Cypress Lakes High School junior Layla Bakhtiari was selected from more than
100 applicants around the Houston area to serve on the Contemporary Arts
Museum’s Teen Council.
The Teen Council (TC) is a diverse group of
Houston teens whose purpose is to provide young people with access to
contemporary art and artists. The TC’s function is to create, organize and
design teen-specific events and programs with museum staff and to aid in
marketing existing programs to teens at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
(CAMH). The TC consists of 15-20 highly motivated high school students who
plan, promote and organize events that introduce the Museum to a new
audience.
Members of the Teen Council, due to their motivation and
unique point of view, bring an important perspective to the Museum. For
their contributions TC members receive:
• a stipend; leadership
experience to add to their college and post college resumes; a sense of
ownership in the Museum and the community; a voice in the museum’s decisions;
and a chance to collaborate with peers who are interested in the art of
today.
“This is a huge deal because not only does Layla represent our
school and district, but the suburban schools hardly have representation
in this organization,” said Cypress Lakes art teacher LeeAnn Jackson.
“This opens up a lot of doors for her and for students at Cy Lakes. She
is very lucky to be able to rub elbows’ with some of the high society
art patrons and artists.”
