Free Arts Programs for High School Students

Every displayed entry states it is free or costs $0. A program with no listed price is omitted rather than called free or paid. This implies nothing about funding, aid, affiliation, selectivity, or eligibility.

Open an entry to read what it holds, then confirm the details on the official program page before acting.

56 published catalog entries match this page; the 30 most relevant are featured below; 12 can be done online.

Catalog entries

Browse 30 catalog programs:

• National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA) — Catalog organization: Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute — Cost: Free
• AAJA JCamp — Catalog organization: Asian American Journalists Association — Cost: Free
• WriteGirl Teen Writing and Mentoring Program — Catalog organization: WriteGirl — Cost: Free
• Write the World — Catalog organization: Write the World — Cost: Free
• Young Writers & Leaders — Catalog organization: The Telling Room — Cost: Free
• Nashville Symphony Accelerando — Catalog organization: Nashville Symphony — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
• Citywide Poets — Catalog organization: InsideOut Literary Arts — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
• Indy Shorts High School Film Competition — Catalog organization: Heartland Film — Cost: Free
• The Blank Young Playwrights Festival — Catalog organization: The Blank Theatre — Cost: Free · Deadline: March 14, 2027
• Expanding the Walls — Catalog organization: Studio Museum in Harlem — Cost: Free · paid stipend
• Sphinx Performance Academy — Catalog organization: Sphinx Organization — Cost: Free
• Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Internships — Catalog organization: Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage — Cost: Free · paid stipend · Deadline: Rolling applications
• RISD Project Open Door: Saturday Portfolio — Catalog organization: Rhode Island School of Design Project Open Door — Cost: Free
• Youth Mentorship in the Arts — Catalog organization: New Urban Arts — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
• Teen Leadership Council — Catalog organization: High Museum of Art — Cost: Free · paid stipend
• GrubStreet Teen Summer Writing Fellowship — Catalog organization: GrubStreet Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP) — Cost: Free · paid stipend
• Alliance Theatre Teen Ensemble — Catalog organization: Alliance Theatre — Cost: Free
• Immerse Education Essay Competition 2027 — Catalog organization: Immerse Education — Cost: Free · Deadline: October 25, 2026
• Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award — Catalog organization: The Poetry Society — Cost: Free
• Processing and p5.js Creative Coding Resources — Catalog organization: Processing Foundation — Cost: Free · Deadline: Rolling applications
• Mississippi Governor's School — Catalog organization: Mississippi Arts Commission — Cost: Free
• Lincoln Forum Platt Family College Essay Contest — Catalog organization: The Lincoln Forum — Cost: Free · paid stipend
• Music Educator Award — Teacher Nomination — Catalog organization: Recording Academy and GRAMMY Museum — Cost: Free
• Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival – International Competition — Catalog organization: Tel Aviv University, Steve Tisch School of Film and Television — Cost: Free
• Interactive Fiction Competition (IFComp) — Catalog organization: Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation — Cost: Free
• Sony World Photography Awards — Youth Competition — Catalog organization: World Photography Organisation — Cost: Free
• Teen Ink Magazine Submissions — Catalog organization: Teen Ink — Cost: Free
• The New York Times My List Review Contest — Catalog organization: The New York Times Learning Network — Cost: Free
• Doodle for Google — Catalog organization: Google LLC — Cost: Free
• Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference — Catalog organization: Freedom Forum — Cost: Free

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