Location: Various Locations
Registration is requested.
The Walters Art Museum Teen Advisory Council (WAMTAC) presents Teen Takeover: Spirit Realm, an annual museum-wide event created for teens, by teens. Bring your friends for an afternoon of games, artmaking, and learning about the spiritual and supernatural abilities of food, animals, and people in the exhibition Latin American Art / Arte Latinoamericano.
This event is free and open to the public, but geared toward teens 13+.
Timed Activities
Maize Maze Make your way through our corn (maize) maze, learning from animal guides who will help guide your way.
Battle of the Bands Listen and enjoy as two local teen bands go head-to-head in a live music competition for your adoration. Be the judge as they play their best renditions of songs by the Latin American diaspora.
Ancient Underworld Escape Room You awaken deep beneath the earth in an ancient underworld. Solve ancient puzzles, recover sacred artifacts, and complete a final ritual to reopen the portal to escape within 30 minutes. Capacity is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Sign up at the check-in table.
All Day Activities
Artmaking: Jewelry and Origami Choose your own adventure: learn how to make animal-shaped origami, make a bracelet out of gemstones.
Letter & Poetry Writing Write a letter to honor your potential self or write a poem to an ancestor. Leave your work for everyone to see or take it to go.
Scavenger Hunt Search for artworks around the museum. Win a $20 prize if you’re one of the first two to complete the hunt and a trinket for all participants!
Incense Bouquet Build your own bouquet of aromas believed to bridge the gap between the physical and spirit worlds. While supplies last, max. five sticks per person.
Photobooth Grab your friends and pose for a Polaroid picture!
Food Enjoy a bite from our Latin American‒inspired menu. Complimentary tasting available on a first-come, first-served basis. Food also available for purchase.
Resource Tables Chat with representatives from the following organizations about arts opportunities: Wide Angle Youth Media, Arts Every Day, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Creative Alliance, and Nuestras Raices.
Quiet Space Overstimulated by the crowds? Visit our sanctuary of fidget toys and noise-canceling headphones to wind down.
Teen programs at the Walters are supported in part by Lewis Contractors, Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, and Sheila Mosmiller Vidmar.
Review our Accessibility Resources and contact tours@thewalters.org with any accommodation requests.