Introducing Seattle Through Your Lens

We are excited to announce that Seattle Through Your Lens, a pop-up exhibit by the MOHAI Youth Advisors, is now on view!

The MOHAI Youth Advisors are a dedicated and creative group of high school students who help guide the museum in what teens want and need. Youth Advisors make the museum more welcoming for their peers by finding fun and creative ways to connect teens with MOHAI, and providing input on the development of museum programming and exhibits. Each year MYA works together to design, produce, and create an interpretive project. This year’s cohort wanted to create a space for teen voices and perspectives, share personal and lesser known histories from Seattle’s past, and illuminate connections between the past and present. 

Together they envisioned a hybrid in-person and online exhibit that shines a spotlight on the unique perspectives teens have on Seattle. MYA put together a call for submissions, asking teen photographers from the greater Seattle area to share photos of places they love, that represent special memories, or highlight things they appreciate about the city. MYA then paired selected photos with a photo from MOHAI’s collection that connected thematically, artistically, or geographically. Our hope is that encountering a variety of perspectives on the city of people who are growing up here inspires curiosity about the city around you and that perhaps you even see it in a new way. 
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• View selections from the online exhibit in person at MOHAI through October 5th. 
• Visit the online exhibit: https://seattle-through-your-lens.mohai.yourcultureconnect.com/ 
• Learn more about MYA at mohai.org/mya