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TEENS CURATE TEENS (TCT)

ARTISTS 

Join an exhibition by teens, for teens. Make a statement with your art. Connect with a community of creative teens like you who want to use art to effect change. TCT brings together NYC high school students to produce a public, group art exhibition based on a theme selected by teens.

Open Call for Art: Belief: Fantasy & Fairytales

• Open to NYC high school artists
• Deadline to apply: Monday, December 7, 2026
• Submit original art in any medium (including 2D and 3D visual art, music, dance, performance, poetry, etc.)
• Selected art will be in a public art exhibition curated by teens, opening January 30 or 31, 2027
• Selected artists get a $100 Blick Gift Card!

Details:

• Eligibility: Open to NYC public school students in grades 9–12
• Submit your original artwork in any medium—Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Video, Photography, Installation, Dance, Poetry, Music, Theater, Collage, Performance Art, Fashion, Sound, Experimental, Digital—all art is welcome!
• Selected artworks will be featured in a 1-2 week public exhibition opening January 2027 (location TBD). Selected artists receive a $100 gift card to Blick.
• Selected artists will be notified via email, and will be asked to deliver their artwork to the ArtsConnection office in midtown Manhattan. You’ll also get to meet up with other teen artists and curators who share your passion, and celebrate your work at the Exhibition Reception!

Check out some recent TCT exhibitions:

• Ephemeral: An Artistic Journey of Nostalgia
• Collective Pulse 
• It’s Okay to Be Broken 
• The Unsounded Path 
• in more ways than one