3rd Gonzaga Triennial: Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition

3rd Gonzaga Triennial: Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition

May 22 to August 28, 2027

In the summer of 2027, the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University presents the 3rd Gonzaga Triennial: Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition, organized by the staff of the museum.  

This juried display, occurring at Gonzaga University every third summer, seeks to present the diversity and dynamism of contemporary artistic activity in the Inland Northwest while celebrating the relationship between art and the local landscape.

In the summer of 2027, the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University presents the 3rd Gonzaga Triennial: Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition, organized by the staff of the museum.  

This juried display, occurring at Gonzaga University every third summer, seeks to present the diversity and dynamism of contemporary artistic activity in the Inland Northwest while celebrating the relationship between art and the local landscape. 

Selection of works and award winners for the 3rd Gonzaga Triennial: Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition will be made by Wes Jessup, Executive Director of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, and Paul Manoguerra, Director / Curator of the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University.  Works will be chosen for the show based upon the individual juror’s understanding of artistic quality and merit; the work’s adherence to the landscape theme and issues; the educational and professional achievements of the artist; and the observance of the rules and guidelines of the application process. 

“Every part of this soil is sacred in the estimation of my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy event in days long vanished.” — Chief Seattle, 1854 

“Landscape is a medium of exchange between the human and the natural, the self and the other. …Landscape is a natural scene mediated by culture.  It is both a represented and presented space, both a signifier and a signified, both a frame and what a frame contains, both a real place and its simulacrum, both a package and the commodity inside the package.” –W. J. T. Mitchell, “Imperial Landscape,” 1994 

“I was born by these waters…the earth here is my mother.” – Spokane Garry, 1879 

“In every dress nature is greatly charming… How gay looks the Spring! how glorious the Summer! how pleasing the Autumn! and how venerable the Winter! – But there is no thinking of these things without breaking out into poetry.” – James Thomson, 1726

The first Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibition was held at the Jundt Art Museum from May 26 to August 11, 2018, and attracted almost 4,000 visitors to campus during the summer months.  The award winners for the 2018 show included 1st place winner Amalia Fisch (Spokane, Washington) for her oil on canvas painting Kettle River Patchwork, and 2nd place winner Scott Bailey (East Wenatchee, Washington) for his painting 46˚ 51’ 06” N 121˚ 45’ 28” W (Delaunay Triangulation).  Honorable mention awards were given to Owen McAuley (Cheney, Washington), Dennis Smith (Medical Lake, Washington), and Gregg Schlanger (Ellensburg, Washington).  Postponed due to the pandemic, the 2nd Inland Northwest Landscape Art Exhibition occurred in the summer of 2024.  The show attracted more than 3,500 visitors.  The 2024 award winners included 1st place winner Laura Wise (Wapato, WA) for her oil painting Currents, 2nd place winner Amalia Fisch (Spokane, WA) for her mixed media work Orientation, 3rd place winner Gregg Caudell (Republic, WA) for an oil painting Decisions, and honorable mentions to Michael Holloman (Pullman, WA), Cozette Phillips (Spokane, WA), and Beth Rimmelspacher (Clarkston, WA).

About the Jurors 

Wes Jessup is a museum professional with over 30 years of experience in the field. He is currently the Executive Director of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (the “MAC”) in Spokane, WA, where he has served for six years.  Wes has experience at a wide range of museums, from the Guggenheim in New York City to the Longmont Museum in Boulder County, Colorado, as well as in his home state of Alaska, where he worked with Inupiat and Yupik communities to develop a cultural center in the city of Nome. In his current role at the MAC, Wes leads the oldest and largest cultural organization in the Inland Northwest region, serving Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, Southern British Columbia, and Western Montana. Wes grew up in Anchorage, AK, earned his BA in Art History from California State University, Fullerton in 1992, and his MA in Museum Studies and Art History from City University of New York in 2001. 

