RegenAll is partnering with Pennsylvania College of Art & Design to host the 2026 Youth Climate Art Exhibition, a pre-event component of the Climate Summit!

Students from around the county will have the opportunity to express their vision of a thriving, resilient, and sustainable “green future” to promote creative and hopeful thinking for the next generation. We hope that their work will inspire decision-makers, lawmakers, and community members to see a better future for our shared environment.

The exhibition will be held November 8 – 15 at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design’s Welcome Center (241 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA 17603) with an opening reception on Friday, November 13 from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.

A slideshow of the artwork will be shown at the Climate Summit on Saturday, November 14.

There are several ways to submit work:

1. Create artworks at home! Artwork can be submitted digitally or physically to Pennsylvania College of Art & Design (204 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA 17603). Download the Exhibition Entry Form to review instructions for 2D, 3D, and digital artwork submission.
2. Attend a workshop! Physical artworks can be created in free PCA&D partner workshops. Options are below.

Visual Poetry Workshop: Grades 10 – 12 | October 17

• Instructor: Professor and Poet Caitlin Downs
• Saturday, October 17
• 12:30 – 2:30 PM
• Description: Combining skills in collage and erasure, this session introduces students to the myriad ways of crafting visual poems. Supplies will be provided—all you need to bring is an eye for the arrangement of text and images. Led by the Department Chair of the Creative Writing BFA, Caitlin Downs, the session is a guided opportunity to build your own visual narrative.

(Mini) Enviro-Zine Making 101: Grades 7 – 10 | October 17

• Instructor: Illustrator and PCA&D Graduate Laurence Jacoby
• Saturday, October 17
• 10 AM – 12 PM
• Description: This is a mini-zine making class for students in grades 7-10. This class will cover how to make an 8-page mini-zine and its many uses. The main goal of this class is to understand what goes into making a mini-zine and how they can be used as a tool for communicating ideas and opinions through art. In addition to mini-zine production, students will learn mixed-media techniques; they will first brainstorm ideas for their zines and create a hard copy by collaging from recycled magazines and hand-drawn illustrations. Then, once they are done with their hard copy, they will learn how to copy and fold their zines. Walking away with 6 mini zines with their idea of a more environmentally conscious future.

Love Letters to Tomorrow: Collage Workshop: Grades 4-6 | October 24

• Instructor: Sam Sweigert
• Saturday, October 24
• 10 AM – 12 PM
• Description: There are endless ways to find and use our creative voices to uplift and advocate for things important to us! In this workshop, students in grades 4-6 will learn more about how poetry can communicate our values by using found objects and magazines to write their own blackout poem. Together, we’ll explore examples of collage poems and discuss how to reuse materials to create something new before writing and collaging our own!

Exploring Recycled Materials – Landscapes: Grades 1-3 | October 24

• Instructor: Misia Palad
• Saturday, October 24
• 12:30 – 2:30 PM
• In this workshop, we will be making a farm or river scene out of recycled materials. The goal for this class is to use our materials to create a fun and cool collage of the scene while we think about ways to continue to recycle and keep our planet healthy. Let’s go experiment with all sorts of random materials we can recycle and reuse to make a really cool landscape!