CALL FOR ARTISTS

**ARTIST Entry labels HERE **
Please attach these to the back of your work!

Members Juried Exhibition 2026 - Entries open June 12th

September 12th - October 4th, 2026 | Clubhouse and Saltbox Galleries

Juror: Tanya Pohrt | Curator | Lyman Allyn Art Museum

Tanya Pohrt has worked at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum since 2015, curating exhibitions such as China from China: Porcelain and Stories of Early American Trade, Barkley L. Hendricks in New London, and The Way Sisters: Miniaturists of the Early Republic. Holding a Ph.D. in American Art History from the University of Delaware (2013), Pohrt was previously a Marcia Brady Tucker Fellow in American Paintings and Sculpture at the Yale University Art Gallery.

Please save the following dates:

Deadline for Entries: August 5th at NOON

Notification of Acceptance:  August 14, 2026 by end of day

Accepted work drop-off:  Tuesday, September 1st & Wednesday September 2nd, 10 am - 12 pm, 6-7 pm

A - M drop off at Clubhouse, N - Z drop off at Saltbox

Opening reception: Saturday, September 12th, 2 - 4 pm

Art Pick Up: Sunday October 4th, 4-5 pm or Monday October 5, 10 am - 12 pm.

Awards:

Best of Show: $500 cash prize donated the West Hartford Art League Board of Directors.

The Nancy Fritsche Award for an Acrylic painting: $100

The Barbara Morley Award for an Oil painting: $100

The Peter Ganick Award for an Abstract work in any medium: $100

$75 cash awards will also be awarded in the following categories:

-Watercolor

-Drawing

-Three dimensional work in clay, ceramic or wood

-Collage

-Fiber

-Pastel

-Photography

-Mixed Media

Interwoven: Connections in Fiber - Entries Deadline September 21st

October 18th - November 15, 2026 | Saltbox Gallery

Interwoven: Connections in Fiber explores the ways artists use fiber to create meaningful connections between materials, traditions, and personal experiences. Through mediums like weaving, stitching, quilting, embroidery, sculpture, and mixed-media approaches, this exhibition celebrates the artistry of fiber while highlighting the relationships between texture, pattern, memory, and storytelling. Each work invites viewers to discover the intricate connections—both visible and unseen—that bring fiber art to life.

Juror: Susan Jerome, Collections Manager at the University of Rhode Island Historic Textile and Costume Collection

Susan J. Jerome is Collections Manager at the University of Rhode Island Historic Textile and Costume Collection. She also works as the Curator/Registrar of the Historic Costume Collection at the University of Connecticut. Ms. Jerome received her Master of Science degree from the TMD department at URI. She writes and lectures on topics of clothing and needlecraft, works as a textile conservator, and is a consultant to museums and historical societies. An avid textilian, she is happiest when writing, talking and doing all things textile.

On View October 18 – November 15, 2026 | Saltbox Gallery

Entry Deadline:  September 21st at NOON

Opening: Sunday, October 18, 2-4 pm. Awards: 3 pm at the Saltbox building

Notification of Acceptance:  October 7th by end of day on this page

Accepted work drop-off:  Monday October 12th, 10 am - 2 pm or 6-7 pm. Tuesday October 13th, 10 am - 12 pm

Drop off at the Saltbox Gallery, 37 Buena Vista Road.

Pick Up of Work: November 15th, 4 -5 pm