September 2027 Gallery Members Call for Entries, Richmond, "Go Local"

September 2027

Gallery Members Only  Exhibition – Theme: Richmond “Go Local”

Celebrate the city we call home!

Richmond is a city filled with history, creativity, character, neighborhoods, landmarks, food, music, nature, architecture, and people who make it unlike anywhere else.

For our Richmond – “Go Local” Gallery Member Exhibit, we invite artists to explore what Richmond means to you.

Capture the Richmond everyone recognizes—or show us the Richmond only you know.

Think beyond traditional cityscapes! Your inspiration might come from the James River, Richmond’s bridges and skyline, historic architecture, neighborhood streets, local businesses, restaurants, music, gardens, parks, sports, festivals, murals, favorite gathering places, or the people and personalities who give our city its spirit.

Maybe it’s a familiar Richmond landmark. Maybe it’s your favorite neighborhood corner, a hidden treasure, a memory, or simply the feeling of living in RVA.

Go local. Think Richmond. Create RVA.

All styles, mediums, and interpretations are encouraged. We want to see Richmond through your eyes!

Come celebrate everything that makes Richmond distinctive, creative, colorful, historic, unexpected, and wonderfully local.

Show us YOUR Richmond!

Please note: Membership is not the same as Artist-in-Residence. If you are not a member, wish to renew, or want more information, join HERE

 All work submitted must be for sale, and artists may not remove work until the end of the show. All 2D work must be wired to hang on the wall. Sawtooth hangers are not allowed.

Call-for-Entry is through ArtCall: TBA

Works submitted through ArtCall will be on Crossroads Art Center's website in a special Collection, as well as LIVE at the art center.

NEW! Artists may submit work IN PERSON on Sunday, March 7, 2027, noon - 4pm.  This work will not be online.

Submission Fee: $15 each, for up to 2 entries

Commission: 70 % to artists, 30% to CAC

Important Dates:

• Call for Entries – August 8, 2027 – August 22, 2027

• Through ArtCall: Link TBA

• Or In-person Submission (will not be online) Sunday, September 5, 2027, Noon – 4pm ONLY!

• Artists Officially Notified through ArtCall: Tues, Aug 24, 2027

• Artwork Drop Off: Sunday, Sept. 5 (Noon – 4pm), Tues., Sept. 7 - Thurs., September 9 10am- 4pm

Exhibition Opening: Friday, September 17, 2027, 5pm – 8pm

Exhibition End Date: Saturday, November 6, 2027

Unsold Artwork Available for Artists to Pick Up: Sunday, November 7, 2027

 

PLEASE NOTE POLICY CHANGES:

1) We do NOT issue Refunds—

You will immediately get an email from ArtCall when payment is received. Check your spam folder if you don’t see it. The problem is usually a slow internet, or using your phone to enter. Do not continue to click the “submit payment” button. A deleted entry is still charged.

2) Need help entering the shows through ArtCall online?

 Artists that need help with entries can now get that help by paying $50 per entry. Call or email the art center to arrange an appointment.

3) AI Restrictions—
Artists must use THEIR OWN photo references. The use of any AI generated images or inspiration, professional photographed images, other artist’s images, instructor’s images or photographs taken by another individual, is STRICTLY prohibited.

Should we determine that an artist has violated this policy, the offending artist will NOT be eligible to participate in CAC online or gallery exhibitions for a period of two (2) years.

This policy safeguards the integrity of CAC and protects the individual artist from potential copyright infringement. Crossroads Art Center assumes no legal liability for violations of copyright of another individual’s material, or intellectual property rights.

4) Photography and Prints—
The gallery will accept only original work created by the artist. No reproductions or giclee prints will be accepted unless approved by Jenni Kirby, owner. 

Works where  the art process IS the printed process, i.e., etching, monoprint, silkscreen, lithograph, etc., or where the printed digital images is created by the artist with a computer program such as Procreate, Photoshop, etc. ARE permitted.  Artists must describe the process and program(s) used in the creation of their digital image.

The gallery reserves the right to refuse work if it believes these qualifiers have not been met.

5) Entering the show is an agreement. We expect the work to be delivered—
Be sure the dates for this show do not conflict with any gallery obligations you already have. As soon as work is entered, it should be temporarily removed from all sales and exhibition venues. Do not submit works with overlapping dates!