In the Making 2026

Sep 19–Nov 15, 2026

MoMA

MoMA Teens
  • Education Center, Floor 1 The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building

In the Making is a free six-week studio art program that invites young people to explore big ideas through art-making, conversations, and meetings with arts professionals. This summer’s participants explored one of four themes: Constructing Reality Through Images, Shelter, Forms of Nature, and Layers! Experimental Mark Making.

The annual program encourages participants to develop their own artistic voices and discover how materials can communicate meaning. In addition to taking inspiration from MoMA’s collection, participants visited galleries, museums, and artists’ studios and connected with MoMA educators and museum professionals across New York City’s creative landscape.

This exhibition celebrates the culmination of their exploration, featuring collaborative and individual works that respond to, expand upon, and challenge the questions at the heart of each theme.

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Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible
The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building entrance has a power-assist door. Seating options include chairs with backs. Gallery stools, wheelchairs, and rollators are available by request at all Museum entrances on a first-come, first-served basis.


Accessible and all-gender restrooms are located in the mezzanine level of the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building.

Service dogs welcome
Guide dogs and other trained service animals are always welcome.

Organized by Stewart Stout, Assistant Educator, and Erinma Onyewuchi, Petrie Fellow, Teen Programs, Department of Learning and Engagement. Special thanks to David Rios, Director of Young Learners; Brionna Wilcher, Summer Intern, Teen Programs; and Jesse Brown, Ashley Ro, Ivanna Rodriguez-Rojas, and Emma Waldman, Learning Specialists, Department of Learning and Engagement.

The Adobe Foundation is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA.

Teen Programs are made possible by the Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Endowment and by the Carroll and Milton Petrie Education Program Endowment. Additional support is provided by the Annual Education Fund.

Licensing

If you would like to reproduce an image of a work of art in MoMA’s collection, or an image of a MoMA publication or archival material (including installation views, checklists, and press releases), please contact Art Resource (publication in North America) or Scala Archives (publication in all other geographic locations).

MoMA licenses archival audio and select out of copyright film clips from our film collection. At this time, MoMA produced video cannot be licensed by MoMA/Scala. All requests to license archival audio or out of copyright film clips should be addressed to Scala Archives at [email protected]. Motion picture film stills cannot be licensed by MoMA/Scala. For access to motion picture film stills for research purposes, please contact the Film Study Center at [email protected]. For more information about film loans and our Circulating Film and Video Library, please visit https://www.moma.org/research/circulating-film.

If you would like to reproduce text from a MoMA publication, please email [email protected]. If you would like to publish text from MoMA’s archival materials, please fill out this permission form and send to [email protected].

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