by the ICA’s Teen Exhibitions Program, a group of teens who work together to plan, organize, and install exhibitions in the ICA Teen Galleries. It will be on view in the Teen Galleries at the ICA’s Seaport Studio through December 18, 2025.

The opening is free and open to all ages.

Event Schedule

6:00 PM 

  • Art Making
  • Snacks & Drinks 
  • Photo Booth 
  • Games

6:45 PM 

  • Welcome by Teen Exhibitions Program 
  • Teen Artists Q&A 

7:45 PM

  • Closing Remarks

Questions or requests for accessibility assistance? Email teens@icaboston.org or text or call (339) 236-3039

Calling all teens! The ICA Teen Arts Council invites you to come together to create a space of care. We will explore care for self, your communities, and the environment. 

Happenings 

  • 6-8 PM 
  • Button making 
  • Coloring pages 
  • Create your own care package 
  • Plant a seed bomb, take a seed bomb 
  • Snacks, including fresh fruit  
  • Drinks  
  • 6:30-7:30 PM  
  • Open Mic – Interested in performing? Sign up.

Questions or requests for accessibility assistance? Email teens@icaboston.org or text or call (339) 236-3039

Join us at Seaport Studio to eat snacks, snap a photo in our photo booth, and explore and make art in our teen galleries. Find out about paid opportunities to be creative, build career skills, and connect with community in our photography, film making, music production, and creative leadership programs.

First 50 teens receive a pair of Converse to customize.

While you’re in the neighborhood, check out Youth Fest! presented by Boston Music Project.

The Teen Exhibitions Program, in collaboration with Boston Caribbean Fashion Week, presents Teen Fashion Night Out. Join us for workshops led by fashion and beauty professionals, enjoy free snacks and beverages, watch or take part in a fashion show, and connect with each other.

About Boston Caribbean Fashion Week: BCFW is a multi-day diverse series of festive fashion events founded and produced by Althea Blackford. BCFW focus is about Beauty, Culture, Fashion and Style. It’s a time to celebrate the Caribbean culture through fashion.

Questions or requests for accessibility assistance? Email teens@icaboston.org or text or call (339) 236-3039