The Bergen County Teen Arts Festival is a celebration of the alliance of the arts and youth. It is founded on the belief that the arts are an essential language that provides an indispensable means of self-expression to our students. Through workshops in all the arts disciplines, the Festival strives to engage each student at a deeper level of artistry and professionalism. Through critiqued performances and exhibits, the Festival showcases the extraordinary talents of our middle and high schools students and their teachers. A prime benefit of the Festival is the opportunity it provides students to validate themselves as artists by spending a day in the company of other artists who participate in a myriad of creative fields on many levels. 

THE 2018 BERGEN COUNTY TEEN ARTS FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2019.

2019 Teen Arts Festival Materials:

• Preliminary Information and Application Forms
• Final Information and Application Forms
• Creative Writing Information and Application Forms
• Dance Information and Application Forms
• Music Information and Application Forms
• Theater Information and Application Forms
• Video Information and Application Forms
• Visual Art Information and Application Forms

• The 2018 Bergen County Teen Arts Program

History

The 2017 festival was our 42nd annual gathering of arts students in our county. We are proud to have served over 145,000 students, teachers and administrators over the years. In 2017, 56 High Schools and Middle Schools were in attendance at the Festival. We believe that this festival is the largest and most comprehensive one-day arts-in-education project for students in the state of New Jersey. 

Enrollment in the festival is by school district within Bergen County. Please contact Evan Cooper, the Teen Arts Festival Administrator with any questions at ecooper@co.bergen.nj.us or 201-336-7272.

Images From the 2015 Teen Arts Festival