2027 Mid-Atlantic Juried Show

You are invited to apply to be a part of McGuffey Art Center’s Third Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Show! 

McGuffey Art Center is located in downtown Charlottesville, VA and is one of the oldest artist-run cooperative art centers in the country. The show will take place April 2 - May 1, 2027 in the historic elementary school building that is McGuffey’s home and will feature an opening reception on Friday, April 2, 2026, 5:30 - 7:30pm

Any artist at least 18 years of age, residing in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, or North Carolina may enter. All work must be original and completed within the last three years.The competition is open to the following categories: painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, fiber, sculpture and mixed media. 2-D entries should not exceed 8 feet in any direction. No entry that requires the artist to be present for moving or assembly will be accepted. 

You are invited to apply to be a part of McGuffey Art Center’s Third Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Show! 

McGuffey Art Center is located in downtown Charlottesville, VA and is one of the oldest artist-run cooperative art centers in the country. The show will take place April 2 - May 1, 2027 in the historic elementary school building that is McGuffey’s home and will feature an opening reception on Friday, April 2, 2026, 5:30 - 7:30pm.

Any artist at least 18 years of age, residing in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, or North Carolina may enter. Works must be original, not copied from other artists, AI, or published materials. AI enhanced or created art and photography is prohibited from entry into the Show and completed within the last three years. The competition is open to the following categories: painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, fiber, sculpture and mixed media. 2-D entries should not exceed 8 feet in any direction. No entry that requires the artist to be present for moving or assembly will be accepted.

Please note that no changes can be made to your application after submission. If your artwork is for sale it cannot be presold before the exhibition. No price changes will be accepted after you have submitted your entry, so please double-check your entries for accuracy.

All of the works are available for purchase unless designated “Not for Sale” at the time of entry. Artists receive 65% of the sale price of their art. McGuffey receives 35% of the sales price. For sold work, a check will be mailed to artists a few weeks after the show end date.

Find us online: Visit the McGuffey Art Center website for more information at https://www.mcguffeyartcenter.com/mid-atlanticshow or email mac@mcguffeyartcenter.com with specific questions using the subject line, “Juried Show 2027.”

Our Juror:Jack Rasmussen

A native of Seattle, Jack Rasmussen earned his BA in Art from Whitman College before moving to Washington, DC, and completing an MFA in Painting, MA in Arts Management, and MA and PhD in Anthropology at American University. He worked in the Education Department of the National Gallery of Art before becoming Assistant Director of the Washington Project for the Arts when it opened in 1975. He left this position to open the Jack Rasmussen Gallery, one of the first commercial galleries to move to downtown Washington, and then helped launch Rockville Arts Place (VisArts), served for ten years as the Executive Director of Maryland Art Place in Baltimore, and three years as Executive Director of di Rosa, a contemporary art museum and sculpture garden in Napa, California. Rasmussen has been Director and Curator of the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC, since it opened in 2005. He is past president of the Maryland State Arts Council and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Deadline for entries: Friday, January 15, 2027
Notification of decision sent to artists: Monday, February 15, 2027
Receiving accepted hand delivered work: Thursday, March 25 - Saturday, March 27, 2027
Receiving accepted work-shipped by Tuesday, March 22 - Friday, March 26, 2027
First Friday Opening Reception: Friday, April 2, 2027
Panel Discussion: Saturday, May 1, 2027
Show closes: Saturday, May 1, 2027
Ship returns/In-person pick up: Sunday, May 2 - Tuesday, May 4, 2027

INSURANCE

McGuffey Art Center is not responsible for theft or damage of artwork from any cause whatsoever. Artists should insure their own work. McGuffey will not be responsible for insuring work in transit or on exhibit or for works unclaimed after date specified in contract.

DELIVERY OF ACCEPTED WORK

Entries may be shipped or hand-delivered to:

McGuffey Art Center
201 2nd St., NW
Room: Office
Charlottesville, VA 22902
phone: (434) 295-7973
mac@mcguffeyartcenter.com

Shipped entries must be sent in reusable containers (no packing peanuts) with return shipping form enclosed. Works selected for exhibition must either be delivered in-person or shipped PREPAID

A $10 handling fee is required from each artist that gets accepted to the show. If shipping, please include a check made payable to McGuffey Art Center. If dropping off in-person, you are welcome to pay by check or by credit card at the front desk.

McGuffey Art Center reserves the right to reject, upon additional review, work deemed not to have been accurately reflected in original submission images. Entries accepted into the exhibition must remain in the exhibition until the end of the show.
 

Online through CaFE only, at  www.callforentry.org.  
You will need to create an account (unless you already have one). It is free.
Populate your CaFE portfolio with images and information as instructed inside your account.

A non-refundable application fee of $35.00 covers up to three (3) submissions per artist. However only one (1) piece will be accepted into the ehibition.

McGuffey Art Center Association Member Application Fee: $25.00. Members obtain coupon code by contacting MAC front desk.

Payment can be made securely online through CaFÉ. Payment options with CaFÉ include credit cards, PayPal, and check.

The competition is open to the following categories: painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, fiber, sculpture and mixed media completed within the last three years. 2-D entries should not exceed 8 feet in any direction. Works must be original, not copied from other artists, AI, or published materials. AI enhanced or created art and photography is prohibited from entry into the Show. No entry that requires the artist to be present for moving or assembly will be accepted.

Any artist at least 18 years of age, residing in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC, or North Carolina may enter.