2024 COMPETITION SCHEDULE

CKMarch 22, 2024
Rubrics posted. Local high school selections begin.

 

CKMay 3
Deadline for on-line submission of T-Shirt Competition entries


CKMay 10
Deadline for teachers submissions of Finalists

CKMay 15
Roster of Finalists posted on this site.
 

CKFriday, May 31, 2024

Citywide Finals at CityTech in Brooklyn

 

CK June 18
Competition winners
posted on this site.

 


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This Spring, graphic communications students from high schools all over New York City will come together at a college in Brooklyn to test their skills in the Finals of the twenty-third Annual Citywide Graphic Arts Competition. Seven  competition categories showcase the talents of the students and the depth of their schools' media and design education. programs. Teachers select Finalist competitors in up to seven categories:

  

Web  DTPhoto  

pkg  Student Films

 Dig Video

In the Finals at the CUNY College of Technology (CityTech), competitors are assigned new work that they must produce entirely on-site within the four-hour competition time limit.

Judges from colleges and industry pick the First, Second and Third Place winners in each category. Trophies and prizes are awarded to the Winners and to the First Place schools. All New York City public high school students participating in a graphic arts, media or design program are eligible to compete.

Teachers select a maximum of two entries per school per category. A registration fee of $200 per school is required for attendance at the Finals. See details.

For additional information, please contact:
Sharon Prince-Yearwood
Senior Director of SVA/School Engagement
NYC Public Schools
or email
sprince-yearwood@schools.nyc.gov




T-SHIRT CONTEST 

Souvenir T-Shirt
Student Design
Competition


T-shirtDesign a memorable
T-Shirt to be
given to the  attendees at
the 2024 Finals


See the T Shirt
Competition rubric

ENTRY DEADLINE: MAY 3


CGAC VR Gallery

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The Citywide Graphic Arts Competition is supported by these New York
graphic communications organizations:

CityTech

ADGA

UFT


dynamicdynosaur


Sappi 

Konia Minolta

GCSF

Printing News

CTEc

DOE    

AnGen

IN3.ORG

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THIS IMPORTANT EDUCATIONAL EVENT.