Dreams
CUE Teen Collective
June 1 – June 17, 2023
With works by: Anna Bukhman, Bianna Chen, Carter Cohen, Rory Dawidowicz, EM, Zoe Laura-Jean Forbes, Ariel Frisch, Devon Gellert, Natalie Niselson, Julie Papageorge, Melanie Quiroz, World Be Free, Yaqueline
Opening Reception
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
Dreams is the sixth annual exhibition of the CUE Teen Collective. This group show presents works by thirteen young artists that consider the subconscious and aspirational qualities of dreams. Through experimentations in painting, photography, film, illustration, ceramics, and soft sculpture, students in the program interpret the vast landscape of the mind and its perceptions and desires. Dreams seeks to open up portals of understanding and possibility that draw upon the ideas, emotions, and sensations of the next generation of artists as they cross the threshold to their future practice.
CUE Teen Collective (CTC) is a free, year-long after-school program for high school students who are passionate about visual culture and interested in exploring careers in the fine arts. Through the program, students investigate various aspects of the contemporary art world, develop and refine their artmaking and critical thinking skills, and conceptualize and create artwork for a final group exhibition presented at CUE’s gallery space.
Dreams is organized by CTC Lead Educator Amanda Adams-Louis with support from Programs Coordinator Maryam Chadury.
Student artists whose work is presented in the exhibition include:
About CUE Teen Collective
CUE Teen Collective (CTC) is a free, year-long after-school program for high school students who are passionate about visual culture and interested in exploring careers in the fine arts. Through the program, students investigate various aspects of the contemporary art world, develop and refine their artmaking and critical thinking skills, and conceptualize and create artwork for a final group exhibition presented at CUE’s gallery space. CTC offers behind-the-scenes access to the New York art world, demystifying career paths in the arts while inspiring students to develop their own personal artistic voices. The program consists of talks with artists and curators, trips to gallery and museum shows, visits to art fairs, hands-on studio sessions, and more. Participants have the opportunity to learn from working arts professionals and build sustainable and rewarding careers of their own in the arts.
Participants form a community with their peers over the course of the academic year, sharing their work with each other and exchanging meaningful feedback on artistic concepts, techniques, and processes as they work together to develop and refine their artistic practices. At the culmination of the program, students present original artwork as part of a group show, for which they collectively decide upon the theme and content. Students also learn how to communicate their work through the development of visual and written materials for the final exhibition, including curatorial statements, artist statements, and artist biographies. Through this process, students learn how to envision, produce, install, and communicate an art exhibition in the same manner as working artists, organizations, and galleries all over the world.
For more information about the CUE Teen Collective, see here and learn how to apply.
Artwork Images
Installation Images
Artist Portraits
Opening Reception Images
All photos by Keenon Perry.
Support
CUE Teen Collective is supported through generous contributions from The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The William Talbott Hillman Foundation, and ING Group.
Programmatic support for CUE Art Foundation is provided by Evercore, Inc. and Corina Larkin & Nigel Dawn. Programs are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and the National Endowment for the Arts.