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Artwork of nine people standing in front of colorful plants
Exhibition

P.S. Art 2023: Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids

June 13–October 22, 2023
Previously on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education
Free with Museum admission
All exhibitions
OverviewExhibition Objects
Drawing of a young girl in a blue skirt and red shirt with a background of torn pieces of blue and purple paper.
Self Portrait
Addison Gayle
Grade: PreK
Drawing of a variety of vehicles in blue, yellow, and red.
Untitled
Savannah Jo Johnson
Grade: PreK
Drawing of a teddy bear with a red shirt on a blue and pink background.
Teddy bear
Zia Horwitz
Grade: PreK
Portrait of a young girl with a surprised expression.
Surprised!
Destiny Asare
Grade: PreK
Painting of a black crown with a brown, grey, and blue abstract background.
Charging Mommy's Crown
Camryn Davis
Grade: PreK
Painting of a yellow owl on a pink background with white dots.
Snowy Owl
Sophia Holban
Grade: K
Drawing of a white ghost with a thin black mustache over a black background.
If Salvador Dalí Was a Ghost
Logan Lin
Grade: K
Drawing of a giraffe in a colorful landscape.
Tinga Tinga Giraffe
Rize Ratliff
Grade: K
A pink colored dinosaur stands on a black road, in front of four skyscrapers. There is an orange helicopter in the sky.
Dino City
Inaya Chaudhary
Grade: K
Portrait of two young boys with brown hair over a blue and pink background.
Myself and Someone Special
Maxwell Balzora
Grade: 1
Clay sculpture of a face.
Face
Javin Basil
Grade: 1
Collage of a koala sitting in a brown tree with green leaves.
Leà’s Koala
Leà Hernandez
Grade: 1
Yellow paper collage featuring a sun.
Sunshine
Malia Ramos
Grade: 1
Portrait of a young boy with brown skin on a rainbow background.
A Happy Feeling
Jonathan Joseph
Grade: 1
Drawing of a young boy with brown skin on a blue background.
Sunshine Brown
Ezekiel Osborn
Grade: 1
Drawing of a colorful, abstract underwater scene.
Under Water
Arielle Dinh
Grade: 1
Collage of a super hero running through a city with a rainbow background.
In the City
Maximus Mciver
Grade: 1
Portrait of a young boy wearing glasses on a red background.
Self-Portrait
Oliver Bueno
Grade: 1
Collage of an elephant walking across a yellow background with a sun in the corner.
Did you See My Friends?
Nazefa Mayesha
Grade: 2
Collage of colorful buildings on an orange background.
A Community Called Bushwick
Antonio Rodriguez-Zambrono
Grade: 2
Work featuring objects glued together and painted gold.
Found Object Nevelson
Tajrian Azra, Amari Lewis, Sarai Milien, and Ella Williams
Grade: 2
Drawing of six birds sitting on a branch with a purple background.
Relaxing with Friends
Fatoumata Touray
Grade: 2
A mixed-media peacock puppet with blue, green, and gold details.
A Peacock Puppet
Ember Ryan
Grade: 2
Painting of colorful leaves blowing in the wind.
Wind
Benson Lin
Grade: 2
Painting of a building on a blue background.
Cityscape
Joshua Hawon Suh 
Grade: 2
Portrait of a young boy crying on a green background.
Sad Luca
Luca Mouzakitis
Grade: 2
Painting of two fish in a blue pond from an overhead perspective.
Koi Fish from a Bird's-Eye View
Rene Borges III
Grade: 2
Abstract painting featuring shades of blue and black.
Happy
Cody Lin
Grade: 2
Picture of a white cat sitting in front of a pair of legs wearing blue sneakers and a bandaid on one knee.
Friends
Aboubacar Kante
Grade: 2
Collage of New York City featuring the Statue of Liberty, colorful buildings, and the figure of a woman in a red dress.
NYC
Qianle He
Grade: 2
Painting of a tree in autumn with orange leaves.
Tree of Life
Joseph Rivera Gonzalez
Grade: 2
Three dimensional blue bird's head on pink paper.
Blue Jay
Ettore Tommasino
Grade: 3
Portrait of a young boy wearing sunglasses on a yellow background.
Cool Self-Portrait
Bryce Lee
Grade: 3
Collage of two young girls swimming in a lake with a beach behind them.
Memory Collage: At the Beach
Evelina Montgomery
Grade: 3
Collage of a boy wearing headphones and a crown on a white background.
My Friend Jordan
Blake Lopez
Grade: 3
Watercolor of a red, blue, and orange parrot flying over trees with a snake and a beehive in the trees.
Untitled
Sofia Manukyan
Grade: 3
Watercolor painting of two birds in colorful patterns sitting on branches with a yellow background with a patterned border.
Birds at Peace
Rabseerat Kaur
Grade: 3
Drawing of a dog shaking it's head on a black background with white spots.
Wet Dog
Alison Salas
Grade: 3
Collage of an orange cat and gray squirrel next to a red fire hydrant.
