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Austin Canales Age 16, Grade 11 High School for Health Professions & Human Services New York, New York Educators: Adam Chinitz and Alicia Hansen
East 180 Street Gold Key, Photography
Tashawn Davis Age 17, Grade 12 Edward R. Murrow High School Brooklyn, New York Educators: Sarah Grace Holcomb and Spy Kontarinis
When You Get Stood Up by Lafawnda Gold Key, Drawing and Illustration
Natasha Fishelson Age 18, Grade 12 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School New York, New York Educator: April Lombardi
Window Seat Gold Key, Painting
Ruby Harris Age 12, Grade 7 Packer Collegiate Institute Brooklyn, New York Educator: Elizabeth Eagle
Untitled Gold Key, Sculpture
Leo Lion Age 14, Grade 9 Home school Brooklyn, New York Educator: Katia Belousova
Backdoor Gold Key, Photography
Katherine Lopez Age 15, Grade 11 High School of Art and Design New York, New York Educator: Brian Lee
Hands Hands Hands Gold Key, Drawing and Illustration
Dalia Perez Age unknown, Grade 12 Millennium Art Academy Bronx, New York Educator: Laura Blau
Awareness Gold Key, Mixed Media
Anne Shi Age 15, Grade 10 Horace Mann School Bronx, New York Educator: Kim Do
Reaching Gold Key, Painting
Jo Cunningham Age 17, Grade 12 Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School New York, New York Educator: Dean Dalfonzo
Melting Faces (detail) Gold Key, Painting
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 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.