Mia's Teen Perspectives Art Program Connect Teens and Local Artists | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mia's Teen Perspectives Art Program Connect Teens and Local Artists

March 24, 2025
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A Boy in His Marks by Leo Buffalo
Leo Buffalo

The Teen Perspective Program, a partnership between the Minneapolis Insitute of Art and The Center for Racial Health and Equity at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, is in its fourth year running. The program is an effort to connect local teenagers with artists and for them to collaborate creatively, culminating in an exhibit titled Teen Perspectives: Minneapolis As Monument which is set to debut May 10.

Leo Buffalo, an eighteen-year-old artist (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) was invited back to the program by Anna Dillard, the Mia’s manager of programming, after participating last year. Buffalo expressed his excitement at being able to meet and connect with local professional artists through the workshop. “With direction from Anna, and an assistant from MCAD (the adjacent Minneapolis College of Art and Design), it’s just stellar. It really allows us (students) to network with people who are in the Walker (Art Center) and Mia, just hearing what inspires their process is one of the things most valuable to young artists."

Teen Perspectives: Minneapolis As Monument
Community Commons Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
May 10–July 20, 2025

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