XC Creative Art Contest

Program 01

Celebrating
Multi-Disciplinary Art

XC Creative Art Contest encourages originality and embraces cross-disciplinary mediums, aiming to reshape the meaning of creativity and redefine art itself.

Cross-Disciplinary Categories

Exhibition Opportunities

Win Cash Award up to $1000

Recommendation Letter

Competition Category

Cross-disciplinary art education helps students think outside the box, connect ideas from diverse perspectives, and solve problems in creative ways—skills they’ll need to adapt and learn quickly in a fast-changing world.

Feng Zhang

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

Core Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

James and Patricia Poitras Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT

Creativity in my view, is the courage to step outside your comfort zone.

William Norton

Main Judge, XC Creative Art Contest

Independant Curator based in NYC, New York

Gallery Director, PeepShow Space

Art extends beyond traditional forms like drawing, painting, or installation—it can include scientific exploration, such as 3D printing, or video works that blend music and film. While AI may replicate certain tasks, it can never replace imagination and creativity.

Science + Art

3D Printing and Art

Kinetic Sculptures

Artistic Circuits

Architectural 3D Modeling

Drawing Robots

Go

Video Art + Music

Short video (animation/film)

Music video

Performance video

Literature + Art

Book Design

Literature and Ilustration

Go

Traditional Art

Drawing

Painting

Photography

Digital Art

Mixed Media

Go

Our Judges

William Norton

Main Judge

Gallery Director, Independant Curator, Artist based in New York

Kahori Kamiya

Artistic Judge

Artist based in New York

Yuesen Wang

Science Judge

Engineer, Educator based in Boston

Yiming Wu

Music Judge

Classical Music Composer, Educator based in Boston

Anji Taratuta

Film Judge

Director for Film based in Russia

Vincent Yee

Literature Judge

Author, Educator based in Boston

Requirements

Info

Students need to add their basic information (name, nationality, email, parent’s info, school district, school teacher)
Students need to add their art study information ( Who helped them if any, which art studio they went to if any)

Artworks

Students need to add their art information:
- Artwork title
- Its category
- Material/medium
- Dimensions (canvas size, paper size, or if installation HxWxL, if video then frame rate/video length.

Full Requirement

Some Writing

Students need write a brief explanation of their thought process and what does their art mean to them. As well as if they got any inspiration from other artists.

Done!

Once you successfully submit, you should see a congratulative message.
If you are selected to the second round of review, you should receive a notification through your email.