The MIT Creative Arts Competition is an annual contest designed to encourage arts-focused startups at the Institute. The $15,000 prize is offered as a grant to help launch the winning enterprise and enable the recipient(s) to join the ranks of MIT’s successful startup founders.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Creative Arts Competition
First Prize $15,000 Winner
Teach To Learn / team lead, Mark Adams
Teach To Learn is a free online cultural-exchange and mentorship service that supports musicians in resource-poor countries by connecting them to mentors in the United States using live video and e-learning platforms.
Second Prize $7,500 Winner
Sky International Music Education / team lead, Guo Zhang
Sky International Music Education aims to bring high-quality music education resources to China. They hire young professional musicians to provide online, live, interactive video lessons through their application as well as use artificial intelligence to customize and visualize the learning process.
Third Prize $2,500 Winner
ArtNext / team lead, Maria Esteban Casanas
ArtNext turns your home into a gallery experience. They provide curated art as a subscription model and at-home curatorial services, making use of gallery and museum collection holdings.
Audience Choice $750 Winner
Along Fault Lines / team lead, Antonio Moya-Latorre
Along Fault Lines is a platform that sparks emotional recovery among populations dealing with urban trauma, such as natural disasters or social conflicts, through artist residency programs that enhance cultural exchange.
The 2019 $15K Creative Arts Competition is supported in part by the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT), a group of alumni and friends with a strong commitment to the arts and serving the MIT community.
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