By Emma Barhydt

Now that the lights have dimmed in the Bruce Museum’s Vicki Netter Fitzgerald Gallery and the iCreate 2025 artworks have come down, the impression left on the community endures— a season defined by the vision and confidence of young artists. For seventeen years, the Bruce has invited high school students from across Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey to submit their work for this juried exhibition. Each new edition shows how strongly the museum’s mission connects with the community’s belief in cultivating creativity from an early age. This year’s show—on view from June through September— made that relationship especially clear, pairing youthful imagination with professional mentorship and public engagement.

The 2025 exhibition drew hundreds of submissions across painti

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