Noah Bartel '14 Accepted into Teen New Media Program at the ICA

Noah Bartel ’14, has been accepted into the “Fast Forward” program at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), as one of the only students from a private, suburban high school. Noah, who is interested in cinematography and film directing, will be one of 12 students in the year long ICA Teen New Media Program that began this fall. Program participants meet weekly to develop a portfolio of work for critique and presentation. The teenagers are tasked to choose a piece of art from the museum as inspiration to conceive, produce and edit original film in various genres of their choice including documentary, narrative and experimental. Their final work will be showcased on ICA Teen Night in May 2013.

Noah’s mother, a professional artist and art teacher in Watertown, alerted him about the opportunity to be part of “Fast Forward” after several mentions of the program from participants at the Young Filmmakers Awards. Noah was honored in the award ceremony at the Boston Center for the Arts last year for his short movie “Mind” – about a person in complete solitude, and ultimately what happens when that peace is broken. It was shot in Super-8 film and after being spliced, was drawn on with colored Sharpies.

After completing the "Fast Forward" program application, he was interviewed at the museum before being notified that he was selected.

“I was very surprised that I got in,” said Noah. After learning that he is one of two or three students from private school, he felt really proud and lucky. Noah has enrolled in all the film classes at CSW, which have given him a true experiential hands-on learning of the full film creation process. He said that CSW has helped him learn the importance of sound, and has inspired him to be creative with all film styles. He is now looking at colleges and universities with strong film programs.

“I really want to continue to explore cinematography,” said Noah. “I would love to edit, direct and be a part of movie-making.”

Noah is most influenced by notable, stylish film directors Christopher Nolan and the Coen brothers, and dreams of making cerebral or noir-inspired films.