Andy Warhol Museum presents Youth Invasion 2009

Youth Invasion

High school students take over The Warhol for an entire week. This multi-faceted project features teens' unique take on Andy Warhol, with their points of view, ideas, and creative expressions energizing the entire Museum - its programming, interpretation, and display. The Museum works closely with students and teachers from high schools in the Pittsburgh area to create marketing, fashion, and programming committees responsible for setting up an opening party to a week long, youth-based art exhibit.

Youth Publications

Youth Publications at The Andy Warhol Museum is an after school program exploring digital and traditional publishing skills. The museum hires and trains Student Assistants -- area high school students ages 15 and up who have a strong commitment to or interest in the arts -- to immerse themselves in a variety of media. In addition to creating Urban Interview, a magazine inspired by Warhol's Interview, students also learn how to make hand-made zines, silkscreens, web pages and podcasts.

This program is supported in part by a grant from YouthWorks, Inc.

Queer Youth Programming
The Warhol strives to present programs of interest to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer youth. Past events have included film screenings, live bands, and studio art workshops. The Warhol partners with local queer community groups and organizations to create a safe social space for area queer youth and their allies.

Special Projects
The F-Word was an exhibition at the Warhol in Summer 2006, curated by Liz Thomas. The Warhol drew from a group of high school youth who were already tightly-knit though their weekly studio nights at Artist’s Image Resource (AIR), a nonprofit printmaking space on Pittsburgh’s North Side, to create three issues of a zine-as-gallery guide. Each issue featured writings, drawings and collages culled from students’ journals, as well as original work created during weekly meetings. Students collaborated with a Pittsburgh-based artist for each issue, creating content for the zine and independent artist’s projects; the artists were Etta Cettera, Ayanah Moor, and Wendy Osher.

Andy Warhol, photo Greg Gorman, 1983