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Calling all student artists and young creatives: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, an Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, is seeking submissions from student artists for the 2025 Scholastic Art Awards.
The Scholastic Art Awards is the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens. Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have inspired bold ideas in creative teens throughout the country.
For the first time ever in Northwest Arkansas, this year Crystal Bridges is partnering to support the Scholastic Art Awards. The partnership aims to further our mission to provide access to art for all and to support arts education in the Heartland.
Students in grades 7-12 (ages 13 and up) can submit exemplary visual artwork in 16 categories, including ceramics & glass, fashion, comic art, digital art, drawing & illustration, painting, film & animation, and photography.
The entries are selected for awards without knowledge of the student’s gender, age, ethnicity, or hometown. All entries are judged by a panel made up of regional artists, art educators, and industry leaders. Judges look for works that exemplify the Awards’ core values: originality, skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
Winners of the Scholastic Art Awards Heartland Region will be announced on January 24, 2025. The winners’ artworks will be on display in a special showcase in the Lower Lobby gallery at Crystal Bridges from March 22 through May 5, 2025. The Heartland Art Region Awards Ceremony will be hosted at the museum on April 6, 2025.
Students in grades 7 through 12 may submit exemplary visual artwork to the Heartland Art Region Awards online at ArtAndWriting.org.
Students can submit work in 16 categories, including ceramics & glass, fashion, comic art, digital art, drawing & illustration, painting, film & animation, and photography.
To participate, students must be 13 years of age on or before 10:59 p.m. CST December 6, 2024. Entry fees are $10 per individual entry and $30 per portfolio. Fee waiver options are available.
All submissions must be completed online on or before 10:59 p.m. CST on Friday, December 6, 2024 to be considered.
Open Submission Portal
Deadline to Enter: December 6, 2024
Winners Announced: January 24, 2025
Showcase at Crystal Bridges: March 22-May 5, 2025
Awards Ceremony: April 6, 2025
Keep an eye on this space as we finalize details for the upcoming showcase and celebration!
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Awards give students opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. In 2024, more than 110,000 teens across the United States and Canada entered more than 340,000 original works in 28 different categories of art and writing.
