Brooklyn Teen’s Impressive Artwork ‘Uganda’ Wins a Spot at the Met
“I’ve been told that I’m inspiring young artists all around the world and that’s amazing.”
Little did 18-year-old Cliffannie Forrester know that a rediscovered photograph of a little girl captured during a mission trip to Uganda would help her accomplish one of her dreams.
<p><a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/krishrach/this-18-year-old-just-achieved-her-goal-of-getting-art-in-th?utm_term=.qkA4V6mN1#.aiKYWQDr2" target="_blank">Buzzfeed </a>reports, one of Forrester’s teachers at New York’s High School of Art and Design encouraged her to transform the snapshot into this work of art, and enter it into the <strong><a href="http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/teachlearn/arts/initiatives/ps-art.html" target="_blank">P.S. Art competition</a></strong> that selects pieces to be displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC that has millions of visitors from around the world.</p><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p></p><p dir="ltr" lang="en">WHO JUST COMPLETED THEIR LIFE GOAL AT AGE 18? ME. AS OF 6/14/16 MY PIECE IS IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. <a href="https://t.co/18ejqWmhvV">pic.twitter.com/18ejqWmhvV</a></p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p>— cliff (@civilwarcliff) <a href="https://twitter.com/civilwarcliff/status/742803857789595648">June 14, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><p>The teenage Brooklynite’s artwork <strong><em>Uganda</em> </strong>has been selected as one of the winners, and has earned her a $1,000 scholarship.</p><p>Forrester tweeted about her accomplishment, and as Twitter always loves an inspiring story, it has gone viral, receiving more than 39,000 retweets and 85,000 likes, so far.</p><p>“Who just completed their life goal at age 18?” Forrester tweets. “Me. As of 6/14/16, my piece is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”</p><p></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><p></p><div style="padding: 8px;"><p></p><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"></div><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BGu0pWVCrau/" style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">I look like an egg</a></p><p>A photo posted by Coretta The Chef (@cliffannie) on <time datetime="2016-06-16T22:09:42+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jun 16, 2016 at 3:09pm PDT</time></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></p><p>As if that wasn’t enough good news, she has received word that <em>Uganda</em> will be on display in Times Square as well.</p><p></p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);"><p></p><div style="padding: 8px;"><p></p><div style="background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 51.0185185185% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;"></div><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BGkaHE8CrTv/" style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">:'-) so happy</a></p><p>A photo posted by Coretta The Chef (@cliffannie) on <time datetime="2016-06-12T21:05:26+00:00" style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">Jun 12, 2016 at 2:05pm PDT</time></p><p></p></div></blockquote><p><script async="" defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script></p><p>“My next goal is to get another piece in a museum. I never want to give up my work,” Forrester <a href="http://superselected.com/teen-artist-lands-a-spot-in-the-met/" target="_blank">says</a>, who has plans to enroll at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she will major in Fine Art.</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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