UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2025
November 14 - January 1, 2026

Deck the Walls
open to all members
Faripour Forouhar Solo Show: A Life’s Journey Through Paintings
Inside Story – (Juror: Ephraim Rubenstein); (open to all members): Inside Story invites viewers into the quiet drama of interior spaces; those rooms, corners, and thresholds that shape our daily lives. More than simple settings, interiors hold memory, emotion, and narrative. They are places of solitude, reflection, work, ritual, and imagination. This exhibition seeks paintings that explore the world within walls, renderings of real or invented interiors that evoke a mood, tell a story, or capture the spirit of a space. Whether intimate or expansive, orderly or chaotic, these inner landscapes offer a glimpse into the personal, the poetic, and the psychological.
Online Submission Links Goes Live October 6
Digital Submissions Due: Friday, October 24 by Midnight
Accepted Lists Announced: Friday, October 31
Drop off/ Pick up: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, November 7, 8, & 9 from 10 am – 5 pm
Award Winners Contacted by Friday, November 14
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 23 from 2 – 4 pm
2026
January 9 - February 20

First Impressions: 34th Annual Associate Artist Show
open to associate artists only
Congratulations
open to new elected artists only
The Artists Garden (open to all members): Gardens have long been a source of inspiration cultivated spaces where nature and creativity intertwine. The Artist’s Garden invites works that celebrate the beauty, symbolism, and personal meaning of gardens. From lush florals to quiet corners, cultivated plots to imagined landscapes, this exhibition reflects on how artists see and interpret the garden as a place of growth, reflection, and renewal.
Online Submission Link Goes Live: Monday, November 24, 2025
Digital Submissions Due: Friday, December 12, 2025 by Midnight
Accepted List Announced: Friday December 19, 2025
Art Drop off/ Pick up: Saturday & Sunday, January 3 & 4 from 10 am – 5 pm
Award Winners Contacted by Friday Jan 9
Opening Reception: Sunday, January 11 from 2 – 4 pm
February 27 - April 10

An Exhibition in Four Acts (open to all members):
- “This Land is Your Land”: This exhibition celebrates the ever-changing landscapes that surround us. Artists are invited to reflect on their connection to place, exploring how land shapes identity, memory, and belonging. From sweeping vistas to intimate corners of the everyday, this show asks: how do we see, honor, and inhabit the land that sustains us?
- Animal Kingdom: From the wild to the domestic, the animal world has long inspired creativity, symbolism, and storytelling. Animal Kingdom invites artists to explore the animals that inspire us, examining our relationships with them as companions, muses, and metaphors. This exhibition welcomes artwork that captures the beauty, spirit, and complexity of the animals that share our world.
- Stillness: A Still Life: The still life tradition has endured for centuries, offering artists a way to find meaning in the quiet arrangement of everyday objects. In Stillness: A Still Life, artists are encouraged to reimagine this timeless genre, whether through classical interpretation, contemporary experimentation, or symbolic storytelling. This exhibition seeks works that invite viewers to pause, observe, and reflect on the beauty of the still life genre.
- Abstracted: Abstraction opens a space for artists to move beyond representation, exploring form, color, line, and gesture as expressions in themselves. Abstracted invites artists to push boundaries, distill ideas, and experiment with visual language in bold or subtle ways. From pure non-objectivity to works that balance between the recognizable and the abstract, this exhibition celebrates the power of art to evoke emotion, energy, and imagination.
Online Submission Link Goes Live: Monday, January 12
Digital Submissions Due: Friday, January 30 by Midnight
Accepted List Announced: Friday, February 6
Art Drop off/ Pick up: Saturday & Sunday, February 21 & 22 from 10 am – 5 pm
Award Winners Contacted by Friday, February 27
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 1 from 2 – 4 pm
April 17 - May 29

Ship to Shore: A Marine Show
open to all members
A Closer Look (open to all members): Sometimes the smallest details reveal the greatest depth. A Closer Look encourages artists to focus in—whether through magnification, intimate subject matter, or a slowed way of seeing. This exhibition celebrates observation, detail, and discovery, inviting artworks that ask viewers to pause and notice what might otherwise go unseen.
Online Submission Link Goes Live: Monday, March 2
Digital Submissions Due: Friday, March 20 by Midnight
Accepted List Announced: Friday March 27
Art Drop off/ Pick up: Saturday & Sunday, April 11 & 12 from 10 am – 5 pm
Award Winners Contacted by Friday April 17
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 19 from 2 – 4 pm
June 5 - July 17

A Connecticut History (open to all members): From its Indigenous roots to its role in shaping American culture, Connecticut holds a layered and evolving history. Connecticut History invites artists to engage with the people, places, and events that have defined the state—whether through direct representation, personal connection, or contemporary reinterpretation. This exhibition seeks works that honor, question, and illuminate the stories that continue to shape Connecticut’s identity.
Hudson Valley Art Association’s 93rd Annual Juried Member Show
guest show
Young Artists Exhibition
open to young artists ages 5 – 18
Young Artists Info Page
Online Submission Link Goes Live: Monday, April 20
Digital Submissions Due: Friday, May 8 by Midnight
Accepted List Announced: Friday May 15
Art Drop off/ Pick up: Saturday & Sunday, May 30 & 31 from 10 am – 5 pm
Award Winners Contacted by Friday, June 6
Opening Reception: Saturday, June 13 from 5 – 7 pm
July 24 - September 11

105 Elected Artist Exhibition
open to elected artists only
Expanding Visions
open to all members
New Haven Paint & Clay Club Select Members Exhibition
guest show
Online Submission Link Goes Live: Monday, June 8
Digital Submissions Due: Friday, June 26 by Midnight
Accepted List Announced: Friday, July 3
Art Drop off/ Pick up: Saturday & Sunday, July 18, & 19 from 10 am – 5 pm
Award Winners Contacted by Friday, July 24
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 1 from 5 – 7 pm