Welcome to Bronx Arts Pathways application for our Visual Arts Showcase. The goal of this year’s festival is to include as many schools as possible so they can showcase a piece from their Visual Arts programs. Families will have the opportunity to see arts programs in Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, and High Schools that they may want their children to attend. This year's festival will take place at the Lehman College Art Gallery at 250 Bedford Park Blvd Bronx, NY.
Application Deadline: March 13, 2026
Festival Date: Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
Please complete a form for the student artwork you wish to enter in the festival. Answers cannot be edited once you have submitted this form however you can save a draft prior to submitting, so please review your answers when inputting. If accepted, the spelling will be the spelling in the catalog, playbill, and/or title card. Please double check the spelling/capitalization of student names, school names, principal names, etc. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
Do not send submission videos, images, or student reflections via email as they will not be considered as part of a complete submission. Any questions? Please email BronxBAF@gmail.com.
ELIGIBILITY:
- 2D, 3D artwork and video from Bronx students in grades Pre-K to 12
- Each Visual Arts Specialist may submit 1 (one) art work per school level. For example: If you teach all grades in a K-8 school, then you may submit 1 from the Middle School level and 1 from the Elementary level.
- Please ensure the artwork you are submitting to the festival is not a duplicate artwork submitted to PS Art.
- Have 1 (one) high resolution JPEG image file(s) of your student artwork, no larger than 2MB, ready for upload (3-D works, you may upload up to three (3) images), this will be the image used on the website if the work is selected.
- Artwork should represent the best student-created classroom work produced this academic year.
- Please refer to the grade appropriate Blueprint Benchmarks to help guide decision making regarding submission choices.
ARTWORK SUBMISSION TIPS:
- Position the camera lens directly in front of the artwork, parallel to its surface, to prevent distortion
- Focus & Exposure: Tap the phone screen to set focus and exposure (AE/AF Lock), then gently press the shutter.
- No Zoom: Avoid digital zoom to maintain quality - get closer.
- Take several shots to ensure you have a good one.
- Make sure the entire artwork is in the shot.
- Do not shoot with a window behind the artwork to avoid bright light in frame.
- Natural light from a window will look good, so if possible bring the artwork closer to a window and shoot with YOUR back to the window so that the sunlight is on the artwork. This will work best for sculptures.
CURATION:
- Due to space limitations, it is not possible to guarantee representation of every school. Our committee will do its best to assure even representation amongst Districts 7-12, District 75 , and District 79.
- Individual expressiveness, technical proficiency as well as thoughtfulness in answering the Student Reflection Questions will be considered