Call for Entries

The above video will show you how to enter the shows with step-by-step directions. 

  *Click on the the show you are interested in and it will take you to that specific show's information. 

 Crossroads Art Center’s AMS are open to mid-Atlantic artists through a bimonthly call for entries, and cash prizes are awarded for the winners. Each show is juried by a prominent art professional from the community (a gallery director, curator, museum official, arts professor, or accomplished artist). Cash awards are given for 1st $100, 2nd $75, and 3rd $50 place winners. The 2024 AMS shows are exhibited at Crossroads Art Center and as online exhibitions where customers can shop directly from the website.

2024 Calendar

 

May 2024

Friday, May 17, 2024, 5pm - 8pm, Saturday, May 18, 2024, 10am - 5pm & Sunday, May 19, 2024, Noon - 4pm

Themed All Media Show and Themed Gallery Member Show

Gallery Members Show Themed: "Ode to Richmond"

Call For Entries: March 22 – April 19, 2024 Click Here

Gallery Member Show Artists Notified: April 28, 2024, via Email

Gallery Member Show Artwork Drop Off: Friday, May 3, 2024 – Thursday, May 9, 2024, by Noon

This Themed show is inspired by the poem "Ode to Richmond" by Roscoe Burnems, RVA’s First Poet Laureate, 2021

One of the first poems Douglas Powell, aka Roscoe Burnems, published about his hometown was “Ode to Richmond.” “This was around the time when we were starting to see that Richmond had really turned into an art city. They redid the Arts District, and they were opening all these galleries down there, and there were all these beautiful murals that were being placed all across the city,” he says. “I love art. And that’s one of the things that really struck me about the city: how it embraces artists.”

Rainbows cascading across the ribs of Boulevard.
Lost lives on lips of 17th and Main.
Honey bees cycle upon the back of Cary
and Davis Ave dances in rain.
The skin of Jackson Ward’s buildings
tell the story of legacy.
When the mind does not fit upon the canvas
and thirsts for reach,
it is not James River that quenches an artist,
it is the hunger for feat.
Brick and mortar battle with bustling brushes,
hues slain across wall
This becomes a civil war for creative unrest,
another canvas falls.
A body of tattoos in abstraction and technicolor, of joy, of memories, of hurt.
Richmond is home to some of the greatest art on earth.
A reflection of its people. A tell-tale of its ghosts,
found in the heart of the music,
in poetry, and most
never truly appreciate the frame of thought,
when imagination cannot be caught in woven
cotton and needs space for anarchy
and chaos and craft and desires to be free.
That is when Richmond becomes a gallery.

Read more in Richmond Magazine: Click Here

 

Get Inspired - Julie Horsely reads Mary Oliver: When I am among trees for Campfire Convention

All Media Show (AMS) Themed: "The Gift of Trees"

Call For Entries:  April 1 – April 21, 2024 Click Here

AMS Artists Notified: April 28, 2024, via Email

AMS Artwork Drop Off: Thurs., May 9, 2024 – Sat. May 11, 2024, by Noon

All Exhibits: Weekend Opening: Friday, May 17 5pm - 8pm, Sat. May 18, 10am - 5pm & Sunday, May 19, 2024, Noon - 4pm

All Exhibits End Date: Sunday, June 30, 2024

All Exhibits Artwork Available for Artists to Pick Up: Tuesday, July 2 & 3 and then July 9 – 13, 2024

 

It's All Greek to Me!

Special Show: "It's All Greek to Me!" 

Art should reflect, evoke, or be inspired by Greece or its rich cultural heritage."

Online, and Select Pieces displayed during the Greek Festival at Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral - See Details and Hours of the Richmond Greek Festival HERE

Online Exhibition  - May 24-June 30, 2024 
Select works at the Festival - May 30-June 2, 2024
Call for Entries Dates:  April 1 - April 21, 2024 Click Here to Enter Link to ArtCall
Artists Notified Dates:  May 3, 2024, via Email
Artwork Dropped Off:  Tuesday, May 21, 2024 – Tuesday, May 28, 2024, by Noon
Live Exhibit at the Richmond Greek Festival: Thursday, May 30 - June 2, 2024
Online Exhibit goes Live: May 24, 2024
Online Exhibit End Date: Sunday, June 30, 2024
Artwork Available for Pick Up at Crossroads Art Center: Tuesday, July 2 & 3 and July 9 – 13, 2024

 

July 2024

Saturday, July 20, 2024, 10am - 5pm & Sunday, July 21 Noon - 4pm

Annual Gallery Member Show
Call For Entries All Media Show:  Online: June 1 – June 22, 2024, In person: July 11 & 12, 2024
Artwork Drop Off: Thurs., July 11, 2024 – Sat., July 13, 2024, by Noon
Exhibition Opening: Sat., July 20, 2024, 10am - 5pm & Sunday, July 21 Noon - 4pm
Exhibition End Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024
Artwork Available for Artists to Pick Up: Tuesday, September 3, 2024

 

Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, 10am - 5pm & Sun., Sept. 22, 2024 Noon - 4pm

All Media Show and Themed Gallery Member Show
Call For Entries All Media Show:  August 1 – August 24, 2024
Artists Notified: August 31, 2024, via Email
Artwork Drop Off: Thurs., Sept. 12, 2024 – Sat., Sept. 14, 2024, by Noon
Exhibition Opening: Sat., Sept. 21, 10am - 5pm & Sun., Sept. 22, 2024, Noon - 4pm
Exhibition End Date: Sunday, November 3, 2024
Artwork Available for Artists to Pick Up: Tuesday, November 5, 2024

 

Friday, November 15, 2024, 5pm - 8pm

All Media Show and Metropolitan Richmond Artists Association (MRAA)
Call For Entries All Media Show:  October 1 – October 19, 2024
Artists Notified: October 27, 2024, via Email
Artwork Drop Off: Thurs., November 7, 2024 – Sat., Nov.  9, 2024 by Noon
Exhibition Opening: Friday, November 15, 2024, from 5-8pm
Exhibition End Date: Sunday, January 5, 2025
Artwork Available for Artists to Pick Up: Tuesday, January 7, 2025