Art is a universal language for us to share our voices, tell our stories, and act as a medium for change. Here at ARTE, we aim to emphasize the power of art and invite you to do the same.

 

We invite young artists (ages 13-18) to submit a visual art piece that focuses on a social issue that matters to you. Through your artwork, you can explore a specific issue (e.g. climate change, human rights, systematic racism, gender inequity, etc.), reflect on how that social issue affects you and your communities, honor an activist, or propose actions and solutions for change.

 

Whichever avenue you choose, we are very excited to see your work! (Please see the page below for examples of art pieces ARTE's Junior Board, who created and organized this contest, find relevant and inspirational.)

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ARTE is also collaborating with the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Speak Truth to Power Youth Advisory Board in their Mothers of the Movement art competition. “Mothers of the Movement” is an open call for portraits and drawings that depict civil rights leaders that are mothers and the mothers of famous civil rights activists. RFK Human Rights will display the selected pieces, and the selected artist will receive a copy of the book, “The Three Mothers.” Select portraits include:

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• Alberta Christine Williams King

• Coretta Scott King

• Emma Berdis Jones

• Louise Little

• Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Ethel Kennedy

• Irinea Buendía

• Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

• Josephine Baker

• Judith “Judy” Heumann

• Hansa Jivraj Mehta