Come see how five groups of teen designers are rethinking our built environment and exploring the increasingly vital role art and imagination play in the communities we call home.
With the support of SAM Education staff and Seattle-based teaching artist Monyee Chau, this year’s Design Your Neighborhood designers reimagined a 100,000 square foot lot within walking distance of SAM, the Olympic Sculpture Park, and the Seattle waterfront.
Through their designs, participants responded to urgent questions around food access and justice, public green space, and third places for youth in Seattle. In August, Design Your Neighborhood participants also met with Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism curator Theresa Papanikolas to examine the many scenes of food cultivation, marketplaces, and dining present throughout the exhibition. These images furthered their connections between art, farming, and community, encouraging them to investigate how food fits into life in the city.
Design Your Neighborhood—SAM's summer program for teens—is a month-long series of workshops that culminate in a community-based design project. Designs are on view from October 23-January 18 in the South Hall Community Gallery.