Visual and Performing Arts
CUHSD's Latinx Heritage Month
Join to the district's visual and performing arts competition with the theme of celebrating the Latinx experience. Student can receive prizes! Complete the student interest form below for more info.
To Be Honest Mental Health Theme Poster Contest
Deadline: 11/19/21
Price: Free
Theme: Joy is resilience
How does experiencing joy help us heal? Joy is resilience is about healing from hurtful situations, trauma, mental health challenges, etc. through experiencing joy. How has joy positively impacted your recovery process? What things in your life bring you joy and make you a stronger and resilient person? There are many ways to experience joy, but we want to know how you have benefited from joy and how you personally experience it.
Pieces can be submitted to one of four categories. We ask that each participant only submit one original piece:
2D (Art made on a flat surface): Drawings, Paintings, Block printing, Collage, Mixed media, Poetry (on paper), etc.
3D (Art that is three dimensional): Ceramics, Sculpture, Jewelry, Glass, Metal or papier-mâché figures, etc.
4D (Art produced through technology): Graphic design, Digital illustrations, Photography, Spoken Poetry via video or audio clips, Dance via video, Music, or Podcast(s).
Short Films: Music video, Animation, Documentary, or a genre of your choice
NuMu Los Gatos: ArtNow 2022
Theme: Brave New Worlds
When: Submission and program dates will be announced soon!
Where: Virtual
Price: Free
You are the builders and leaders of tomorrow, and your actions today will shape our future. As we continue to grow from an era of disharmony and disorder as a result of the pandemic, political turmoil, and the environmental crisis, you can be an agent of change. What is your vision of the world to come? Consider what we are growing towards; be bold in your visions of hope, equality, justice, and change. NUMU invites Santa Clara County high school students to create an original work of art inspired by their dream for a brave new world.
Pre-College Art Experience (PCAE)
When: Year Round
Where: Virtual
Price: Free
The Pre-College Art Experience (PCAE) at Academy of Art University is a tuition-FREE art and design education program for high school students. It’s a great opportunity to jump-start your art and design education while earning money toward your college degree. You can take the pre-college program on our campus in San Francisco or online year-round. Explore your future, gain confidence in your creative abilities, and have the time of your life as an art and design student at Academy of Art University.