Submit your artwork for a chance to have your work featured on the +1 Membership welcome gift. Anyone aged 0-18 is eligible to submit! The chosen young artists will have their art printed on an item distributed as part of the +1 program and will also receive a $25 gift card to the ICA Store. 

Submissions will be accepted online and in-person at the ICA through Friday, March 31st. 

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Art Submission FAQs

What kind of artwork can I submit?

Any two-dimensional work of art made by a young artist under 19 years old can be submitted! Photography, drawing, painting, or any other medium that can be easily displayed as an image on the final +1 Membership gift item is acceptable. 

Consider using one of the following prompts while creating your art: 

  • How do the arts build a community for you and other young people? 
  • What does art mean to me?

What are the design parameters?

The artwork needs to be 300dpi when it is about 4” x 9”inches. Please send a high-resolution image of your artwork. Hi-res images are at least 300 pixels per inch (ppi or dpi). 

How do I check if the work is 300dpi on a computer?

On a Mac 

Right (control click) click on the image and that should pull up a menu. Choose “get info”. That will open a new menu that lists the dimensions and the pixel dimensions.  

On a PC 

To check a photo’s resolution on a Windows PC, select the file you want to use. Right-click on the image and then select “Properties.” A window will appear with the image’s details. Go to the “Details” tab to see the image’s dimensions and resolution.

How do I submit artwork for consideration?

Please Label your work with this naming convention before you upload: ParentFirstname ParentLastName_ChildFirstName , so we know whose work is whose.  (example: BeyonceKnowles_BlueIvy)

After you have named your file. Please upload a hi resolution image (300dpi) of your completed work to our online form or mail it in.

You can submit up to three artworks. And 1,2, or 3 to your file name for each work submitted if you are submitting more than one artwork.

Submissions are also accepted onsite!  

If you have questions please email Membership Coordinator, Love Aridou at plus1@icaboston.org.

 

Online Submission Form

 

+1 Membership is generously supported by Vertex.

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