Submissions for the 2025 student art challenge are open until March 21, 2025. Cash prizes of $500 for first-place winners and $250 for honourable mentions will be awarded in two age categories: Grades 7 to 9 and Grades 10 to 12. This year’s winning artworks will be exhibited at Art Toronto in October 2025 and in an online exhibition hosted on the Art Canada Institute’s website (aci-iac.ca). Each year, students in Grades 7 through 12 are invited to create original artworks with accompanying artist statements inspired by leaders in Canadian art history. Applicants are encouraged to interpret this theme as broadly as they wish and to create works in any media. A student submission consists of the completed submission form (including the artist statement) and a high-resolution image of the artwork. Send completed forms and images to: contest@aci-iac.ca.