Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: New York City Regional Exhibition

This exhibition features more than six hundred works of art and writings by New York City teens, who received the highest regional recognition in the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards—the Gold Key Award. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the Scholastic Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the United States. The Met is honored to again host this year's exhibition and celebrate the creativity of these young artists.

This year just over four thousand students in grades 7–12 submitted nearly eleven thousand works to the New York City Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, encompassing more than 300 schools in all five boroughs. In addition, nearly three hundred literary and visual arts professionals served as judges, selecting works based on originality, technical skill, and 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 recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards bring 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 collection—and writers Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, and Joyce Carol Oates.

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

See a complete list of 2018 New York City Scholastic art award recipients and writing award recipients.

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers partners with The New School's Parsons at Open Campus and Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts to present the New York City Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, with additional program support provided by Pratt Institute. This exhibition was made possible, in part, by generous support from Scholastic Inc., The New York Times, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.