Streetcat
Kavarli Henry
Grade: 3
Collage of a colorful bird with its wings spread sitting on a branch.
Flying Bird
Danna Porfirio
Grade: 3
Drawing of a young boy with black hair.
Mohammed
Mohammed Mehmood
Grade: 4
Portrait of a girl wearing a mask in pastel colors.
My Symbolic Self-Portrait
Zhi Lan Gao
Grade: 4
Drawing of a young girl done in pink with a blue background.
Self Portrait
Naila Parks
Grade: 4
Painting of a girl with brown skin and black hair in a pink dress standing in a garden.
A Cultured Garden
Tamia Gayadeen
Grade: 4
Colorful textiles woven together in a square.
Fireplace
Elody White
Grade: 4
Mixed-media sculpture of a yellow cheetah with brown spots.
Cheetah!
Noah Algabyaly, Zakari Jackson, and Mike Nieves-Landy
Grade: 4
Painting of birds, cactuses, and flowers on a dark background.
Desert in the Spring
Ashley Chuquichaico
Grade: 4
Mosaic portrait done in gray on a blue background.
Mosaic Face
Kamel Edwards
Grade: 4
Colorful drawing of a coffee cup on a table using different patterns.
Still Life
David Chung
Grade: 4
Drawing of a girl with her arms held out to her sides surrounded by animals.
Trust in a Wild Future
Anastasia Enriquez
Grade: 5
Painting of a girl on roller skates standing in front of a laudromat.
Skating at Auntie's Laundromat
Cheyenne Vaughan-Pittman
Grade: 5
Drawing of a house done in ink.
Middle Village
Claire Chiaramonte
Grade: 5
Painting of trees covered in snow with a blue background.
Winter Landscape
Lina Mangual
Grade: 5
Painting of a forest in winter with bare trees and a gray background.
Calm Place
Jena King
Grade: 5
Papier mâché scultpure of a man sitting in front of an easel holding a paintbrush.
Inspirational Figure: My Art Teacher
Ellery Dufrense
Grade: 5
Digital collage of a watermelon done in pinks and greens.
The Tastiest Thing
Joselyn Espinosa
Grade: 5
Collage of a woman in a colorful dress surrounded by patterns.
Shine Bright
Ana Pichardo
Grade: 5
Wire sculpture of an elephant.
Ganesha
Jiya Giri
Grade: 5
Silhouette of a bear decorated with patterns on an orange background.
Stroll In the Park
Kamarie Wilson
Grade: 5
Painting of a white rabbit surrounded by trees and a blue background.
Rabbit
Brigitte Teitelbaum
Grade: 5
Cardboard, paper, and cloth scultpure of a child wearing glasses reading a blue book.
Reading at the Library
Suki Chen
Grade: 5
Still life painting with abstract shapes and various colors.
Lava Life
Sophia Liu
Grade: 6
Painting of an aerial view of several fish swimming in a pond with plants and flowers.
Swimming Softly
Luana Restrepo
Grade: 6
Drawing of figures against a colorful background.
Warmth in the Cold
Abu Bakr Alshataf
Grade: 6
Bust of a young girl with dark brown skin, black hair, and a red and purple shirt.
The Secondary
Adriana Joyles
Grade: 6
Pencil drawing of a girl wearing a mask with hair falling in front of her face.
Serenity's Chaos
Serenity Brown
Grade: 7
Still life painting with green and pink bottles.
Reflections
Zoe Zhong
Grade: 7
Realistic charcoal drawing of a letter G balloon.
G
Minahil Chaudhry
Grade: 7
Painting of a bronze lamp with a white lampshade and a black camera.
Lights On
Joshua Chen
Grade: 7
Digital collage of fruits and vegetables put together to form the face of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Lettuce Continue to Think
Hope Chen
Grade: 7
Sneaker drawn with different patterns and colors on a patterned background.
Sneaker Design with Zentangles
Kiley Joseph
Grade: 7
Portrait of a young woman with curly hair against a floral background.
Self Blooming
Janae Adam
Grade: 7
Portrait of a smiling young girl done in pinks and blues.
Untitled
Mia Kerr
Grade: 8
Charcoal portrait of a young girl with glasses.
Leslie's Self Portrait
Leslie Cortes
Grade: 8
Painting of a young girl with orange hair.
Self-Portrait
Sophia Zhau
Grade: 8
Pencil drawing of a girl wearing glasses.
Kolette's Self Portrait
Kolette Usera Torres
Grade: 8
Painting of a boy sitting at a red kitchen table holding a picture of another boy.
Josiah and Ben
Josiah Lessie
Grade: 8
Photograph of a woman standing inside a shop surrounded by Chinese New Year decorations.
Feeling of Chinese New Year
Ye Wang
Grade: 8
Painting of an orange cat lying on a bed reaching its paws towards an image of a girl sitting on a planet.
Reaching for the Stars
Allison Lauer
Grade: 8
Pencil still life drawing featuring flowers.
