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All Schools
Register for Winter Creative Writing Workshops at Uptown Stories
Event: January through February
Contact: Dorkys Ramos | (929) 277-8679
Learn creative writing at Uptown Stories winter workshops. Choose from a variety of workshops this winter. Strap on your winter boots, grab your pens, and prepare to be overtaken by flurries of inspiration. Secure your place by signing up early. All workshops are pay-what-you-can for every family—no exceptions, no proof of income needed. Visit the Uptown Stories website to register.
NASA is Calling on All K-12 Students to Dream Up a New Space Mission!
Deadline: January 31, 2025
Contact: Angela Balya | (909) 575-8071
NASA’s Power to Explore Challenge is back. Students are invited to research Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), a type of nuclear “battery” used in space exploration, and dream up a new RPS-powered space mission to any moon in our solar system. Grand prize winners from each grade category will receive a trip for two to NASA’s Glenn Research Center to learn about the people and technologies that enable NASA missions. Every student who submits an entry will receive a digital certificate and an invitation to a virtual event with NASA experts. Sign up for the contest and learn more here!
Middle & High School
Arts Connection: Visual Arts Submissions
Deadline: January 31 and February 10, 2025
Submit your 2D art to the Student Art Program Exhibition Open Calls. Selected artists and their teacher will receive a $100 Blick gift card. Selected artwork will be framed and displayed in a group exhibition opening in spring 2025. Visit the applications page to learn more and apply online.
High School
Arts Connection: Teens Curate Teens, Call for Curators
Deadline: January 17, 2025
Event: February through May 2025
Contact: Wendy Cohen
Teens Curate Teens curators curate a public art exhibition, visit galleries, and learn first-hand about the curatorial process. Teens Curate Teens is a great opportunity to explore an alternate career path in the arts. Visit the Arts Connections website and apply on-line.
Freedom to Read Teen Ambassador
Deadline: Friday January 31, 2025
Event: February through June 2025
Contact: Emma Eriksson | (718) 230-2463
The Freedom to Read Teen Ambassador program at the Brooklyn Public Library offers youth ages 14–19 a space to advocate for intellectual freedom, fight censorship and book bans, and much more. Freedom to Read Teen Ambassadors must complete a four-day Freedom to Read Advocacy Institute during the midwinter recess. Ambassadors will then meet in-person every Tuesday from 5–6:30 pm to work on designing a Freedom to Read campaign to support youth facing censorship issues, deciding on speakers and topics for future Intellectual Freedom Teen meetups, and creating media about fighting censorship to be shared with youth nationwide. Apply online now.
Climate Action Planning Event
Deadline: January 17, 2025
Event: January 23, 2025
Contact: Kailyn Fox
Groups of students are invited to create climate action plans for their schools and then join workshops to bring their sustainability ideas to life at the Climate Action Planning Event. Additional activities include clothing and book swaps, video booths to share ideas, and raffles with exciting prizes. The Youth Leadership Council – a group of high school students from across NYC – is co-leading this event in collaboration with the Office of Energy & Sustainability. This event will be held from 11am–3pm at Brooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Each school’s group should include at least two students, and a faculty advisor to register the group; the advisor is welcome but not required to attend the event. Learn more and register online.
Free Teen Workshop: Archive Detectives: Belle da Costa Greene
Event: March 13, 2025
Contact: Nicole Leist
Youth ages 15–19 are invited to visit The Morgan Library & Museum to discover how to use primary sources to explore a subject and make surprising discoveries through the detective work of reading old letters and files, conducting archival research, using primary sources, and then apply archival skills to a project of their own. Participants are encouraged to bring a cell phone or digital camera for the workshop; iPads will be available for any participant without a camera. Learn more about Archive Detectives: Belle da Costa Greene online and register in advance to participate.