Paul Manoguerra, a juror for the first two Gonzaga Triennials, has been the director and curator of the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University since June 2013. He holds a PhD in American Studies from Michigan State University, a MA in Museum Studies from The George Washington University, and a BA in History from the University of Notre Dame. Previously, he served as the curator of American art and, eventually, chief curator, at the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia for more than a decade. He has worked in various curatorial roles at museums in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Washington, DC. Manoguerra has served as curator for and developed more than 90 art exhibitions over more than three decades, winning numerous exhibition and publication awards. Most recently, his exhibition catalogue for Art U.S.A.: One Hundred Works on Paper, 1925–1950, from the Collection of the Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University earned the Juror’s Choice Award and Winner in the Fine Arts category of the National Indie Excellence Awards for independent publishers in 2025. Dr. Manoguerra also teaches courses in art appreciation, 19th-century art history, and museum studies at Gonzaga.

List of important dates and deadlines: 2027

• February 1  Submission deadline for all materials on CaFÉ and the payment of one-time $25 entry fee.
• February 10  Exhibition acceptances announced by the jury/museum.
• March 1  Artists must provide publication-ready, high-quality images of each accepted work of art.
• April 1   List of up to 20 addresses for a postcard mailing provided to the museum.
• May 12 to May 14   Delivery of all works of art to the loading dock of the Jundt Art Museum.
• May 17   Exhibition installation by the museum commences.
• May 21  Reception and award ceremony; free and open to the public; 4-7pm.
• May 22, 10am   3rd Gonzaga Triennial opens to the public.
• August 28, 4pm  Exhibition closes to the public.
• August 30 and August 31  All works of art must be picked up from the museum.

Rules and Guidelines 

The Jundt Art Museum reserves the right at all times to exclude any work of art from its galleries for any reason. 

All works will be insured by Gonzaga University while in the custody of the Jundt Art Museum. 

All submissions must represent completed works of art. No incomplete works, conceptual works, or project proposals will be considered.  Works must be suitable for museum exhibition installation, complete with all their own respective hardware or materials, but may be in any media.  There are no specific size limitations for two-dimensional or three-dimensional works of art but gallery space is limited. 

It is the artist’s responsibility to deliver the work(s) of art to the loading dock of the Jundt Art Museum.  Delivery must occur between 10am Wednesday, May 12 and 4pm Friday, May 14, 2027.  Details about delivery will be provided to accepted artists. 

The Jundt Art Museum will conduct all object installation.  Art objects will be installed during the week of May 17, 2027. Any object that cannot be installed by the designated date will be disqualified. Location, placement, and lighting of individual works of art will be at the complete and full discretion of the Jundt Art Museum. 

All accepted works of art must be removed between August 30 and August 31, 2027. Any object not removed by end of the business day August 31 will be considered abandoned and will become the property of Gonzaga University and the Jundt Art Museum, unless other arrangements have been made in writing and in advance between the artist and the museum. 

Works of art in the exhibition will not be for sale, and the work must remain on site for the duration of the exhibition. 

By submitting to the 3rd Gonzaga Triennial, the artist agrees to comply with all rules and requirements.  

Any and all publicity for the exhibition must come from the Jundt Art Museum and Gonzaga University.  Accepted artists will be able to provide up to 20 addresses each for the mailing of the museum’s exhibition postcard announcement. 

Finalists will be notified of their inclusion in the exhibition no later than February 10, 2027. Award winners will be announced at the reception on May 21. 

First prize is $1000. The second place winner will receive $500, and the recipient of any honorable mentions will receive $250. Sponsored awards might also be available. 

Submissions must follow all guidelines as stated within this prospectus. 

Artists may submit up to three different works of art with each work having no more than one image each which shows the entire work of art. The submission deadline for all materials is Monday, February 1, 2027, 10:59pm PST.

All applications are handled through the separate submissions management website, CaFÉ. If you do not already have an account with CaFÉ, you will need to complete the free registration in order to fill out your submission form and to submit your images. Processing of the one-time $25 entry fee is managed through CaFÉ.

An artist applying for the exhibition must be a resident of one of the following counties, and must be able to prove residency in one of these counties in the Inland Northwest: 

Washington: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman, or Yakima. 

Idaho: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, or Shoshone. 

Each artist must provide a biography, including major educational and professional achievements, and upload the biography as a file as part of the application process.

Proof of residency is required of artists as part of the application process.  Proof will be a digital/scanned copy—saved as a JPEG file or other acceptable file under 2MB—of a mortgage or rental statement, a driver’s license, or a bill from a utility company with the name and address clearly legible, and uploaded as part of the online application process.  No exceptions to the residency requirement will be made.