#nmafa teens

Teen Ambassadors Taylor and Amanda have some fun with Deborah Bell’s The Annunciation in our African Mosaics exhibit here at the National Museum of African Art!

Eleni is a Senior at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA. She is an AP/IB student with a special interest in english and history. She spends her free time reading, writing, playing soccer, and on the Internet. She is an Editor at Penman, her school’s award-winning literary magazine, vice-president of the World Wildlife Protection Club at her school, and a starting defender on the Rowdies White travel soccer team. She speaks French at the upper intermediate level, has experience programming in Python, Java, and JavaScript, and is a very strong reader. She has a strong appreciation and love for art and museums. Eleni plans to attend college after graduating from W-L. Her top choice schools are Johns Hopkins University and the College of William and Mary.

Familiar with Humans of New York? Well it’s time to get acquainted with the Teens of NMAfa...Meet the Team #TeamNMAfA #NMAfATeens

Yesterday, our NMAfA teens took part in a “close looking” exercise that required them to call on their inner artists. What happened when our teens went from tour guides and art historians to artists themselves? stay tuned, photos to come!

Teen Ambassador Kai introduced this piece, Prism 10 (Dead Laocoon), at The Divine Poetour. This piece also inspired Teen Slam Poet Kenya’s composition “Welcome”. Prism 10 was created by Wim Botha in 2013.