Design the Commemorative Poster for KCA’s Lunar New Year Celebration!
Kupferberg Center for the Arts (KCA) invites artists of all ages to design the commemorative poster for our annual Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Fire Goat, featuring Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company.
About the event
The performance takes place Sunday, January 31, 2027, at 3 PM at Colden Auditorium. The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company presents a spellbinding, family-friendly celebration of the Year of the Goat through the power and beauty of dance, blending ancient Chinese traditions with contemporary movement. The 2027 Lunar New Year marks the Year of the Fire Goat, associated with creativity, warmth, and kindness. Let that spirit inspire your design.
What the winner receives
- A $500 prize
Your design used as the official event poster, with artist credit - 4 tickets to the January 31 performance
- On-stage acknowledgement about the artist and poster
Who can enter
- Open to artists of all ages
- Free to enter
- One entry per person
What to submit
- An original vertical poster, 24×32 inches
- JPG or PDF, 72 dpi for submission, readable from a distance. If your poster is selected as the winner, a 300 dpi print-ready file will be requested.
- Your poster must include: “Lunar New Year Celebration: Year of the Fire Goat,” “SUN, JAN 31, 3 PM,” and “Colden Auditorium”
- Original work only. No AI-generated art, no copyrighted characters, and no logos (KCA will add its logo to the winning design)
How to enter
- Submit your poster HERE by Monday, November 30, 2026, along with your name and a few sentences about your concept.
Judging & announcement
A panel of KCA staff will select the 3 best finalists by December 7, based on theme, creativity, readability, and celebration of Lunar New Year culture. The finalists will be shared on KCA’s social media channels, KCA website, and newsletter, and the public can vote for their favorite via Jotform from December 7 through December 11. The entry with the most votes wins. In the event of a tie, the KCA staff panel will select the winner. The winner will be announced December 15. The winning artist grants KCA the right to reproduce the poster for event promotion, with credit. The artist keeps copyright. KCA reserves the right to select fewer than three finalists, or to name no winner and award no prize, if in the judges’ sole discretion no entry meets the judging criteria. In that case, no entry will be used as the official poster.
Questions?
Please contact Shawn Choi at shawn.choi@qc.cuny.edu