The Mad Flower
Jin Yan Lin
Grade: 8
Sculpture of a white wolf's head with blue eyes.
Wolf
Flora Farkas
Grade: 8
Pencil drawing of a young boy with glasses.
Olumuyiwa
Lance Lessey
Grade: 8
Still life of a glass, candle holder, and cross done in white on a black background.
Silent Peace
Peter Gonzalez
Grade: 8
Digitial drawing of a child being put together by robot arms.
To Sculpt a Being
Ashley Richard
Grade: 9
Collage of black buildings against a blue and purple background.
Collage City
Andy Hernandez
Grade: 9
Drawing of four frogs on a green table with a plate, glass, and spoon.
Fantastical Landscape
Asha Rivera
Grade: 9
Realistic drawing of a sad young woman wearing glasses.
Absence
Amelia Perri
Grade: 9
Photograph of a person drinking tea while looking out a shop window.
Untitled
Luca Ferrante
Grade: 10
Pencil drawing of a long-necked dinosaur.
Untitled
Jean Carlos Grullon
Grade: 10
Drawing of a young girl wearing a white shirt and a green hair scarf.
Self-Portrait
Niabelle Smith
Grade: 10
Black and white photograph of a cracked shell.
Cracked
Anna Krylova
Grade: 10
Painting of a skeleton arm holding a playing card over a table with pearls, more cards, and a stuffed animal.
The Last Move
Huria Ali
Grade: 10
Pencil drawing of a person laying on a bed with a black cat on top of them.
Self-Portrait with Cat
Seven Hahn-Ott
Grade: 11
Painting of a figure in a relaxed pose surrounded by rainbow colors.
The Luxury Technology Brings Us
Nelli Rojas-Cessa
Grade: 11
Painting of a field with three structures and a blue background.
Field
Christopher Lamar
Grade: 11
Painting of a girl in black and white with colorful hands.
Thermal
Olivia Okoe
Grade: 11
Black and white portrait of a person wearing a hood.
Shady
Alex Perez
Grade: 11
Drawing of a building from a bird's-eye view with a watercolor background.
Null
Minghao Li
Grade: 11
Photograph of a young girl in a hood standing next to a fence with shadows from the fence across her face.
Caged
Alexis Spence (photographer) Cheray Jules (subject)
Grade: 11
Painting of a student holding a pen and writing in a notebook while sitting in front of a glowing yellow computer screen.
Under Pressure
Nowshoba Nowshin
Grade: 11
Drawing of a child blowing out birthday candles, with silhouettes of people at the top of each candle.
Time and Age
Stacy Ramlall
Grade: 11
Painting of the inside of a subway car bordered by black and white ceramic tiles.
No Perspective
Norma Pace
Grade: 11
Painting of a glowing, broken lamp with cat ears.
Lamp
Paulin Kwok or Po Lam Kwok
Grade: 11
Pencil drawing of a corner grocery store.
Typical City Skyline
Alice Murphy
Grade: 11
Painting of a young woman with a baby on her back looking into the distance.
Chasing Tomorrow
Prisca Boadu
Grade: 11
Colored pencil drawing of a variety of different ice cream cones.
All the Ice Cream I Want to Eat
Daniel Lopez
Grade: 11
Painting of two young women asleep on the train.
Sleeping on the D Train
Kathleen Halley
Grade: 11
Sculpture of a robin sitting on a branch.
Robin
Melina Ahmad-Herskowit
Grade: 12
Picture of a young boy taking off a realistic-looking mask of a face.
Behind the Mask
Joel Angel
Grade: 12
Painting of a man asleep on a blue couch.
The Exhausted Parent
Jacqueline German
Grade: 12
Drawing of two faces wearing blue masks with pink beads in their hair.
My Sickness
Skyla Abud
Grade: 12
Digital photograph of a city street at night.
New York City Street Photography
Christian Rodriguez
Grade: 12
Pencil drawing of a closet with clothes hanging on top and shoes lined up on the bottom.
My Closet
Zoe Yu
Grade: 12
Pencil drawing of four faces looking distressed or worried.
"Woe is Me"
Misaki Andrade
Grade: 12
Side view of a fox.
Fox with Stray Hairs
Rachel Chen
Grade: 12
Painting of a family of eight people on a bright pink background with trees.
Granny’s Backyard
Django Lewis
Grade: 12
Close up photograph of an eye behind a spray of water.
Untitled
Marae Kaplan
Grade: 12
Painting of a bakery display.
Food Feeds the Heart
Cherish Williams
Grade: 12
Drawing of several figures and structures in black and white on pieces of wood.
Flow & Outburst
Tristan Vale
Grade: 12
Painting of a face wearing glasses and a sad expression.
Tragedies
Alex Doiban
Grade: 12
Sculpture of black birds bursting out of a pie with a lattice top.
Magpie
Sophia Gibbins
Grade: 12
Black and white digital photo of houses taking up the entire page in rows.
Neighborhood Walk
Nicholas Rivas
Grade: 12