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Musezine 28 Created in 2005, the Bronx Museum Teen Council offers opportunities for young people to engage deeply with contemporary art and the museum space. In this intensive paid after-school program, teens express and discuss ideas and create art relating to issues affecting young people today. The artworks included were created in direct response to the themes explored in the two exhibitions:: BORN IN FLAMES curated by Social Justice Curator Jasmine Wahi featured women, nonbinary, trans women and femme artists who tackled the themes of intersectionality, feminism and futurism; and What We Call Home curated by the Fall 2020 Teen Council Cohort. Teen Council Spring 2021 Kayla Acevedo, Samiha Ahmed, Prestila Assenso, Arielle Benjamin, Olivia Cruz, Eric Garcia, Aran Glynn, Chioma Ohadoma, Noemi Polanco, Oriane Sow, Lynda Spencer, Jasmine Vital Teen Council is made possible, in part, by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, and The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Education and Community Programs are generously supported by Con Edison, Deutsche Bank, The Hearst Foundations, New York Yankees Foundation, O’Grady Foundation, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, and New York City Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson, Council Member Diana Ayala, and Council Member Ruben Diaz Sr.