Source: Gallery A3
Gallery A3 announces an open call for artists for its 11th Annual Juried Show, to be held August 6–29, 2026. Submissions will be accepted online May 10–June 7, 2026.
Gallery A3’s Annual Juried Show offers local and regional artists an opportunity to exhibit in a downtown Amherst gallery. It gives the community a chance to see artists well-known in the area along with an opportunity to discover others who may be exhibiting for the first time in western Massachusetts.
This year, the theme is Everyday Sublime. Traditionally, the sublime describes awe, wonder, and sometimes fear in the face of nature’s immensity. It holds a special place in art history in its challenge to artists to portray personal experiences in an impersonal universe. At a time when the world can feel unnervingly tamed or overwhelmingly all-consuming, where and how does the Everyday Sublime present itself? Juror Andrew S. Yang lives in the Pioneer Valley and is a professor at the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
Guidelines for Submissions
Artists are invited to submit images online May 10–June 7, with an entry fee of $38 for three entries, $7 for one additional entry, maximum four entries per artist. 2-D artwork must be no wider than 26 inches and no taller than 72 inches. 3-D work must not exceed 18 lbs. and 26 inches in any direction. For more on how to submit work, see the gallery website: www.gallerya3.com
About the Juror
Andrew S. Yang explores our personal-as-ecological entanglements. His projects have been exhibited from Oklahoma to Yokohama, including the 14th Istanbul Biennial, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and currently the Worcester Art Museum’s exhibition Fever Dreams of a Cool-Breathed Earth. He has curated Earthly Observatory at SAIC Galleries in Chicago and Making Kin—Worlds Becoming for the Center for Humans & Nature, with writings in Leonardo, Art Journal, and edited collections like Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations. website: https://www.andrewyang.net
About Gallery A3
A cooperative, contemporary fine art gallery, Gallery A3 is located in the Cinema courtyard in downtown Amherst. Current members include painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers, and mixed-media artists. During its 24-year history, A3 has been home to over 75 artists, mounting monthly exhibits and offering cultural events and community collaborations. The Gallery hosts opening receptions every month; Art Forums, free and open to the public, are scheduled on the third Thursday. The Art in Community II outreach program is supported by grants from the Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
