Calling All Artists – 2026 International Juried Exhibition at The Center for Contemporary Art

BEDMINSTER, N.J. - EntSun -- The Center for Contemporary Art ("The Center") is pleased to offer an opportunity for artists to exhibit in The Center's 2026 International Juried Exhibition this winter from January 30 – March 29, 2026.

The Center's 2026 International Juried Exhibition consists of two- and three-dimensional work in all media including, painting, printmaking, charcoal, ink, graphite, pastel, fiber, photography, mixed media, ceramics, and more.

Awards will be given in the following categories: Special Exhibitions Committee Award: Up to three artists will be selected for a solo exhibition at The Center for Contemporary Art in 2027. First Prize: $500, Second Prize: $250, and Third Prize: $100. Deadline for entries is November 13, 2025.

This year's juror, Donna Gustafson is a free-lance curator, critic, and writer based in New Jersey.  Previously she served as Chief Curator at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, Director of Exhibitions at the Hunterdon Art Museum, and Chief Curator at the American Federation of Arts in New York. She has a PhD in Art History. Her curatorial resume includes major projects with publications such as George Segal: Themes and Variations; Angela Davis: Seize the Time; Subjective Objective: A Century of Social Photography; Striking Resemblance: The Changing Art of Portraiture; Guerrilla (and other) Girls: Art/Activism/Attitude; at/around/beyond: Fluxus at Rutgers; and Images of the World Between: The Circus in Twentieth- Century American Art. She has also organized one-person exhibitions with Alonzo Adams, Diane Burko, Lalla Essaydi, Jesse Krimes, Jim Toia, Rachel Perry Welty, and group shows that featured the work of contemporary artists Yana Bystrova, LaToya Frazier, Coco Fusco, Steffani Jemison, Bonnie Lucas, Sheila Pepe, Juan Sanchéz, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Joan Snyder, Bently Spang, and Renée Stout, among others. Her exhibitions and research have been funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation, Luce Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Recently she was an invited critic-in-residence at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York.

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Entry guidelines and application can be found on The Center's website https://ccabedminster.org/event/call-for-entries-2026-international-juried-exhibition/