COMING SOON!
Celebrating Student Creativity for America’s 250th
Coming in June: WNET, New York’s flagship public media station, will launch Tapestry of New York—a new online platform showcasing the creative work of New York students in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.
The platform will feature artwork and media created by elementary, middle, and high school students across the state, reflecting their unique views on the American Revolution and the “unfinished revolutions” that followed. Student submissions might include collages, drawings, paintings, photography, graphics, videos, and other artworks. All submissions will include written statements by students about their work.
The Tapestry of New York visual storytelling platform will feature:
Theme: We the People
The preamble of the U.S. Constitution begins with the famous words, “We the People of the United States…” However, ideas about what it means to be an American have changed over the past 250 years, as New Yorkers have advocated for a more expansive definition that includes people of more diverse backgrounds.
Students are invited to create artwork or media that explores one of more of the following questions from their own perspective:
What does “We the People” mean to you?
Open to all K–12 students in New York from June to December 2026
Schools, libraries, museums, and after-school programs across the state are invited to participate and submit student work starting in June.
Email TapestryofNY@wnet.org for more information.
