Explore This!
Colored Pencil Society of America
Submit up to two original colored pencil artworks (predominantly colored pencil with additional media, techniques, or surfaces) created in 2024 or later for consideration in a juried online exhibition.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- 82 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $2,000
- Location
- Online · organized from Online
- Exhibition window
- Feb 1, 2027 → Apr 1, 2027
- Applicants notified
- Jan 15, 2027
About
Overview
Explore This! is the 23rd annual juried online exhibition of the Colored Pencil Society of America. The show requires artwork to be predominantly colored pencil and include other medium(s), techniques, surfaces, or elements.
Key dates
- Entries Open: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- Entries Close: Monday, November 16, 2026
- Selected Artists Announced: Friday, January 15, 2027
- Show Opens and Awards Announced: February 1 – April 1, 2027
Eligibility
Open to living artists 18 years or older, regardless of geographic location. Members and non-members receive equal consideration and treatment.
Entries
Artists may submit up to two unique works created on or after January 1, 2024 and not previously displayed in any CPSA Explore This! exhibition. The juror will select no more than one entry per artist.
Fees
- CPSA member: $30 for up to two works
- Non-CPSA member: $35 for up to two works
Awards
Awards include the $2,000 Best of Show and EXPY award with cash and product awards of about $8,000 for other winners. For CPSA members, having work appear in the show counts toward CPX signature status and merit levels.
Artwork specifications
Work must have been completed on or after January 1, 2024. Artwork must be predominantly colored pencil and must include some other medium, technique, surface, or element such as: ink, watercolor, pastel, acrylics, oil paint, markers, exposed graphite, collage or montage, artist-prepared surface, or three-dimensional surface. Artwork must be solely the original concept and design of the submitting artist.
Not allowed
- Work copied from copyrighted or published materials
- Work in which the primary subject has been copied directly from someone else's photograph, even with permission
- Work created using AI-generated compositions or images for reference
- Reproductions such as prints or giclees
- Any printed or digitally produced image as part of the artwork
- Alteration of artwork after submission
- Collaborative works executed by more than one artist
- Award
- $2,000 Best of Show and EXPY award with cash and product awards of about $8,000 for other winners
- Entry fee
- CPSA member: $30 for up to two works. Non-CPSA member: $35 for up to two works.
- Entries per artist
- Up to 2
- Theme
- 23rd Annual Online Exhibition
- Eligibility
- Open to living artists 18 years or older, regardless of geographic location. Members and non-members receive equal consideration.
- Audience
- Open to living artists 18 years or older, regardless of geographic location
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