Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: New York City Regional Exhibition

This exhibition features more than five hundred works of art and writing by New York City teens who received the highest regional recognition in the 2015 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards—the Gold Key Award. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Art & Writing Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the United States. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is honored to host this year's exhibition and celebrate the creativity of these young artists.

This year as many as 3,100 students in grades seven through twelve submitted more than 9,000 works to the New York City region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, encompassing more than 300 schools in all five boroughs. In addition, 150 literary and visual-arts professionals served as judges, selecting works based on originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers' mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent, and present their visionary work to the world through exhibition, publication, recognition, and scholarship. Established in 1923, the Alliance's Scholastic Art & Writing Awards brings the work of young people to regional and national audiences. Former recipients include artists Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Kay WalkingStick, and John Baldessari—all represented in the Met's collection—and writers Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Myla Goldberg, and Joyce Carol Oates.

Learn more about the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, and connect on Instagram. For more information, contact info@artandwriting.org.

View a slideshow of selected students' artworks.

See a complete list of the 2015 New York City Scholastic art award recipients and writing award recipients (PDF).

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers partners with Parsons The New School for Design and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts to present the New York City regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, with additional program support provided by Pratt Institute. The Alliance thanks the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Scholastic Inc., and The Maurice R. Robinson Fund for their generous support of this exhibition.