The Foundation for New American Art is proud to present The World Cup of Drawing a Soccer Ball — a free, citywide arts initiative celebrating the geometry, beauty, movement, and global spirit of soccer through drawing and painting.
As FIFA brings the excitement of world soccer to New York, children, families, and emerging young artists across the city are invited to participate in public art events exploring the essential symbol of the game: the soccer ball itself.
What does soccer have to do with art? Everything.
To draw a soccer ball accurately, students must understand the geometry of a sphere, perspective, highlights, shadow, curvature, motion, and spatial relationships. Through art, children discover the principles behind aerodynamics, physics, engineering, and the extraordinary mechanics of the human body in motion.
At Foundation for New American Art workshops, children learn “rocket science the fun way” — through observation, creativity, and the joy of painting. The program is free and open to all, with a particular commitment to youth from immigrant communities and neighborhoods with limited access to arts education.
Participants compete in regional events held across Manhattan, Queens, Poughkeepsie, and Brooklyn — see sidebar left for dates and times of regional competitions — culminating in a championship final at the Waterfront Museum in Red Hook, Brooklyn, June 28, where finalists will compete for the title of World Cup of Drawing a Soccer Ball Champion.
