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Submit to 2025 Basquiat Project

Submission opens on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.   Submission closes on Friday, May 23,2025 

We are excited for another year of the Basquiat Project. Selected works will be showcased at Barclays Center, date TBD. 


ELIGIBILITY: 

  • Completed submissions must come from the art teacher.  
  • Student created artworks from  teachers who used and taught the Basquiat unit to elementary, middle and high  school grades.
  • Each art teacher may submit up to 7 artworks. Each artwork submitted must come from different students. For  example, Jane Doe can only have one piece submitted. 
  • Only artwork produced from the 2024-25 Basquiat unit will be considered.
  • Artwork should be aligned to the  grade-appropriate Blueprint Benchmarks and NYS Arts Standards to help      guide submission choices.
  • Artwork should have a "finished" look. No names written on the front  of the work unless it is part of the artwork and is the intention of the artist.  
  • Incomplete submissions will not be considered.


 

ARTWORK

  • Artwork can be: 2-Dimensional, 3-Dimensional, or created  videos.           
  • 2-Dimensional works should be no bigger than 36 inches in length and width. 
  • 3-Dimensional: no bigger than 24 inches in length, width and height. 
  • Videos up to 3 minutes in length. 


 

ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS

  • Artist Statement: Each application must have an artist statement (written or video) based on the following questions.  200 (edited from prior communication) word maximum. No exception.          
  1. What did you take away/learn from studying about Jean-Michel Basquiat?  
  2. How did the Basquiat Project inspire your work and your artistic voice? 
  3. What social issues, if any,  are addressed in your work?
  • Signed media consent forms must accompany each submission. Download blank consent forms HERE. 

SELECTION 

  • Please note, submission does not  guarantee acceptance.
  • Selected works will be exhibited at Barclays Center, date TBD.  
  • Post-exhibition,  selected works from the show may be temporarily displayed at a different site for  2025-26 SY. 
  • Selected works will need to be mailed or dropped off at 65 Court Street from Monday, June 2 to Thursday, 12, 2025.

For questions, email Joy Pace at SPace@schools.nyc.gov or Robert Lamont, at RLamont@schools.nyc.gov

 

NYC Public Schools Arts Office