Submissions Are Now Open!

The 2025 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition an annual show presenting 100 outstanding works of art from professional and emerging Black artists from across the United States, as well as works by Black teen artists from the Chicagoland area, all as part of the Museum’s 55th annual Black Creativity Program.

Eligibility

General Category
Black artists 18 years of age or older.

Teen Category 
Black teen artists in the Chicagoland area (within 100 miles of the Museum) currently enrolled in secondary education, grades 9-12 or equivalent.

Medium

Contemporary works created in any visual medium.

Jurors

• Amina Dickerson: President, Dickerson Global Advisors
• Thomas Lucas: Founder, Hummingbird Press Editions; Chair, Department of Art and Design, and Curator, University Galleries, Chicago State University
• Asha Iman Veal: Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography; Associate Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Fee

General Category (over 18): $10 (nonrefundable)
Teen Category (under 18): free

Image Courtesy of Griffin Museum of Science and Industry & The 2025 Black Creativity Program