calls to artists
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Gallery Exhibitions:
We invite artists to submit their artwork for consideration for future shows. Emailed submissions should be sent to: [email protected] (Before submitting, please review directions for submitting artwork.) We are currently accepting submissions for the SPA exhibits and opportunities listed below. Check back for more shows and opportunities. Shows & Opportunities: CELEBRATE! SPA Annual Members' Show SPA invites its members to share their new work in a major show during the holiday gift-giving season – our annual members show called “CELEBRATE!” It’s a local arts extravaganza that includes a diverse selection of fine art and crafts displayed creatively on all 3 floors of the historic SPA building. Join us - visitors are inspired by the quality and scope of this show, a staple of our art center since 2000. (Space is limited; please contact SPA at (802) 479-7069 for additional information.) Deadline: Contact SPA by Fri., Oct. 9, 2026 Your SPA membership needs to be current through the duration of the show if you are interested in showing a selection of your work. Mark Your Calendar: Exhibit Dates: November 6 – Dec. 26, 2026 Reception: Sat., Nov. 14, late PM _____ Other Kingdoms Amazing but true: there are six kingdoms (or scientific groupings) of living things on our planet, four more than the familiar plant and animal kingdoms! Plants use sunlight to get the energy they need to feed themselves and many make beautiful flowers to reproduce through seeds; fungi are major decomposers (consuming dead and rotting material, often using underground root-like hyphae) and reproduce asexually, mostly through spores. This show will explore these two kingdoms of living things: Plants and Fungi. We will divide SPA’s gallery in half, creating designated space for each of the two kingdoms. In addition, there will be two site-specific installations that explore flowers, fungi and the diverse forms and habits of each (see below for details). Please propose two or three-dimensional work at [email protected]. Bigger than life-size or tiny! Individual works or installations! Naturally-pigmented or wildly un-natural! Real or imaginary, scientific or fantastical! Wall of Flowers: Ralph Waldo Emerson once remarked, “The earth laughs in flowers.” There will be a dense installation of floral-inspired materials in a section of the SPA gallery. For info, click HERE Ceiling of Mycelia: John Muir stated, “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.” There will also be a concentrated, ceiling installation of mycelia-like growths in a section of the SPA gallery. For info, click HERE Show Dates: January 20 – February 27, 2027 Deadline for Entries: Sat., December 5, 2025 _____ HAVEN Our relationship with living space encompasses a range of characteristics including shelter, safety, comfort, rest, affection, and sometimes the reverse of these qualities. We nest, we assemble, we move, and we take aspects of previous homes to new ones, if we are fortunate to have one. How do we define home? Is it merely a structure? Is it a curated collection of objects that hold our memories or define our origin? The people under the roof with us? What objects do we choose to leave behind or discard and what objects do we carry with us because a future residence would not be “home” without them. How do we respond to growing numbers of individuals who are unhoused in our community? Traditional and non-traditional media, installations. Show Dates: March 10 – April 17, 2027 Deadline for Entries: Sat., January 30, 2027 _____ Fire Up II SPA presented a show of contemporary fine ceramics by Vermont artists called “Fire Up” during the summer of 2006. This year, SPA will host a show drawing from the impressive group of clay artisans residing around the northeast, including Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The show will consist of 3-D and works for the walls, large and small; functional and non-functional works; and diverse forms, surfaces and firings. SPA’s origin story involves a major fire that swept through the historic Nichols Block 30 years ago, leaving behind a scorched historic structure that would become Studio Place Arts. Fire is imbedded in our identity. Show Dates: April 28 – June 12, 2027 Deadline for Entries: Sat., March 13, 2027 _____ Solo Shows Quick Change Gallery at SPA Calendar Year 2026 SPA has a small gallery made from a vintage telephone booth on its second floor called the Quick Change Gallery that is used for informal, short-term exhibits. Work exhibited in this spaces is unframed and pinned/clipped on a bulletin board-type surface. Inquiries are accepted throughout the year. Please submit your query to: [[email protected]] and write this in the subject line of your email: Quick Change Gallery. ---- Other Opportunities: 2026 SPA mounts art shows in spaces outside the art center in Barre City, including "159 North Main" (the AR Market - Pearl Street Pizza address) and the Morse Block (Morse Block Deli site). Inquiries are accepted throughout the year. Please submit your query to: [[email protected]] and write this in the subject line of your email: SPA Art Spaces. |
Directions for Submitting Artwork:
Group Shows Submissions should include the following:
How to Submit: Please email your submission materials to: [email protected] (Please Note: SPA will send an email to you within 3 business days to let you know your application was received via email. Sometimes there are issues with email service. If you do not hear from us, please call us or send another email.) Submission Fee: $10 Submission Fee for Non-Members (free for members) Pay Online: Other Ways to Submit Your Artwork and Payment: Physical materials (CDs & thumbdrives) and submission fees can be mailed or delivered to: Studio Place Arts 201 North Main Street Barre, VT 05641 *Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you would like your materials returned after review. Checks should be made out to "Studio Place Arts". Art Delivery Art delivery days and times are typically scheduled for the Monday and Tuesday, the week before the new show starts. We understand that sometimes it's difficult for artists to deliver on the scheduled days; please let us know in advance and we will do our best to schedule an alternative day/time for art delivery. Artists are responsible for expenses associated with shipping work to and from SPA for shows. Freedom of Expression Policy at SPA Approved in 2004, the SPA exhibition policy is the only one of its type in Vermont. Click HERE for the SPA Freedom of Expression Policy. Questions? Call: (802) 479-7069 or Email: [email protected] 
Exhibit by Ann Young in 2023 at "159 North Main," one of the local sites near SPA where we present art shows.
Enjoying a granite sculpture by Sophia Bettman-Kerson on display in the annual Rock Solid exhibit.
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