Small Worlds 2027 Online Exhibition & Sale

Small Worlds 2027 — Online Exhibition & Sale Curated and Sponsored by Hunter Guise Gallery Call for Artists Enter Small Worlds 2027, a curated online exhibition presented and sponsored by Hunter Guise Gallery. This open call invites artists working in traditional, handmade media to share original artworks that celebrate personal expression, artistic interpretation, and the unique worlds artists create. Up to 100 works will be selected and featured in an online exhibition running January 1–31, 2027, offering participating artists increased visibility and opportunities to connect with new audiences. Theme: Small Worlds Places & Spaces • Objects & Moments • Inner Worlds Every artwork opens a window into a world of its own. Small Worlds invites artists to explore the places, objects, experiences, and imagined worlds that capture our attention and imagination. From familiar surroundings to the deeply personal, this exhibition celebrates the artist's ability to transform the ordinary, the overlooked, and the intangible into something extraordinary. Places & Spaces may include intimate landscapes, quiet interiors, gardens, architecture, or atmospheric environments that evoke a sense of place. Objects & Moments celebrates still lifes, everyday observations, fleeting experiences, and the relationships between familiar things. Inner Worlds welcomes abstraction, imagination, memory, and emotional expression—artwork that reveals something beyond what we can see. We welcome both representational and abstract work that demonstrates a distinctive artistic voice through composition, colour, texture, atmosphere, and interpretation. Above all, we are looking for artwork that invites viewers to pause, look more closely, and discover a world within the work. Small Worlds refers to the ideas and experiences expressed through the artwork, not its physical dimensions. There is no size restriction. Exhibition Categories Artists are asked to select the category that best reflects their submitted artwork: Places & Spaces: Landscapes, interiors, architecture, gardens, and environments that evoke a sense of place.Objects & Moments: Still lifes, everyday observations, fleeting experiences, and relationships between familiar things.Inner Worlds: Abstract, imaginative, emotional, and personal interpretations of the world. These categories are intended to guide submissions and help organize the exhibition. Artwork may relate to more than one category; artists should select the one they feel is the best fit. All submissions will be evaluated together, and awards will be selected from the exhibition as a whole. There are no separate awards or selection quotas for individual categories. About the Exhibition Hunter Guise Gallery is an online fine art gallery dedicated to showcasing exceptional contemporary work and building meaningful exposure for artists. Following our successful Northern Beauty Juried Online Exhibition in September 2025 and several curated exhibitions in 2026, we continue to expand opportunities that increase artists' visibility online—connecting their work with collectors and art lovers through curated exhibitions, thoughtful promotion, and a professional digital platform. Important Dates Submissions Open: October 10, 2026 Deadline to Submit: November 30, 2026 Artists Notified: December 15, 2027 Exhibition Dates: January 1–31, 2027 Eligibility Open to artists 18 years of age and older at the time of submission.Artists of all nationalities may apply, unless restricted by local laws.Employees, contractors, and immediate family members of the organizer/curator are not eligible. This exhibition is open to original, handmade artworks created using traditional physical media. We seek work that demonstrates artistic interpretation, originality, and the visible hand of the artist. Photorealistic replication, photography, digitally generated artwork, and AI-generated imagery are not eligible. Originality & Process Requirements All submitted artwork must be original and created by the artist.Artwork may be based on reference material, including photographs, provided the artist demonstrates substantial artistic interpretation and authorship.Works intended primarily to reproduce a photograph with photographic accuracy, rather than offer an artistic interpretation, are not eligible. If reference photographs are used, the artist must: Own the copyright to the image; ORHave explicit written permission from the photographer. Verification: Selected artists may be asked to provide a brief process description and/or a work-in-progress image to confirm eligibility. Hunter Guise Gallery reserves the right to decline works that do not meet these guidelines. Accepted Media Eligible traditional physical media: OilAcrylicWatercolourPastelMixed media (physical media only; see clarification below) Not eligible: Photography, including heavily edited or artist-enhanced photographsPhoto-based artwork, including photographic composites and manipulated photographsDigital painting or digital illustrationAI-generated or AI-assisted imageryArtwork whose primary purpose is photographic replication Mixed Media Clarification Mixed media submissions must be primarily traditional physical media, such as paint, pastel, ink, and collage elements. Submissions may NOT incorporate photographic components or digitally generated or printed imagery. Submission Requirements All submitted works must be available for sale from the date of submission until selection notifications are issued on December 15, 2026.Works selected for the exhibition must remain available for sale through January 31, 2027. Artists whose works are not selected are released from this requirement upon notification. Entry Fees Fees apply per artwork submitted (one image per artwork). Fees (CAD, non-refundable): One artwork: $20 CADTwo artworks: $30 CADThree artworks: $40 CAD Maximum of three artworks per artist. Entries without payment will not be reviewed. Submissions and payment