Teen Council 2024–25

Applications for the 2024–2025 Teen Council Program are now open! Click here to apply. 

Teen Council is a job development program for NYC teens interested in the media arts who want a behind-the-scenes look at how a media museum works. As a part of the Teen Digital Media Innovators program, Teen Council members curate and program public events for youth, including film festivals, media workshops, and more. This paid opportunity includes mentorship from museum media educators, filmmakers, actors, and museum programmers. MoMI’s Teen Council was created in 2015 as a workforce development initiative for youth that increases the presence of teen voices in the Museum’s programming and education offerings.

Every year, a cohort of fifteen Teen Council members collaborate with other NYC teens to help shape the Museum’s offerings for teens with the Teen Digital Media Innovators program and take a leadership role with the Teen Film Festival and Teen Design Jams at Museum of the Moving Image. Council members receive hands-on learning to shape an active space for youth interested in curating, public programing, and the overall day-to-day operations of an arts and cultural organization, and they will gain real-world experience in the hybrid craft of organizing and project management while exploring the history and technology of the moving image.   

Teen Council is a job development program and provides a stipend upon completion.  

Council Members meet November through May on select Wednesdays and Saturdays. Members must commit to all meeting dates, including one Friday afternoon/evening (5/9/25) in May.  
  
Open to high school students ages 15+ and enrolled in 10th, 11th, or 12th grade (or equivalent program) as of Fall 2024.  
  

 

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Important  Dates:  
 
Application deadline:  Friday, October 18, 2024

Notifications to finalists:  Friday, October 25, 2024 

Teen Film Festival: Friday, May 9 (3:00–9:00 p.m.)

For additional questions, contact us at [email protected], or call 718 777 6823