Teen Portfolio Project

Teen Portfolio Project is an advanced-level program where teens explore what it takes to create a visual-arts portfolio. During this four-unit program, teens meet weekly to explore visual literacy, art-making techniques, and what it means to be an artist. Teens create a portfolio of 10 artworks and are introduced to skills that allow them to apply to visual-arts colleges and enter the visual-arts professional field. 

Program Highlights

  • Explore drawing, painting, digital arts, and portfolio development
  • Receive an art supply kit 

Requirements 

  • Be a sophomore or junior, enrolled in a Cleveland-area high school.
  • Be open to learn, listen, and share multiple ideas and perspectives.
  • Be committed to the program. 

The CMA’s Commitments

  • We provide support for all aspects of the program.
  • We are open to learn, listen, and share multiple ideas and perspectives.
  • We connect you with artists, museum professionals, and like-minded peers.

For more information, contact teenprograms@clevelandart.org.

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Sponsors

The Teen Portfolio Project is made possible with the generous support of the Cleveland Foundation.

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All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen and Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Medical Mutual of Ohio, the Edwin D. Northrup II Fund, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by an anonymous donor, Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Linda Harper, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Susan LaPine, Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, Courtney and Michael Novak, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, the Pickering Foundation, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Suzanne Cushwa Rusnak and Jeff Rusnak, Ellen and Lowell Satre, in memory of Dee Schafer, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, Jack and Jeanette Walton, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.