Deadline: May 7, 2025 11:59 PM
Are you a teen designer looking for a chance to display your work and express yourself in the Houston arts community? Want to inspire and immerse yourself in our city’s vibrant teen art scene? Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s (CAMH) Teen Council is looking for unique and diverse design submissions for a Fashion Show, in conjunction with the 14th biennial group exhibition of Houston-area teen artists, OUT OF STOCK.
OUT OF STOCK centers the theme of consumption and the ways in which it affects today’s teen generation. Exhibiting artists examine consumption through the lens of culture, time, social media, technology, climate change, labor, and everyday life
Teen Council is open to all design submissions, but we are prioritizing work made from recycled and thrifted materials in an effort to promote consuming less and to expand upon the concepts of the exhibition. We are looking for designs that give new life to used items and shift our view of consumption to reuse. Additionally, designers should plan to bring their own models, but if necessary, Teen Council can provide models as needed.
Applicants must:
be 13 to 18 years of age
live in Greater Houston area
submit original designs or provide detailed information of styling submissions
All designers/stylists/models must be available for a Dress Rehearsal on a date TBD in the week of May 26-May 30.
Submission Guidelines
- Videos and images accepted
- If submitting more than one design, please submit an additional Submittable application. You can submit as many performances as you like—there is no limit.
- "Head to toe" shot of model wearing designs, if available
- 3 or more photos of the design in different angles (front, side, and profile angles.)
- Detail shots (encouraged)
- In-progress works will be accepted but must be finished before the Dress Rehearsal (date TBD in the week of May 26-30)
Selected designs will walk the runway during CAMH Teen Council's Symposium, June 6, 2025, 6-8 PM.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH)'s Teen Council is a highly collaborative creative incubator that provides teens with opportunities in leadership, visual literacy, and life skill development. During weekly meetings, Teen Council members are introduced to the inner workings of museums and to the dynamic Houston arts community. This upcoming year 2025-2026 Teen Council will create public programs for their peers. Teen Council is for all types of arts enthusiasts, we are not an art-making program, you do not need not be an artist to apply.
Once accepted, all Teen Council members become paid employees of CAMH and are required to attend weekly in person after-school meetings every Thursday during the school year, from 4:30-6:30PM.
This application will be open from March 1st - April 16th, 2025 at 11:59PM. Applicants will be notified of next steps in late April. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and are considered as they arrive.