The Revolving Museum is an evolving laboratory of creative expression for people of all backgrounds, ages, and abilities who seek to experience the transformative power of art. Through public art, exhibitions, and educational programs we promote artistic exploration and appreciation, encourage community participation and growth, and provide opportunities for individual empowerment and collective change.
Educational youth programs are at the heart of The Revolving Museum’s mission. The Museum’s talented artists and educators work primarily with young people (ages 12-22) to expose them to the creative process and introduce them to new ideas, skills and life opportunities.
TRM’s art projects help youth safely and creatively tackle age- and community-specific issues that affect them, such as personal identity, drugs, violence, homelessness, divorce, cultural differences race and family. But these challenging topics, combined with the Museum’s playfulness, result in transformational experiences that provide a platform for insight, learning, maturity and healing.
The Museum’s educational youth programs includes: Teen Arts Group (TAG), an after-school youth leadership program; and its newest program The Visionary School, a public art/civic engagement curriculum program; and the Wonders of the World (WOW) program, a summer-time festival and community carnival.
These programs encourage both individual and collaborative art practices where youth develop artistic, social and vocational skills. Young people work hand-in-hand with local artists, educators, civic leaders, family members and each other on projects of all shapes and sizes. They come away with a sense of pride as their artwork is showcased in the community, and they get the satisfaction of having contributed to something larger than themselves.
The Revolving Museum began working with Boston’s youth in 1988 in Off SeasonArt Project, where dozens of youth helped develop, install and coordinate a baseball-themed public art project and community events. In a transformed abandoned ball field, the public “came to bat” against issues such as racism, violence, sexism, homelessness, drugs and pollution. More than 10,000 community members and visitors participated, inspiring the Museum to continue developing youth-related projects.