Calling all Young Artists: SPAC Accepting Submissions for Festival of Young Artists
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced it is accepting visual art, literary art, and performing art submissions to be featured at “The Adirondack Trust Company Festival of Young Artists” online exhibit and live event on June 1, 2025. Numerous works will be selected with one student in each category receiving the “Outstanding Artist Award” and $500 to support the further development of their craft.
New for 2025, SPAC is also partnering with Empire State Youth Orchestra (ESYO) to offer the first Student Composition Contest, selecting one student composer to have their work premiered by the ESYO Symphony Orchestra during the festival.
Returning for its 8th annual event, The Adirondack Trust Company Festival of Young Artists will celebrate the collaborative creativity of more than 700 of the Capital Region’s brightest young dancers, musicians, singers, poets, and visual artists all in support of SPAC’s mission to provide free access to enriching arts programs for local youth.
This year’s event will follow the theme Wonder, inspired by the work of 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Limón urges readers to maintain a sense of awe and curiosity even when hope seems distant, and to appreciate the many wonders of life that foster resilience and discovery. In her work, In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa, she writes: “We, too, are made of wonders, of great and ordinary loves, of small invisible worlds, of a need to call out through the dark.”
High school students, middle school students, and youth ensembles who reside in or are part of a school or organization based in the following NY counties are invited to submit musical scores, photos of artwork, digital copies of literary compositions, and videos of performances: Albany, Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Rensselaer, Warren, Washington.
The deadline for submissions is Jan. 24, 2025. Visit spacfoya.org for details.