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Students K Through 12

About hang@MFAH

The Museum offers hang@MFAH (Houston Art New Generation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston), a leadership program for high school students that provides a unique out-of-school experience. This program empowers teens to transition from teacher-led projects to self-driven projects, bridging in-school and out-of-school learning and fostering active, thoughtful, and social engagement.
 
Weekly meetings with a mentor artist in the MFAH galleries explore the role of museums in the 21st century and the fusion of digital culture with traditional ideas. By connecting passions to new skills and knowledge, hang@MFAH helps teens navigate pursuing personal interests in a collective, non-traditional educational setting. Admission is through application only.
 
 

Applications

Qualifications & Guidelines
  • Applicants must be current high school students.
  • hang@MFAH meets once a week on Thursdays from 4:30 pm–6 pm year-round.
  • Members must attend 90% of all meetings.
  • There are no requirements for technological or artistic skills. The MFAH welcomes students who prefer critical discourse and peer-based learning.
  • Occasional Saturdays and event days are necessary beyond regular meeting times.
  • hang@MFAH members are expected to follow the rules and guidelines of the program, participate in weekly meetings and occasional events, and fulfill solo and group responsibilities.
Benefits
  • Add experience and skills to résumés as well as to college and job applications.
  • Learn from a variety of Museum professionals and gain insight into the workings of the MFAH, including behind-the-scenes tours and experiences.
  • Gain practice in multimedia communication.
  • Interpret original works of art through the lenses of art history, materiality, and artistic processes.
  • Build a community with teens sharing similar interests.
  • Receive a Family-Level MFAH membership for easy access to the Museum all year long.
Applications
[email protected]

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Teens Take the MFAH
Make the Museum your own by exploring the galleries. Use these guides to find new ways of looking. From fashion icons to revolutionary artists, choose a theme or two—and be inspired.

Beauty
Change
Energy
Fashion
Infinity
Memory
Music
Revolution
Surprises
Travel
Truth

 

Research on Teens & Museums

hang@MFAH was developed in collaboration with Houston-area teens and the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network.

Read More about the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network

 

This MFAH program receives generous support from the Texas Commission on the Arts.
 
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; the William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust; the Texas Commission on the Arts; the Claire & Theodore Morse Foundation; the Junior League of Houston, Inc.; and additional generous donors.