2004-2005

Matthew Ritchie

Sue de Beer

Rico Gatson

2002-2003

National Dance Institute

Diller & Scofidio

Ellen Harvey

Lorna Simpson

2001-2002

töshöklabs

Larry Krone

Robert Lazzarini

Paul Pfeiffer

Kiki Smith

2000-2001

Vik Muniz

Glenn Ligon

Barbara Kruger

1999-2000

Fred Tomaselli

As part of the Youth Insights program, we meet artists in our Artist and Youth: A Dialogue series. Participants in the program moderate a lively conversation with well-known contemporary artists, providing a forum in which high school youth can interact with artists, exchange views, and form ideas about contemporary art.

Stephanie, Nahid, Sophie, Frainceska, Margaret, Ranya, and friends workin' it on the dance floor, Teen Night, May 2001.

In this section of the website you can view some pervious year's Artist and Youth A Dialogue, as well as read some of the comments from YI participants and the artists about their work.

What's Up? At The Whitney: A Teen Night Out is a great opportunity for teens to exchange their ideas about art then dance the night away with their peers in the museum's lower gallery. We have two a year. Check out our Calendar of Events for the next Teen Night! Don't miss it!

On May 11, 2001, we launched a new event as part of our programming, calling it "What's Up? At The Whitney." What's Up? At The Whitney will provide a cool and safe environment for teens to come and engage in contemporary events and dialogues. Sound artists Nate Harrison and Ron Croudy of töshöklabs talked about techno-sound, hip-hop, DJ/rave culture and the Internet during an Artists and Youth: A Dialogue. Directly following the discussion, Youth Insights participants led an interactive tour of the BitStreams exhibition. Following the tour, sound artists of töshöklabs played selections from their catalogue for the rest of the evening. Everyone loved the event and so a new tradition in Youth Insight was launched.

Teens dancing at Teen Night, May 2003.

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