Teen Lounge Proposal Fair Winter/Spring 2025

Teen Lounge at Fleisher Art Memorial is now accepting workshop proposals for our Winter and Spring terms from January to May until Sunday, October 20 at 11:59 PM. 

Teen Lounge is a free, drop-in after school arts program providing young people ages 13-19 with opportunities to meet and collaborate with working Philly artists. Past workshop topics have included sewing plush monsters, rug tufting, Nerikomi ceramics, character design, figure drawing, and more!  

Workshops meet once a week for four weeks at Fleisher Art Memorial, on either Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 4:00-6:00pm. Artists are compensated at $595 via stipend.  

Proposals should offer young people an exciting opportunity to explore a theme or medium of relevance to their age group. Experimental proposals are encouraged, and teaching artists have any studios/facilities at Fleisher at their disposal including printmaking, darkroom and ceramics. Participating teens will evaluate and select your proposals through our RFP process.  

After submitting a proposal, 15 artists will be invited to attend a mandatory Proposal Fair on Thursday, November 14 from 4 to 5 PM. to meet Teen Lounge students and share their workshop idea (compensated w/ $25 gift card). Teens will then vote to choose which projects to run.  

15 - 20 young people attend our workshops daily, from a variety of levels in art making experiences -- however, due to the drop-in structure of the program, the class group can vary from session to session. Please keep this in mind when designing your workshop!  

Teen Lounge is a wheelchair accessible space. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tessa Kennamer, Manager of Children & Youth Education, cy@fleisher.org 

Teen Lounge seeks to be an inclusive and generative learning space for youth and adults of all identities and backgrounds - people of color, women, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the diversification of ideas are strongly encouraged to apply!