The Unseen -What Lies Beneath the Surface

Enter The Unseen: What Lies Beneath the Surface, a Juried Exhibition, for a chance to exhibit your artwork at Artspace's gallery located at 2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225.

Artspace Gallery is a non-profit organization that prides itself on support and development of artists from all backgrounds. 

Notification of acceptance:  December 19.

Exhibition Dates: January 22 - March 20, 2025

Juror: Robert Stuart 

Artspace

2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225 in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center

804.232.6464 phone | www.artspacegallery.org

artspaceexhibitions@gmail.com

Rules of Entry

Enter The Unseen,  a Juried Exhibition, for a chance to exhibit your artwork at Artspace's gallery located at 2833-A Hathaway Rd., Richmond, VA 23225.

Artspace Gallery is a non-profit organization that prides itself on support and development of artists from all backgrounds. 

The Unseen invites artists to explore hidden forces, dreams, memories, spirituality, mystery, imagination, and unseen systems that shape our experience of the world. 

Juror: Robert Stuart 

Robert grew up mostly overseas his father worked for USAID and UNESCO. He attended Boston University’s School for the Arts, a rigorous, traditional program with much figure drawing. Philip Guston was a major influence there.

After living in Guam for eighteen months, Boston again, then Virginia, he had a Teaching Assistantship and earned an MFA at James Madison University. Following this he launched a career as a painter of landscapes and still lifes. He enjoyed success in galleries and was selected for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Un/Common Ground exhibit.

After ten years established in this representational style, but with episodes of experimentation in abstraction, his response to abstract painting became so evident that he could no longer deny it. Discovering Agnes Martin’s paintings and writings was crucial. Finally, after a trip to Japan visiting Zen gardens, a vivid dream of a large, red, abstract painting was so compelling that he set out in a new direction. Soon after the move to abstraction, he was chosen for the New Orleans Museum of Art Triennial, and not long after that, he received an Academy Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. 

Recently, Robert has honed his curatorial experience as a one of the directors at Gallery 22 in Staunton, VA. 

Prizes:

• 1st Place: $300, plus a solo exhibition at Artspace.
• 2nd Place: $200.
• 3rd Place $100.
• Also, at the discretion of the juror, up to three honorable mentions.

Entries & Fees:

All entries must be submitted through CaFÉ. 

$35 non-refundable proposal fee required. Proposals will not be reviewed before finalized payment is received thru CaFÉ unless the fee presents a hardship for the proposer. Please contact the exhibition committee prior to submitting your proposal if you need to request an exemption from the fee at: artspaceexhibitions@gmail.com

IMPORTANT DATES

Exhibition Dates: January 22 - March 20, 2027

Submission Deadline: Friday, December 4, 2026, 11:59 pm, Mountain Time.

Estimated Notification of Acceptance: Saturday, December 19.

Accepted Work Received: Wednesday January 13 - Saturday January 166, 2027(Closed Monday and Tuesday, January 11 and 12) Deliveries accepted during gallery hours, noon to 4pm

Installation of Work: January 18- January 21

Opening Reception and Awards Presentation: January 22, 6:00 - 8:00pm. Juror Talk: 6:30pm

Show Closes: Saturday, March 20 @ 4pm

Pick up Work:  Saturday March 20,  4:00 – 6:00pm or Sunday, February 21,  noon – 2:00pm.

Return of Shipped Work: by Friday April 9

• 1 to 3 images
• An Artist Statement
• For video entries, artists must provide display equipment if work is selected.
• Artwork size: All work must be able to get through our door, 33 inches width by 82 3/4 inches height with a diagonal of 88 inches. The height of gallery walls is 96 inches.

• The Unseen is open to artists 18 years and above.
• Submissions are open to artwork in all genres, 2D and 3D.
• Artwork creation date should be 2022 or later.
• Only selected artwork will be included in the exhibition. No substitutions allowed.
• Selections will be made without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, or national origin. Every reasonable effort within the capacity of Artspace will be made to accommodate artists with disabilities or accessibility needs.