Call to Artists from YC Prescott Art Gallery

The Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery Presents

Resilience

January 22 – February 19, 2027

Submissions and more info here:

https://yavapaicollegeartgallery.submittable.com/submit

Juror: Shane Hawk, coeditor of the bestselling Never Whistle at Night series.

The Yavapai College Art Gallery in Prescott, Arizona seeks original art inspired by the concept of “Resilience” and themes from Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Vintage Books, 2023.

Resilience is the capacity to withstand and transcend adversity, even when circumstances seem insurmountable. Embodying resilience is an act of inner strength, conviction, and courageous endurance—ensuring that the spirit remains unbroken, adapts, and moves forward.

We are looking for Artists working in any medium, including painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography, textiles, ceramics, digital art, and beyond.

Important Dates:

Exhibition: January 22 – February 19, 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, January 22, 5pm – 7pm

Submissions Close: Monday, November 30, 11:59pm

Artists Notified: Friday, December 11

Art Must be Delivered to Gallery by: Monday, January 11, EOD

Juror: Shane Hawk
Shane Hawk is a horror writer, editor, and creator of the Native Horror Index, a comprehensive database of Indigenous horror. He is a coeditor of the bestselling Never Whistle at Night series and cowriter of the horror stage play The Land Has Spoken. At Counterpoint Press, Hawk exclusively acquires and edits books authored by Indigenous North Americans. You can find his work in numerous anthologies, magazines, and academic volumes. He lives in San Diego, California, with his wife and daughter, and is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma.

Accepted artists will be responsible for all shipping costs to and from Yavapai College Art Gallery. Please include paid return postage.

Send Work To: Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery, 1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ, 86303, C/O Art Gallery Manger Tim Hull

Please direct all questions to Art Gallery Manager Tim Hull: [email protected] ; 928/776-

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