Reclaiming the Ordinary
- Deadline
- 14 days left
- Entry fee
- $40
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Exhibition window
- Aug 19, 2026 → Sep 12, 2026
- Applicants notified
- Jul 30, 2026
- Size cap
- ≤ 52" max dimension
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About
Submit original paintings and 2–4 images of your work for a juried exhibition celebrating ordinary moments, objects, routines, and spaces.
Overview
Reclaiming the Ordinary is a juried exhibition celebrating the overlooked, the familiar, and the everyday. The exhibition seeks to highlight the significance of ordinary moments, objects, routines, and spaces that quietly shape our lives. Curated by juror Peggi Kroll-Roberts, known for her vibrant, loosely painted figurative works, beach scenes, still lifes, and plein-air paintings.
Key dates
- Entry deadline: July 27, 2026, 11:59 p.m. PDT
- Accepted and non-accepted artists notified: July 30
- Delivery deadline: August 10
- Exhibition opens: August 19
- Opening reception: August 22, 4–7 p.m.
- Exhibition ends: September 12
- Return shipping and art pickup: September 14
Eligibility
- Open to artists 18 years and older
- Entries must be original and created entirely by the artist
- No digital art, workshop/class art, or reproductions
- Art previously exhibited at Woodward Contemporary cannot be exhibited again
- Only one painting per artist will be juried into the exhibition
Media & size
- Minimum: no side less than 10 inches
- Maximum: 52 inches in either direction
- Maximum weight: 40 pounds
- Sculpture maximum height: 30 inches
- Sculpture maximum weight: 100 pounds
Contact
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 619-310-6716
- Entries per artist
- Up to 1
- Eligibility
- Open to artists 18 years and older; work must be original and created entirely by the artist, not previously exhibited at Woodward Contemporary.
- Audience
- Artists 18 years and older
- Size & format
- Minimum: no side less than 10 inches. Maximum: 52 inches in either direction. Sculpture max height: 30 inches. Maximum weight: 40 pounds (sculpture: 100 pounds).
- Also worth noting
- Minimum: no side less than 10 inches. Maximum: 52 inches in either direction. Sculpture max height: 30 inches. Maximum weight: 40 pounds (sculpture: 100 pounds).
- Contact
- [email protected]
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