Crossroads

_Crossroads_ features work by the young artists in Chapters of Choice, a ten-week-long comic-making program led by Urbano Artist-in-Residence Maria Fong in the spring of 2025. Urbano is a nonprofit organization that brings together visual artists, local youth, and community members to learn and experiment through opportunities, workshops, projects and more! Chapters of Choice used storytelling, performance, and peer-led learning to support youth in untangling the question**:** “Do you feel like you have a choice?” The artists explored autobiographical comic-making to not only reflect upon how they have made decisions for their lives in the past, but also to think about how they can render self-led choices in the future. This exhibition was organized by the ICA’s [Teen Exhibitions Program](https://www.icaboston.org/program/teen-exhibitions-program/) (TEP), a group of teens who work together to plan, organize, and install exhibitions in the ICA Teen Galleries. In this space, TEP members imagine new ways of presenting artwork and grow in their own creative practice by collaborating with one another and with ICA staff. Teen arts education is central to the mission of the ICA, and the TEP is just one of the [many programs](https://www.icaboston.org/ica-teens/ica-teens-programs/) offered. Special thanks to all the collaborators who made this happen, including many staff at the ICA.