Artwork Rights and Exhibition Policy

Ownership

NextCanvas ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") does not claim copyright to student artwork. You keep full ownership of your work. 

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Limited Permission to Share (for the Open Call)

By submitting, you grant NextCanvas a limited, non-exclusive permission to display your submitted images for purposes related to the Open Call—such as jury review, the NextCanvas website gallery (if selected), announcements, and educational/community storytelling. We will always credit the artist name you provide.

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Student Safety & Guardian Control

For minors, we may request guardian confirmation for public-facing features (e.g., finalist pages, exhibitions). Guardians can request edits or removal of a student’s profile or artwork display, and we will honor verified requests promptly.

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What We Will Never Do

We will never sell student artwork files, license them to third parties for commercial use, or use them in paid advertising without explicit written permission.

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Questions / Removal Requests

For questions or removal requests, contact: info@nextcanvas.org.

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Last Updated: Jan 2026

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