Submission Deadline For Teen Council Exhibition Spring 2025
CALLING NYC TEEN ARTISTS!
Submit Your Artwork Here>>
By Thursday, May 8, 2025
At 11:59 PM
For An Exhibition at The Bronx Museum
Curated by the Museum’s Teen Council
On View June 4 – July 6, 2025
Plus a celebration on June 18, 2025
From 5:00 – 7:00 PM
Image: Tea Lazri, Introspection, the Well, 2024, Monoprint
Artwork Submission Prompt
The Bronx Museum is currently accepting artwork submissions from teen artists based in any of the five boroughs of NYC for an exhibition this spring curated by participants in the Museum’s Teen Council — a paid internship for high school students focused on contemporary art and the museum space.
This year’s exhibition is focused on teens’ perspectives on issues that affect them. What borough do you live in, and what is a problem that impacts your neighborhood?
Please share your creative interpretations of this theme with us!
All artworks submitted will be reviewed by participants in The Bronx Museum’s Teen Council program.
Submission Eligibility & Guidelines
• Artists must be 13-19 years old and living in any of the five boroughs of New York City
• To participate: create an artwork, or select an existing piece of your art, that reflects on your experience and relationship with the issue you have chosen to depict. What would you do to change the issue? What would it look like if you had the power to change it? Imagine a better future. How would you want to see the future unfold?
• If you are submitting pre-recorded or time-based media, please submit a sample that is 3 minutes or less
• Submit your artwork via this form by 11:59PM ET on Thursday, May 8, 2025.
• Applicants are responsible for artwork pick-up/drop-off should they be accepted
INSIDE A TEEN COUNCIL EXHIBITION:
About Teen Council
Teen Council is a four-month paid internship for New York City high school students (ages 14-19), offered in both the fall and the spring.
Created in 2005, Teen Council offers opportunities for young people to engage deeply with contemporary art and the museum space. In this intensive after-school program, teens discuss and express ideas and create art relating to issues affecting young people today. Participants also gain experience in collaboration, communication, and curation. Teens may participate in one or both sessions each year.
Teen Council is a paid opportunity. Projects during each cohort may include:
- Meeting and interviewing contemporary artists
- Curating in-person and digital art exhibitions
- Creating work for and publishing a zine
- Collaborating with other teen groups
- Exploring The Bronx Museum’s current exhibitions and developing interpretive materials
